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Santorini: 12 Wine Tastings & Sunset at 3 Wineries

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Duration4h

GroupUp to 15

LanguagesEN

PickupAt your hotel

Three Wineries, Twelve Wines, One Afternoon on Volcanic Ground

You visit three traditional Santorini wineries and taste 12 wines—crisp Assyrtiko whites, reds, and dessert styles—paired with local cheese and snacks. A guide explains the volcanic soil and island climate that shape each vintage while you walk volcanic vineyards and explore cellars. Hotel pickup and drop-off are included, as is mineral water and transport in a modern vehicle. The sunset tour ends with prime views over the Aegean as the sun sets.

Step-by-step itinerary

Visit Estate Argyros winery
Tour vineyard and cellar
Taste 4 wines at Estate Argyros
Visit second winery (Gaia, Gavalas, or Anhydrous)
Tour vineyard and cellar
Taste 4 wines at second winery
Visit Santo Winery
Enjoy tasting of 4 wines with snacks
Admire scenic island views

The Experience

The sun hits the volcanic slopes of Santorini and the white buildings glow like they're lit from inside. You're standing at the edge of a vineyard rooted in black soil, the kind of earth that holds heat all night and makes the grapes taste like salt and stone. This is where the Assyrtiko grows—the indigenous white that built Santorini's reputation—and you're about to taste it the way locals do: straight from the source, paired with cheese that's been made the same way for generations. The wine tour picks you up from your hotel or Airbnb and moves through three wineries across the island in a small group, stopping long enough at each one to understand what you're drinking instead of just collecting glasses.

Estate Argyros comes first, a family operation where the vines grow in volcanic pumice and the cellar smells like old wood and fermentation. You'll taste four wines here—mostly whites, because that's what Santorini does best, though reds and dessert wines show up too. The guide walks you through the island's unique climate: the volcanic soil, the wind that cools the grapes, the way all of it shapes the final bottle. Then there's a second winery, chosen from Gaia, Gavalas, Anhydrous, or Sigalas depending on the day's route—another four wines, another cellar, another story about how Santorini's viticulture works. By the time you reach Santo Winery, you've already tasted eight wines and eaten enough local cheese and cold cuts to know you're not hungry, just thirsty for the next pour.

Santo Winery is where the day shifts. The views open up—the caldera, the sea, the islands stacked on the horizon—and if you've booked the sunset tour (4:00 PM departure), you're sitting with a glass in hand as the light turns gold and then orange and then something that doesn't have a name. Four more wines arrive, paired with snacks, and the whole thing feels less like a tasting and more like the reason people come to Santorini in the first place. The morning tour ends by mid-afternoon; the sunset version runs until early evening. Either way, the driver brings you back to your accommodation in an air-conditioned Mercedes, and you're done arranging transport, finding wineries, or figuring out what to order. The guide handles the education. The wineries handle the wine. You handle the drinking.

One thing to know: this is adults only, 18 and up, because of the alcohol. The snacks—cheese, cold cuts, olives—are meant to sit alongside the wine, not replace a meal, so eat before or plan dinner after. If you're arriving by cruise ship, the pickup happens at the McDonald's in Fira Town, not the port itself, which means you'll need to take the tender and cable car to get there; the tour is flexible about timing, so delays on the ship side don't always kill the booking, but the operator can't guarantee it. For hotel guests, pickup is straightforward—they come to you.

What’s included

Hotel or Airbnb pickup and drop-off (or meeting point at McDonald's in Fira Town for cruise passengers).
transport in an air-conditioned Mercedes-Benz.
visits to three traditional Santorini wineries.
tasting of 12 wines paired with local cheese and snacks.
expert wine guide.
mineral water.

Good to know

Public transport nearby

Operated by Santorini Day Tours

Is this one for you?Book this if you want to taste Santorini's signature wines without arranging transport, finding wineries, or navigating the island's steep terrain—the fixed itinerary and included pickup handle all three, leaving you free to focus on the wine and the views.