5,000 Years of Fine Cretan Wines - Glimpses of the History of Wine on a Beautiful Island

The long history of wine on Crete includes wine from a Minoan shipwreck, the role of Dionysos/Bacchus, and the famous Malvasia wine among other glimpses throughout the centuries. Legacy grape varietals have been recognized and replanted with a renewed appreciation by modern Cretan winemakers for the practices used by their forebears.