The 9 Best Wine Tastings in Santorini

1.Santorini Highlights Small-Group Tour with Wine Tasting option

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 699 reviews · 5 to 7 hours (approx.) · from $102Our pick

Spend 5 to 7 hours touring Santorini in an air-conditioned minivan with a local guide. Visit Oia, Pyrgos, Prophet Elias, Emporio, Red Beach, and optional Akrotiri, then add a four-wine tasting at Artemis Karamolegos Winery. Guides such as Yota and Penny are also trained in Santorini wine.

“Excellent, informative tour of this beautiful island! Our guide, Will, was very knowledge. We saw and experienced so much! The wine tasting was a fun addition to the itinerary. The sunset was incredible!”

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2.Wine Tasting Tour to 3 Wineries with Transfer

★★★★★★★★★★4.6 · 367 reviews · from $122

Spend three hours visiting Canava Roussos, Koutsoyannopoulos Wine Museum, and Venetsanos Winery. Taste local wines, enjoy appetizers, learn Santorini’s unusual vine-growing methods, and travel between stops with a Greek or English-speaking guide such as Chrisa.

“Chrisa was an amazing tour guide! She led our group with charisma and enthusiasm. We stopped at 3 wineries where we were met with some of the best wine and informative connoisseurs who gave us great background of the wines we were tasting. This is a wine lovers dream!”

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3.Santorini Sunset Wine Tour with Santo Winery Views

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 342 reviews · 4 hours (approx.) · from $205

Spend about four hours visiting three Santorini wineries, tasting 12 mainly white and dessert wines, and finishing with Greek cheese, cold cuts, and sunset views at Santo Winery. Your English-speaking guide, such as Angelo, Marina, Vassi, or Kristina, handles the driving and explains the island’s unusual wine traditions.

“Loved our sunset wine tour! Angelo was knowledgable, friendly and entertaining. We had a great time, learned a lot, and drank a lot of wonderful wines.”

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4.Cooking Class with Lunch and Wine Tasting

★★★★★★★★★★4.8 · 289 reviews · 3 hours · from $94Best value

At a private venue on Kamari’s Black Beach, an English-speaking chef such as Jason leads you through Santorini dishes including tomato fritters, moussaka, Greek salad, and feta pie. You cook, eat your meal, taste local wines with a sommelier, and receive the recipes afterward.

“Absolutely fantastic. We had an amazing time and had lots of laughs. Chef was fantastic at getting everyone involved. well done guys. 👍”

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5.Tour of Wineries with Wine Tasting & Food

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 279 reviews · 4 - 5 hours · from $176

Join sommelier Nikolas, Constantine, Rafael, George, or Kostas for a small-group tour of Santorini wineries. Taste up to 10 local wines, including Assyrtiko, Nykteri, and Vinsanto, tour cellars, enjoy a Greek meal with pairings, and finish with a sunset view.

“This tour was amazing our tour guide was so knowledgeable and the wine and food fantastic one of the best things I did in Santorini- not to be missed”

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6.Wine Tour with Sunset in Oia

★★★★★★★★★★4.6 · 199 reviews · 5 hours · from $129

Spend five hours with an English-speaking guide such as Mary, Yiannis, or Susanna, visiting two Santorini wineries, tasting about eight wines, touring a cave museum, and ending with a glass of wine at Sun Spirit in Oia during sunset.

“while we went thru the museum and the vineyards, the icing on the cake was the sunset view point at Oia. thank you Souzana for being patient and taking us through the place. extremely knowledgeable and approachable listening to each of us and providing answers.”

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7.Imerovigli: Premium Wine Tasting with Caldera and Sea Views

★★★★★★★★★★4.9 · 45 reviews · 2 hours · from $104

At White Pearl Cavalieri in Imerovigli, walk through Santorini’s kouloura-trained vines, learn about local grapes with guides such as Chris or Yiannis, then taste seven wines from different island producers beside the pool. Allow extra time for dinner, cellar browsing, or sunset views.

“The guide was super kind and he gave us a lot of information about the wineyard and everything!! Wine were super good and interesting! We recommend that tour!”

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8.Night Hike, Wine Tasting, and Greek Dinner

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 40 reviews · 3 hours · from $182

Meet your English-speaking guide in Fira for a 1.5 to 2-hour evening walk toward Imerovigli. Watch the sunset over the Caldera, see Santorini light up, then taste four wines, including Assyrtiko and Vinsanto, over a traditional dinner before returning to your hotel.

“A great tour, felt like a perfect small group and we were regularly checked in with as to how we were getting along! Very informative and interesting throughout. An engaging tour guide who both led and harboured conversation. Delicious meal and wines to finish off too, with a range of fantastic dishes to share.”

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9.5-Hour Private Wine Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.9 · 29 reviews · 5 hours · from $353

Spend five hours with a private English-speaking wine guide visiting Hatzidakis, Santo Wines, and Anhydrous. Taste up to 12 Greek wines, learn about Assyrtiko and volcanic soils, tour private cellars, and enjoy cheese, olives, and snacks with pickup across Santorini.

“We had a great time and Marina was very knowledgeable about the area and the wines. The views from the Santos Winery offered an amazing view of the sunset”

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