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| Entering Santorini's deep, dark winemaking history |
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| Little men pruning in the secret style |
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| A brain pickled in Santorini's finest |
OK, so today we ventured to the Santorini Wine Museum, run by the oldest vineyard on the island, established in 1880 by the Koutsoyannopoulos brothers and bearing their name today. Normally cynical about these places this turned out to be genuinely interesting. You enter a 300 metre underground tunnel that has active displays and relics going back to the start of this winery. In fact there are relics from the 1600's when catholic monks from France bought early winemaking techniques to Greece. So for the 7 euro each we got a tour, and tasting of four of their most popular wines.
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| Torture device or oldest wine press? |
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| The 'double-crusher' , also my old, wrestling name |
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| I want to taste wine, I want it now! |
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| Good drops, great cellar door prices |
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| The first micro-brewery in Santorini |
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| Mezze to get the juices flowing |
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| Green beans in tomato sauce..lovely |
.......Then by chance we stumbled across the first and only micro brewery in Santorini, the Crazy Donkey. Run by an American lady, it does three beers, an IPA, a dark ale, and a light summer ale, all of which are popular on the island, though we didn't see it served. We sampled all three and all were good, so bought a couple of travellers.
By this stage was well into the afternoon and we hadn't had lunch. We stopped at a local restaurant a bit after 2PM and ended up having one of the best meals of our trip. We lingered over lunch and discussed the state of the Greek economy with the owner and American mate Jimmy, also a resident of Santorini. Many here are of the belief that the political and economic scene are far worse then published in the foreign press.
Some two hours later we rolled out, and continued our coastal drive in the Smart car enjoying the beautiful scenery, all with one eye fixed on the road!
Photos above are of our excellent lunch, guaranteed a great review on www.tripadvisor.com
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| Gina and her 'adopted' friend |
Surreal Santorini post card views. We finished by leaving our mark on Santorini by attaching a lock to the sunset viewing deck. Gina got her wish.....
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| There is more to Santorini than meets the eye, but this is the view the world recognises |
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