Santorini: Top Sights Day Trip, Wine Tasting, & Oia Sunset
Discover the must-see spots of Santorini on this guided day trip. Admire panoramic views of the caldera, explore Perissa Beach, and watch an unforgettable sunset.
A small volcanic island in the southern Aegean where ungrafted Assyrtiko on pumice and ash soils produces a saline, mineral white of international reputation, alongside the sun-dried sweet Vinsanto.
Drink your way through Santorini
Wine festivals coming up in Santorini
All Santorini wine festivals
15-16 Mar 2027
Great Days of Greek Wine (Thessaloniki tasting fair)
Dates, tickets and what to taste
10-24 Jul 2027
International Music Festival of the Aegean (Festival of the Aegean)
Dates, tickets and what to taste
15-22 Jul 2027
Santorini Jazz Festival
Dates, tickets and what to taste
25 Jul 2027
International Assyrtiko Day
Dates, tickets and what to taste
Book wine experiences in Santorini
Santorini Highlights Tour with Wine Tasting option
Classic Tour (5.5h): Explore Oia’s blue domes, the island’s highest peak, and Pyrgos, with an optional wine tasting. Full-Day Tour (7h): Add Akrotiri Excavations, Red ...
Santorini: Wine Tour with Sunset in Oia
Taste the island's viniculture by joining the Sip of Santorini Wine Tour. Have an exclusive look at 2 different local wineries, including approximately 8 samples, befo...
Map of Santorini
Every vineyard, tasting room, wine bar and cellar we cover in Santorini, pinned. Click a pin for the page.
Signature wines of Santorini
The iconic bottles that define Santorini.
Domaine Sigalas Kavalieros Single-Vineyard Assyrtiko
Producer: Domaine Sigalas
Sigalas's flagship single-vineyard Assyrtiko: smoky flint and lemon-peel intensity from the Kavalieros parcel near Oia. Built for cellar life.
Price: EUR 65-95 at retail
Domaine Sigalas Seven Villages Pyrgos Assyrtiko
Producer: Domaine Sigalas
Single-village Assyrtiko from Pyrgos parcels on the central caldera ridge. The structural anchor of Sigalas's Seven Villages series.
Price: EUR 55-75 at retail
Estate Argyros Cuvée Monsignori
Producer: Estate Argyros
Single-vineyard Assyrtiko from pre-phylloxera, own-rooted Argyros kouloura vines above 200 years of age. The estate's flagship dry white.
Price: EUR 95-150 at retail
Estate Argyros Vinsanto 20 Years
Producer: Estate Argyros
Twenty-year oak-aged PDO Vinsanto from Estate Argyros: a long-aged sun-dried PDO Santorini sweet wine.
Price: EUR 120-200 (500 ml) at retail
Hatzidakis Santorini Assyrtiko
Producer: Hatzidakis Winery
Organic PDO Santorini Assyrtiko from Hatzidakis at Pyrgos. Stony, mineral and herbal from ungrafted kouloura vines.
Price: EUR 25-40 at retail
Hatzidakis Cuvée 17
Producer: Hatzidakis Winery
Old-vine Hatzidakis Cuvée 17, an ambitious organic dry Assyrtiko with honeycomb, wax and saline mineral depth.
Price: EUR 55-90 at retail
Vineyards to know in Santorini
A handful of the estates we send friends to when they are in Santorini.
Domaine Sigalas
Paris Sigalas's 1991 foundation at Oia, anchor of the northern half of Santorini and a centrepiece of the Mavrotragano red-grape revival. Now part of the Kir-Yianni group (Boutaris family) since the December 2025 acquisition, with Stelios Boutaris as CEO.
Signature: sigalas-santorini-assyrtiko, sigalas-kavalieros, sigalas-mavrotragano, sigalas-vinsanto
Estate Argyros
Argyros family estate at Episkopi Gonia, founded 1903 and now in its fourth generation. The estate farms more than 120 hectares of own-rooted kouloura Assyrtiko; average vine age exceeds 70 years with some parcels over two centuries.
Signature: argyros-santorini-assyrtiko, argyros-cuvee-monsignori, argyros-mavrotragano, argyros-vinsanto-20-years
Santo Wines (Union of Santorini Cooperatives)
The cooperative of Santorini grape-growers, founded 1947 and based at Pyrgos on the central ridge of the island. A major purchaser of island fruit, with a caldera-rim tasting terrace that is a busy cellar-door stop on Santorini.
Signature: santo-wines-assyrtiko, santo-wines-nykteri, santo-wines-vinsanto-12-years
Gaia Wines Santorini
Founded 1994 by Yiannis Paraskevopoulos (wine scientist and Master of Wine candidate) and Leon Karatsalos. Gaia operates two estates: the Santorini cellar at Exo Gonia and a second at Koutsi in Nemea.
Signature: gaia-thalassitis, gaia-wild-ferment, gaia-thalassitis-submerged
Hatzidakis Winery
Pyrgos-based organic estate founded 1997 by the late Haridimos Hatzidakis (1965 to 2017), a self-taught winemaker who pioneered the organic dry Santorini style.
Signature: hatzidakis-santorini, hatzidakis-aidani, hatzidakis-mavrotragano, hatzidakis-skitali
Artemis Karamolegos Winery
Exo Gonia estate built by Artemis Karamolegos in 2004 on family vineyard parcels, with cellar door and the Aroma Avlis restaurant on the same site.
Signature: karamolegos-assyrtiko-34, karamolegos-nykteri, karamolegos-mavrotragano
Sub-appellations of Santorini
Pyrgos Kallistis
Megalochori
Oia
Akrotiri
Episkopi Gonia
Exo Gonia
Santorini wine, FAQ
When is the best time to visit Santorini for wine?
Peak wine-travel season in Santorini is spring through autumn, with harvest the standout window.
Do I need an appointment to taste at Santorini estates?
classified-growth and grand-cru estates require booking days to weeks ahead; smaller family domaines often take walk-ins midweek.
What hours do Santorini cellars and tasting rooms keep?
most estates open 10:00 to 17:00 by appointment, often closed Sunday and Monday.
How does tipping work at Santorini tastings?
tipping is not expected at tastings; buying a bottle from the cellar door is the customary thank-you.
What is the one wine to try in Santorini?
If you only open one bottle, open Domaine Sigalas Kavalieros Single-Vineyard Assyrtiko by domaine-sigalas. It is the wine most associated with Santorini.