Strataridakis Winery Crete high quality wines

The southernmost winery in Europe is located in Crete and offers award-winning wines of exceptional quality from rare cretan varieties (Muscat Spinas, Vilana, Vidiano) and international varieties (Cabernet, Syrah, Chardonnay).


Strataridakis bros, Costis and Manolis, approach their work with experience, a sensitive feeling for the wine and a deeply rooted sense of the family tradition.
Nature can be cultivated but not easily tamed, Costis claims, that's why we work in a spirit of respect to the natural environment, having a sense of our heritage but also the responsibility to deliver to the future generations a rich and fertile land that will be able to produce unique wines. Our goal is to produce high quality wines with authentic character. The worth of the grapes depends not only on their particular variety, their quality and the place in which they grow, but as well on the way in which the vineyards are cultivated. Limiting the yield of the harvest and practicing environmental-friendly agriculture are particularly rewarded. We focus not only on varietal vinification but mostly on combinations of local and international varieties trying to capture the characteristics of the region to each bottle, Manolis says, in other words we want to offer the distinct wines of our estate, not just varietal ones.

The vineyards are ideally positioned with light south-east orientation making full use of the microclimate of the area.
The vines are cultivated with the traditional system «Guyot» and heavily pruned to create medium and small bunches that yield healthy fruit with full aromas and concentrated flavor. Applicable a specific plan of replanting vines with a rate of about four acres every two years.
The harvest is entirely by hand and once selected bunches one by one, placed in small baskets and immediately driven to the winery for processing, thus maintaining their integrity and their form, a critical factor in creating high quality wines.

You can find more informations at www.strataridakis.gr