Santorini Private Wine Tour: 3 Wineries with Sommelier

Taste volcanic wines the way Santorini makes them: underground, in cellars, on the cliffs

A private wine tour of Santorini with a certified sommelier guide takes you through three of the island's finest wineries for 12 tastings paired with local tapas and cheeses. You descend into an 8-metre underground cave at Koutsogiannopoulos Wine Museum, taste seated at the prestigious Estate Argyros, and finish at a boutique winery inside a working art gallery, or at a clifftop estate for sunset, depending on your booking time. Hotel, airport, and port pickup are included.

Step-by-step itinerary

Santorini private wine tour

• Pickup from hotel or port
• Visit Koutsogiannopoulos Wine Museum
• Taste 4 wines with local snacks
• Tour Estate Argyros cellar
• Taste 4 wines with cheeses and delicacies
• Visit Art Space Winery or Venetsanos Winery
• Taste 4 wines in unique setting
• Drop-off at hotel or port

The experience

Santorini's volcanic wines exist nowhere else on earth, and a certified sommelier guides you through the geology and history that makes them singular. You start with pickup from your hotel, Airbnb, port, or airport, and the sommelier introduces the island's winemaking tradition during the drive. The first stop is Koutsogiannopoulos Wine Museum, where you descend 8 metres underground into a natural cave that has housed wine since 1660. You taste four premium wines there paired with local snacks, surrounded by the physical evidence of how Santorini's growers have worked this volcanic soil for centuries.

The second winery is Estate Argyros, one of the island's most prestigious modern estates. A private cellar tour precedes a seated tasting of four world-class wines, including the legendary golden Vinsanto, paired with fine local cheeses and delicacies. The third stop depends on your booking time: Art Space Winery, a boutique cellar inside a working contemporary art gallery built in an 1861 distillery, where you taste four wines among sculptures and paintings; or Venetsanos Winery on the Caldera cliffs if you book for evening, timed to catch the Santorini sunset. Throughout, the sommelier's full attention stays on your group only, and the pace is yours to set.

Bottled water, all tasting and admission fees, and the sommelier's expertise are included. The tour runs 3 to 4 hours, ending with drop-off at your original pickup point. The sommelier speaks English and Greek.

What’s included

• Bottled water.
• hotel, port, and airport pickup and drop-off.
• all taxes and fees.
• all tasting and admission fees.
• private certified sommelier guide.
• 12 wine tastings across three wineries.
• private cellar tours at each estate.
• local tapas, cheeses, and delicacies paired with tastings.

Before you book

Lasts 3h–4h, runs every day, 11 start times, from € 243 per person, with a live guide in English and Greek, as a private tour and with free cancellation up to 24 h before.

Days and timesEvery day11 departure times: the first at 10:00, the last at 15:30

Book up to4h before

AgesAdult (18 and older) · Under 18: can't be booked

GroupPrivate

Live guideEnglish and Greek

Meeting point and pickupHotel pickup included.You can choose from 5 pickup points.

Cancellation and refundsFree cancellation up to 24 h before the start. After that, no refund.

Prices and times updated 9 days ago

Good to know

Low physical effortPublic transport nearbyNot recommended during pregnancyNot recommended with heart problems

Operated by Inspire Tours and more

Is this one for you?The tour runs 3 to 4 hours with no walking beyond what moving between tasting rooms requires, so it fits a free afternoon or a morning before an evening flight. Book the daytime slot if you want to explore the art gallery setting, or the evening option if you want the Caldera sunset at Venetsanos.

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Top questions

What languages is the tour guided in?

Live guide in English and Greek.

What makes Santorini's wines different from wines made anywhere else?

Santorini's volcanic soil and the island's unique climate produce wines unlike any other region on earth. The volcanic terroir shapes the flavor profile of every varietal grown here, and the sommelier explains how that geology translates into what you taste at each winery.

What exactly happens at Koutsogiannopoulos Wine Museum?

Koutsogiannopoulos is an 8-metre underground natural cave that has functioned as a wine museum since the 1660s. You descend into it, explore the history of Santorini winemaking from 1660 to 1970, and taste four premium wines paired with local snacks inside the cave itself.

Can I choose which winery I visit third, or is it set?

The third winery adapts to your booking time. If you book a daytime slot, you visit Art Space Winery, a boutique cellar inside a working art gallery built in an 1861 distillery, where you taste among sculptures and paintings. If you book for evening, you can visit Venetsanos Winery on the Caldera cliffs instead, timed to the Santorini sunset.

Does the sommelier stay with the group the whole time?

Yes. The tour is fully private, your group only, and the certified sommelier gives their full attention to you throughout all three wineries and the tastings. They also guide you during the drive between stops, introducing Santorini's winemaking tradition.

What's included in the 12 tastings?

You taste four wines at each of the three wineries. At Koutsogiannopoulos, the four are paired with local snacks. At Estate Argyros, four wines including the golden Vinsanto are paired with fine local cheeses and delicacies. At the third winery, four wines are tasted in the setting itself. All tasting fees and admission to each winery are included.