Santo Wines Sunset Vinsanto Tasting ★ 4.7
Santo Wines's signature evening experience pairs the caldera sunset over the volcano with a structured Vinsanto vertical from the cooperative library.
Canava Roussos in Mesa Gonia has operated continuously from the 1836 family canava. The fortified heritage tasting features the Mavrathiro red, the Caldera fortified white and library Visanto in a single sitting.
Address: Mesa Gonia, 84700 Santorini, Greece
Santo Wines's signature evening experience pairs the caldera sunset over the volcano with a structured Vinsanto vertical from the cooperative library.
Paris Sigalas and the cellar team guide visitors through the family's oldest single-vineyard kouloura parcels in the Baxedes plain. The walk covers the basket-vine training method that protects ungrafted vines from the Aegean wind and concludes with an 8-wine cellar tasting.
Gaia Wines's Thalassitis Submerged tasting compares cellar-aged Thalassitis Assyrtiko with bottles aged on the sea floor for years. The experience takes place at the beachfront winery on the Exo Gialos black-sand beach with views of the Kamari coast.
Estate Argyros opens its 200-year-old ungrafted Assyrtiko parcels to hands-on harvest sessions in August and September. Visitors learn the basket-vine pruning style, hand-pick grapes and taste freshly pressed must alongside library Vinsanto.
Venetsanos Winery hosts a sunset wine tasting on the multi-level terrace built into the caldera cliff in 1947. The west-facing position above Athinios port delivers panoramic views of the volcano during the structured 5-wine flight.
Mystique's Secret Wine Cave hosts private sommelier-led tastings carved into the volcanic Skaros rock face beneath the suites. The curated flight focuses on Santorini PDO Assyrtiko verticals and library Vinsanto from the hotel's cellar.