WINE TOUR & TASTING IN A WINERY WITH LUNCH IN MESSINIA

A 3-hour wine tour experience of a winery in a small village located 35 km (24 mi) and 30' from Kalamata, in Messinia region, in Peloponnese. 

Passed down from father to son, this family-owned business has stayed true to tradition, with minimum intervention, to ensure quality grapes and wine. Cultivating Greek and European grape varieties, the winery produces some of the best local vintages you’ll have the chance to enjoy.

Where

You’ll visit a family-owned winery located in a small village in Messinia region, just 35 km (24 mi) outside of Kalamata. The private vineyards occupy an area of around 15 acres and produce five varieties: Roditis, Carignan, Tempranillo, Merlot and Chardonnay.

The vineyards were first cultivated in the 1980s, and wine production started in the mid-2010s.

When

• The wine tour and tasting experience is available all year round, apart from Sundays, official Greek holidays and grape harvesting. 
• The grape-harvesting season varies from year to year but usually takes place sometime between the end of August and the beginning of October.

The Wine Experience

Join us for a 3-hour wine experience tour of a family winery in Messinia.

Part 1: Tour of the Vineyards

Enjoy a one-hour stroll through the vineyards, weather permitting. The owners, Vasilis and Maria, will talk to you about the area’s microclimate and the five varieties of grapes grown onsite, some of them since the 1980s.

Uncover the secrets of the Greek variety Roditis, French varieties Chardonnay and Merlot, and Spanish varieties Carignan and Tempranillo.

Part 2: Visit and tour of the Winery

During the tour of the winery, you’ll find out all about the wine-making process. Vasilis and Maria will take you through all the stages, from grape harvesting to vinification and bottling.

Part 3: Wine Tasting Experience

Enjoy the entire range of wines during a 1-hour wine tasting experience. You’ll get to taste 5-7 wine labels. The wine tasting may be paired with local products, such as cheese and cold cut platters, bruschettas with olive paste and Messinian sausages with orange and lalaggia (savoury looped ribbons of dough).

Part 4: Light or Full lunch (upon request)

If you wish to conclude your wine-tasting experience with a delicious light or full lunch, full of Messinian flavours, in one of the most welcoming Coffee Shop-Cum-Ouzo Taverns in the heart of Kalamata’s historic centre, just let us know, and we can arrange it for you!

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Are you a travel agency or company and are looking for a trusted local partner?

Do you wish to build a mutual, fruitful collaboration and would like to provide a one-of-a-kind gastronomic experience or team-building events to your travellers?

You can contact us, and we will organize it for you in the best way possible!

Tips

To make your visit even more memorable, here are some tips:

• Wear comfortable shoes and a hat as you’ll spend quite a bit of time outdoors.
• Notify us of any special dietary needs (e.g. vegetarian, vegan, pescatarian, flexitarian, etc.)
• Notify us of any allergies (e.g. food allergies, allergies to bees, etc.)

 Pricing

Small, only private experiences of 5-7 guests: 85,00€ / per person

Min. of guests: 2 – Max: 12.

Contact us to request a price.

• For more than 12 guests.
• For transfer services organize your transfer from Athens city or any other place in Peloponnese and join the wine tour experience.

We can also design and provide tailor-made tours and multi-day tours in the region of Peloponnese upon request.

Drop us a line at [email protected], and together, we’ll come up with a tailor-made gastronomic experience just for you!

 Included in the price

• Wine tour and tasting of 5-7 wine labels 
• Greek local delicacies during the wine-tasting
• Local hosts throughout the experience 
• All taxes

 Excluded from the price

• Light or full lunch in Kalamata (upon request and at an extra small charge)
• Personal purchases from the winery (optional)
• Transfer services may be provided upon request and at an extra charge
• Tips and gratuities (optional)

Additional info

• The wine tour and tasting experience is provided upon request and depending on availability. In case there is no availability for the day you are interested, the experience can be offered on the next available date or another similar available experience after coordination.
• Transfer is needed to visit the Winery which is located 30' away from Kalamata city centre. Please inform us if you have your own vehicle. In another case, we can arrange it with our partners at an extra cost.
• Light or full lunch may be provided in Kalamata upon request and at an extra charge.
• Availability of the Wine tasting experience: Monday to Saturday, all year round, excluding Sundays and during grape harvesting (end of August - beginning of October).
• Holy Friday - Easter Tuesday and Greek official holidays are excluded.
• On Sundays and during grape harvesting, depending on availability, the wine experience may be offered in another winery in Messinia, located 20' away from Costa Navarino Resort. If you are interested, please contact us to check availability and provide you with a new price.
• The wine-tasting experience in the specific winery close to Costa Navarino may be enriched with a Cooking class or barbeque with the Head chef upon request, depending on availability and at an extra cost.
• Meeting point & time: In front of the Port Authority Offices in Kalamata at 09:00 a.m. 
• Languages: English & Greek. Other languages can be provided at an extra charge.
• Family friendly.
• Wheelchair accessible: 80%.

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Bookings & payment

• Bookings: In order to organize your experience in the best way, the booking and the full payment must be made the latest two days before.
• For bookings less than two days or last-minute requests, please contact us via email to check availability.
• When the booking and the transaction are completed, the experience is officially confirmed by Mama's Flavours through email.
• All payments can be made through our booking engine, bank transfer (you can contact us via email for this option) or Paypal.
• Cash is not accepted.

Cancellation policy

• Mama’s flavours reserves the right to postpone the Wine tasting experience due to bad weather. If it is postponed, no refund is given, but the experience is conducted on the next available date and after coordination.
• For cancellations from our guests, there is no refund regardless of cancellation status, but you may choose the next available date.
• All sales are final.

Mama's Flavours Philosophy

Our scope is to provide our guests - travellers a high-quality, personalized, and authentic local experience that goes above and beyond their expectations. For this reason, we prefer to organize private experiences for couples, friends and families. This applies also to larger groups, e.g. a group of friends or a team-building event. 

When you, our guest, book one or more of our gastronomic experiences, the day is dedicated to you, your friends and your loved ones. In this way, we enjoy a beautiful day together, and at the end, we say goodbye as friends!