Santorini Small-Group Cooking Class and Wine Tasting

After a hotel pickup, chat with your guide about the island’s cuisine and travel to your first stop. Hear about the wine and the island’s characteristic volcanic soil — known as aspa — that helps produce wine with abundant mineral flavors and light notes.

Stop at a volcanic winery to sample your first glasses of wine, and then continue to the second winery of the day to learn about the different varietals produced on the island: assyrtiko, nykteri and vinsanto.

From there, it’s on to your cooking class. Under the watchful eye of your chef, help prepare a feast of local dishes. What you cook is decided on the day, but you can expect classics such as a tomato-flavored fritters, traditional Greek salad, and pork fillet caramelized with the sweet vinsanto wine.

When your food is ready, sit down to eat. Help yourself to wine to complement your creations, and finish with a glass of vinsanto to end your meal in the local way. With your take-home recipes in hand, you’ll then return to your vehicle and finish with a hotel drop-off.

• Visit two top Santorini wineries, and enjoy tours and generous tastings
• Make and enjoy classic Santorini dishes during a cooking class
• This personal, small-group tour will have a maximum of just eight attendees

Fully immerse yourself in Santorini’s culinary bounty when you book this small-group, two-in-one tour. Following morning pickup from your hotel, head to two local wineries, where you’ll learn about the island’s volcanic soil and will taste local varietals like assyrtiko. Next, take part in a hands-on cooking class, where your guide will teach you how to make classic dishes like Greek salad and caramelized pork. At the end of class, sit down to enjoy your feast.

Confirmation will be received at time of booking
Hotel pick-ups will be done to the closest accessible areas; parts of Santorini are in a slope and can't be accessed by vehicles
Minimum age for the consumption of alcohol is 18 years
A minimum of 2 people per booking is required
The wines served during the tour are mainly whites and dessert wines, as these are the kind of wines the island of Santorini produces. This is a gentle note for guests that only drink red wine.
Tour route: · Hatzidakis Winery · Santo Winery or Venetsanos Winery · Avantis Anhydrous Winery
Cooking lesson menu:
Greek salad, Santorini version (vegetarian)
Tomato-fritters (traditional Santorini appetizer, vegetarian)
Local pork fillet on sweet "Vinsanto" wine sauce (signature Santorini dish)
Not wheelchair accessible
This experience requires good weather. If it’s canceled due to poor weather, you’ll be offered a different date or a full refund
This tour/activity will have a maximum of 12 travelers