Karavitakis Winery

This is an amazing winery, very underrated and hidden on the map but it’s one of the best on the island. The guys here are very welcoming and knowledgeable. The wines are of high quality and amazing taste. Highly highly recommended.

Self-proclaimed wine nerd and this is my favourite winery in the region. I recommend the premium tasting for the ungrafted variety. Sommeliers know their stuff and they are confident of their wines (obviously for a good reason!). Shame they don’t ship outside of EU. Wonderful experience!

Nice spot for a wine tasting near Chania. Service is friendly and the wines are good. The tasting area is really pretty.

We went to Karavitakis near the end of the day and we were welcomed by Fanis. He was an amazing and friendly host and walked us through the premium tasting. I am bit of a wine guy and the wines here are expertly crafted. The winery is a bit out of the way but it is an easy and beautiful trip from Chania. Thank you, Fanis and Karavitakis!

We’ve come here quite a few times, we love the wine, the setup is beautiful and the two sommeliers are full of knowledge and very welcoming. They have an extensive selection of wines and the space is new and beautiful. A great place to stock up on your wine.

Nikos gave a really good expert wine tasting. He answered all of my questions regarding their wines. Like toasting casks, wich casks, maturation proces, different grapes, Terroir, vintages, lees, wild fermented, their vision and goals for the future. I went there because I love the Elia Negroamaro. I have known it for 7 years now. Thank you ever so much for the hospitality and good wines. The wines are excellent wines. Nikos, a third grade sommelier, was a knowledgeable and really good host. I have been to many tastings, this one was top! I'll enjoy the wines i bought. Thankfully Hub Caelen.

Nikos was a great tour guide !! So knowledgeable and kind! Answered all of our questions and offered amazing suggestions, made this experience unforgettable!!! Site is beautiful and worthwhile.

4.5 stars. Affordable wine tasting within driving distance of Paleochora. For 19 euros per person, they provided a lot of olives, soft white cheese, tomatoes, and sesame crackers and tastes of 6 different wines. With each taste, one of the staff tells you the story of the wine and the smells; tastes, flavors that you might expect. It was a nice way to kill a few hours. After the tasting, we decided to buy a bottle. 3 of the 6 bottles were 10 euros in price and the other 3 were around 18 euros I believe. Parking is on the street in front of the building. There’s not much of a Mountain View from the vineyard even though you are high up but it was pleasant to sit on their grounds, enjoy our bottle, and talk. There’s also a tiny church and a bell on the grounds. There was a nice group of English speaking ex-pat Europeans who happened to have their tasting with us so we chatted with them as well. Nearby is the oldest olive tree in the world- so we saw that on the way back to Paleochora. It has a very small museum and a place with not-so-good tasting ice cream 🤷🏻‍♀️