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Raki

The leftovers from wine process (grape skins, bunches etc) are not thrown away, but used to make raki. The distillation of those leftovers produces a special transparent highly alcoholic spirit. Traditionally a lot of local families produce their own raki for their own use. Taste and aromas change according the producer and location.

Cretan Cheese

Crete is famous for the Graviera and myzithra cheese and their variations from place to place. A traditional cheese produced by goat milk is tyrozouli, which unlike other Cretan cheeses, is not easily found outside Crete.

Wine

Crete, with a history of 3500 years in vine cultivation and wine production, has its own traditional grape varieties and vinification processes. A meal or dinner is not complete without the necessary glass of wine.

Olive Oil

The Cretan diet is connected with the human organism well-being and its most important element is the fine local olive oil. A big part of the olive groves are family owned and cultivated to produce their own olive oil, a fact that reveals the great significance that the locals give to its quality and origin.

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