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.
Address: Exo Gialos Kamariou, 84700 Santorini, Greece
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.
The Andronis sommelier curates a private cellar tasting experience for hotel guests, walking through the 200-label Greek wine cellar weighted toward Santorini Assyrtiko and Vinsanto.
The Canaves Oia Panorama Balcony Wine Experience seats one table at a time on a private cliff balcony for a sommelier-led vertical Santorini tasting.
The Koutsogiannopoulos Wine Museum sits 8 metres below the village of Vothonas in a 300-metre labyrinth-shaped natural cave. The audio-guided experience walks through 400 years of Santorini wine-making history before a structured tasting at the museum bar.
