Naxos has a tradition in producing wine. Even since the Homeric times, vineyards had been cultivated and great quantities of wine have been produced. The wine was very popular and had even been exported to great cities throughout Europe & Asia. Every autumn, in the Smyridohoria villages, in the north of the island where emery was extracted, the production of a fine wine takes place, called by the locals “the nectar of gods”.

Apart from the wine, the visitor in Naxos should definitely try the Kitron, which is a liqueur with exceptional taste made by distilling the leaves of the citron tree.
Do not miss out in taking a sip (or even more…) of raki, the spirit made by distilling the remains of the grapes which have been previously used for producing the wine. The production of raki takes place each year, between October & November.