Olive Oil Tasting Tour: From Harvest to Bottle - Discover the Secrets of Extra Virgin Olive Oil
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164 Ratings
Epano Archanes
Embark on an immersive olive oil tasting tour and uncover the fascinating journey from harvest to bottle. Learn about olive harvesting, oil production, and the nuances of extra virgin olive oil. Experience the distinct flavors of our estate's naturally flavored oils with fruits and herbs.
Duration: 1 hour, 20 minutes
Cancellation: 1 day learn more
Highlights
  • Koronekes - We will start the visit in our courtyard, surrounded by olive trees, where we will tell you about organic olive tree farming.
    Then, we will enter the olive mill where we will explain the First Cold Pressed method of producing extra virgin olive oil showing each and every machine. We will also tell you about the other, modern method of Cold Extraction which uses a centrifuge.
    Finally, we will taste our 3 qualities of extra virgin olive oil, 2 flavoured oils, a sweet vinegar and petimezi, a delicious grape syrup.
What's Included
  • Bottled water provided
Additional Information

Discover the journey of extra virgin olive oil, from its origins in the tree to its final destination in the bottle. How do we collect the olives? What mechanisms are involved in the production of olive oil? How does First Cold Pressed vary from Cold Extraction? What’s the flavor profile of an extra virgin olive oil? Explore our naturally infused oils, embedded with fruits and herbs from our Manor.

Location
Koronekes
You will find us at our olive mill where the visit and tasting take place.
Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings
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666maartjed
Jun 4, 2024
Nice tasting with personal attention and very tasty olive oil - We had a super nice experience. The hostess was extremely friendly and had a fascinating story to tell. She spoke very good English so her story was easy to understand. The hostess really took the time for you so you didn't feel rushed, which was very nice. The pressing process was well explained and we were allowed to see and photograph everything. We then tasted a number of products and explained what we should pay attention to when buying and tasting olive oil. I never thought I would drink a glass of olive oil but it was delicious. We learned a lot this morning and are an experience richer. We bought delicious products in the shop to take home. Thank you very much for this nice tasting.
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Dpa1987
May 29, 2024
Recommended - We booked the tasting tour and were very positively surprised. The time was taken to explain everything and the staff are simply great.
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Randis373
May 27, 2024
excellent tour - good guide, good lessons in olive oil and wine processing. food was excellent. do ask drakon for more aged raki very good raki. if possible buy some cold pressed olives. Dont forget Raki !!! randi
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B426pxyvonneb
May 22, 2024
Great organic olive oil - Thank you very much for this great experience of how to make such great organic olive oil in a traditional way. Elena, who was responsible for our tour, explained everything in great detail and was happy to answer our questions. The olive oil tasting that followed was very informative and we learned what to look out for and the different flavors. It was a successful trip to the olive farm👍👍👍
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Regina_g
May 17, 2024
Excellent tour - Very interesting explanation, nice setting and good guide. The olive oil is very good. The dog is also very friendly :)
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Aurelieg870
May 8, 2024
Superb olive oil production tour - Superb tour in French, the guide perfectly explained the production of olive oil to us, then we were explained how to recognize good oil, with a very educational tasting at the end of the visit. Really superb I recommend 👍
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Mireille612018
Apr 25, 2024
Great visit - We took the tour in French. Georges spoke French very well. He explained to us in detail his work with olive trees and olives. We see that he is passionate about his activity. He taught us how to recognize a good oil during a tasting. The children enjoyed it too. We stayed 2 hours. We didn't see the time passing. I recommend this visit.
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Lou-ise45f
Apr 11, 2024
Great visit, recommended ++ - 1h30 visit where we learn how to go from olive to oil, then we finish by tasting several good products made at the mill. The farmer guide is passionate about his job and his explanations are very clear! He happily answers questions and the visit is interactive (we see the trees, the machines, etc.) A great time spent, in a good mood! Recommended ++
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Andrewce4352cn
Apr 5, 2024
Amazing Olive Oil production and tasting tour! - We had a wonderful Olive Oil tour of the process of growing, harvesting, and producing olive oil from olives. We then had an amazing tasting of a number of different varieties of oils produced by the farm. Highly recommended!
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Departure407868
Oct 6, 2023
Gorgeous!! - A superb experience!!! We felt the passion and desire for quality in their production. Very informative and fun!! Thank you very much for a lovely tour and we highly recommend for those visiting Heraklion!!!
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