EuroAdventure15: Winery tour and tasting
(posted by Emily) 2 July 2015 Crete, Greece (steps and miles unknown!) On Thursday morning, we decide to have a leisurely morning. We made a simple breakfast of eggs, toast, strawberry jam, coffee, and white mountain tea (made from fresh herbs that grow in the area). We decided to walk down the road a bit to visit the animals we had seen along the way--a mama and her pup and the goats! Looking back at the home we are staying in On Wednesday, Rick had researched a local winery in the area and we booked a tour and light lunch for noon. We realized Thursday morning that the wine we had bought the night before was actually from that winery! The Manousakis Winery is just one town over from where we are staying, so it was an easy trip. We were greeted with some white wine upon our arrval, as we waited for the tour to begin. The winery was started in the early 90s by Mr. Manousakis, who was born here but grew up in DC. He and his sisters owned a security company there that was the compan...