11-Dish Wine Pairing Cooking Class in Rhodes

Cook Greek dishes, taste them paired with wine

An 11-dish wine pairing and cooking class in Rhodes combines a vineyard and distillery tour, hands-on cooking instruction, and a seated lunch where each course matches a wine from the family's own production. You'll walk the vineyards, learn how molasses becomes souma and tsipouro through fermentation and distillation, then move to the kitchen to prepare traditional island dishes under the chef's direction before sitting down to eat what you've made.

Step-by-step itinerary

Vineyard tour, cooking, and tasting

• Stroll through vineyards
• Visit distillery and learn distillation
• Participate in wine tasting session
• Join traditional Greek cooking class
• Enjoy 11-course Greek feast with wine

The experience

The experience starts at a family-owned winery where the proprietor walks you through the vineyards and distillery, explaining the cultivation stages and the fermentation and distillation processes that turn molasses into the estate's signature spirits. The tour is personal (the owner shares the story of the vineyard and the decisions behind each wine), and moves at a pace that lets you ask questions and understand what you're seeing.

After the tasting, you move into the kitchen for a cooking class where the chef demonstrates how to prepare Rhodes' traditional dishes and invites you to work alongside them. This is hands-on: you're not watching a demonstration, you're learning by doing. The class focuses on the techniques and ingredients that define Greek island cooking, and the chef corrects and guides as you work.

The meal that follows is the payoff. Eleven signature dishes arrive in sequence, each one paired with a wine from the estate's range. Unlimited wine comes with the lunch, and a certified sommelier is present throughout to explain the pairings and answer questions about what you're tasting. The whole experience runs about four hours and includes pickup and drop-off from your hotel or port.

What’s included

• Limitless wine throughout the day.
• pickup and drop-off from your hotel or port.
• a guided vineyard and distillery tour led by the proprietor.
• a wine tasting session with a certified sommelier.
• hands-on cooking class with the chef.
• a seated lunch of 11 traditional Rhodes dishes, each paired with a wine from the estate.
• air-conditioned transport.

Before you book

Days and timesEvery dayDeparts at 10:15

Book up toStart time

AgesAdult (16 and older) · Child (3 to 15 years) · Infant (under 3): free

GroupUp to 16

Live guideEnglish

Meeting point and pickupHotel pickup included.

Cancellation and refundsFree cancellation up to 24 h before the start. After that, no refund.It may be canceled due to bad weather or if the minimum number of travelers isn't reached. If that happens, you're offered another date or a refund.

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Good to know

Low physical effortStroller-friendlyPets welcomePublic transport nearby

Operated by European Essentials

Is this one for you?The guide speaks English, so you'll follow the vineyard tour, the sommelier's explanations and the chef's instruction comfortably without translation. This suits anyone who wants to learn the details of Greek winemaking and cooking but doesn't need a guide in another language.

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Top questions

Can children come?

Yes. Ticket types: Child (3 to 15 years); Infant (under 3): free.

What happens if it rains?

It may be canceled due to bad weather. If that happens, you're offered another date or a refund. Free cancellation up to 24 h before the start.

What happens during the cooking class part of this experience?

The chef demonstrates how to prepare traditional Rhodes dishes and guides you through the preparation hands-on, teaching the techniques and ingredients that define Greek island cooking rather than having you watch from the side.

Do I need cooking experience to join this class?

The experience is suitable for all physical fitness levels and no prior cooking knowledge is required. The chef teaches from the beginning and adjusts to the group's pace.

What wines will I taste, and how are they paired with the food?

You'll taste wines from the family estate throughout the day: first during the tasting session at the distillery, then again with each of the 11 dishes at lunch, where a certified sommelier explains how each pairing works and why the wines were chosen for those particular courses.

Is transportation included, and where does pickup happen?

Pickup and drop-off from your hotel or port are included, and the experience uses air-conditioned transport to and from the winery.

What is souma and tsipouro, and will I learn how they're made?

Souma and tsipouro are traditional Greek spirits made through fermentation and distillation. The proprietor walks you through the distillery and explains how molasses is transformed into these drinks through the production process.