Olive Oil Tasting Tour
Description
From the tree to the bottle, you will find out everything about extra virgin olive oil. How are the olives harvested? How is the olive oil produced? What is the difference between First Cold Pressed and Cold Extraction? What should an extra virgin olive oil taste like? Discover our naturally flavoured oils with fruits and herbs from our Estate.
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Itinerary
We will start the visit in our courtyard, surrounded by olive trees, where we will tell you about organic olive tree farming. Then, we will enter the olive mill where we will explain the First Cold Pressed method of producing extra virgin olive oil showing each and every machine. We will also tell you about the other, modern method of Cold Extraction which uses a centrifuge. Finally, we will taste our 3 qualities of extra virgin olive oil, 2 flavoured oils, a sweet vinegar and petimezi, a delicious grape syrup.
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Important Information
- Wheelchair accessible
- Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
- Service animals allowed
- Transportation options are wheelchair accessible
- All areas and surfaces are wheelchair accessible
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
Reviews(196)
Super informative almost 2-hour tour with Elena. Everything was explained perfectly from the olive tree, harvesting, and the individual steps of production. It is a small family production that exclusively produces organic oils. You can also buy different sizes of oils directly there. Highly recommendable…
This was a great tour. We got to learn about the entire process from harvesting the olives to bottling and everything in between. We also learned how large manufacturers' process differs from smaller productions, and what makes olive oil "extra virgin". The tasting was fantastic, including instructions on three key elements to consider. We were taught what to look for in olive oil labeling moving forward to ensure we are getting the best quality and healthiest oils. Our hostess Kiara was so friendly and informative. Highly recommend!
The very friendly guide told us in a very friendly and nice way a lot of interesting things about olive oil production, tasting and olives. There was also a delicious tasting, which together was worth more than his money.
We were received like kings while we were ahead. The visit and the explanations, although in English while we are French, were very well understood thanks to the Italian gesture of our interlocutor. Tasting oils with very different flavors won us over to the point of bringing some home and allows us to have some Crete in France.
Thank you for the very warm Welcoming and for all these explanations! Very interesting to discover other traditional ways of doing things, the family project and to be able to share and exchange. Fingers crossed for the rest!
Very good value for money. Our guide Eleanor was a great source of information. We were told about the oil production first outside under some shade, then looking at an olive tree then finally in their production room. Dry small scale but perfectly formed. Lastly we tasted some oils. It was really interesting. Probably Not great for under 10s but great for all other ages. We really enjoyed it (and got all of our gifts in the shop afterwards!).
Very informative explanations, all in a very nice joie de vivre! We had the opportunity to test different oils and others with good explanations how to discover them in the mouth. I recommend!
When we looked for something different to do on our first visit to Crete we fell in love with the idea of an olive oil tasting. The olive mill isn’t far from Heraklion (a few kms from Knossos) in the heart of agricultural land. Definitely use a sat nav to guide you here, it’s worth it. Elena, our guide, warmly welcomed us into shaded seats on the courtyard where she told us all about olive farming in Crete, took us to see one of their olive trees (nearby as I am currently using a stick to aid my walking) and then gave us a guided tour of their mill, explaining their traditional and organic process. This was hugely informative and she welcomed questions from our small group. We then got shown how to taste olive oil like a professional and grade it on fruitiness, bitterness and spiciness. We had the opportunity not o my to taste their 3 very excellent olive oils, but also some flavoured oil, a delicious local balsamic vinegar and a grape sugar syrup called petimezi. Needless to say we did buy some of the produce at their shop before heading onwards. This is a great value tour, led by informative guides and I’d recommend it to anyone visiting the Heraklion area.
An incredible experience. The lady owner was extremely knowledgeable and we learnt some really useful tips. We certainly, now know what to look for when buying olive oil. We were offered water throughout the morning, it was very hot. Very pleasant atmosphere and clean environment. Beautiful olive trees. The tasting session was an interesting experience too. Great products for sale. We recommend 100%.
Fabulous tour of the olive mill is followed by the opportunity to sample the products of this organic farm. The host family and all their staff are extremely knowledgable and their welcome to every guest puts everyone at ease. Water is provided as well as seating in the shade whilst you listen to an excellent guide to olives and olive trees before seeing the olive trees up close and visiting the mill itself. Easy to find on Sat nav. Possibly the best trip we’ve done on Crete. Would highly recommend this. Thank you to everyone at Koronekes Olive Mill.
