Tour Nº 01
The Caldera Classic
Small-group Santorini wine tour: Venetsanos, Gavalas & Santo Wines, 13 tastings with meze, max 8 guests. €149 with free 48-hour cancellation.
€149 pp 4.5 hours
Fira · Santorini · Est. by a local family
Santorini wine tours with every winery named
Santorini Wine Tours runs small-group and private winery tours across the island's volcanic vineyards — every itinerary published winery by winery, groups capped at eight, tastings and fees included, from €95 to fully custom private days. Free cancellation up to 48 hours before every tour.
- Family-run
- Small groups of 8 max
- Free 48-hour cancellation
- Every winery named upfront
The experiences
Nine ways to taste the island — one honest price each
No mystery itineraries, no "or similar" wineries, no prices hidden behind a checkout. Each tour below lists exactly where you'll go and what it costs — compare them all on the tours page, or ask us on WhatsApp and we'll match you to one in two messages.
Tour Nº 02
Most booked
Golden Hour
Sunset wine tour in Santorini: Art Space, Artemis Karamolegos & a Venetsanos caldera-terrace finale timed to golden hour. €169, max 8 guests.
€169 pp 4 hours
Tour Nº 03
The Private Cellar
Private Santorini wine tour from €480 for two: sommelier-led, appointment-only cellars like Hatzidakis, Vinsanto verticals at Argyros, fully custom.
from €480 4–5 hours
Tour Nº 04
Assyrtiko & Aegean Table
Santorini wine and food tour: Gaia Wines on the beach, Artemis Karamolegos, and a long paired lunch at the Aroma Avlis vineyard restaurant. €219, max 8.
€219 pp 5 hours
Tour Nº 05
Sea days
Wine Tasting at Sea
Santorini catamaran wine tasting cruise with Sirigos Sailing: 5 hours on the caldera, Greek buffet with local wines aboard, swim stops. From €145 pp.
from €145 pp 5 hours
Tour Nº 06
Once ever
Say Yes in the Vines
Propose in a working Santorini winery: private tasting, hidden photographer, every detail staged with Santorini Proposals — planners since 1996. From €950.
from €950 Custom
Tour Nº 07
First Sip
Santorini's honest budget wine tour: the cave Wine Museum (4 tastings) plus the island's oldest winery, Canava Roussos. 3 hours, €95.
€95 pp 3 hours
Tour Nº 08
Seasonal
Harvest Days
Join the Santorini harvest: pick basket-trained vines at dawn, foot-press the old way, and taste with the winemaking family. Aug–Sep only, €175.
€175 pp 5 hours
Tour Nº 09
Ship-proof
Cruise Shore Excursion
Wine tours built for cruise passengers: port meeting, tender-and-cable-car playbook, and a guaranteed 90-minute buffer before all-aboard. From €95.
from €95 pp 3–4.5 hours
Santorini wine, by the numbers
The island in six verifiable figures
- 1,200
- 1,200
grower families feed the island’s cooperative — about half of all Santorini wine passes through Santo Wines in Pyrgos
- 450–550 t
- 450–550 t
the final 2025 harvest, the smallest on record (2022 brought ~2,300 t). Outstanding quality, vanishing quantity
- 200 yrs
- 200 yrs
the age some ungrafted vines reach here — phylloxera never survived the volcanic soil, so the roots were never replaced
- 2
- 2
wineries with a true caldera view — Santo Wines and Venetsanos. Anyone promising more is stretching the word "caldera"
- 13
- 13
wineries profiled in our guide, from the 1836 cellars of Canava Roussos to Mikra Thira on Therasia island
- €18–55
- €18–55
what tasting flights cost at the cellar doors in 2026 — our tours include every fee, so there’s no arithmetic at the table
Numbers move on this island — harvests shrink, prices climb, cellars change hands. We re-verify every figure quarterly, and the full story lives in our Santorini Wine Guide.
Oia — whitewash stacked on volcanic rock, the Aegean below
The winery guide
Thirteen wineries, one straight-talking guide
Which cellars take walk-ins and which book out a week ahead. What a flight actually costs in 2026. Which two terraces genuinely face the caldera. Our Best Wineries in Santorini guide covers all of it — with the comparison table and map that no other guide on the internet has bothered to build.
Signature experiences
Two things nobody else on the island offers
At sea · 5 hours · from €145 pp
Wine Tasting at Sea
A caldera catamaran cruise with a Greek buffet and local wines poured on deck — run with our partners at Sirigos Sailing, Santorini's finest family-run catamaran company. Swim stops at the hot springs, Assyrtiko in hand, volcano off the bow.
Proposals · custom · from €950
Say Yes in the Vines
A surprise proposal staged in a working winery — private tasting, photographer hidden among the barrels, planned with Santorini Proposals, the planners we recommend, staging proposals on this island since 1996.
Why book direct with us
The house rules — the things the platforms won't tell you
Every winery named before you pay
Most Santorini tours sell "three wineries" and decide which three later. Every itinerary on this site is fixed and published — if we ever have to swap a stop, you hear it from us first, with a named alternative or a full refund.
Eight guests, maximum
A minivan of eight is a conversation; a coach of fifty is a queue with scenery. Every shared departure is capped, and private days are exactly that — private.
The driver never pours; the guide never drives
Every departure carries two professionals: a licensed driver, and a wine guide whose only job is the wine. It’s safer, and the conversation is better.
Cancellation that doesn’t punish you
Plans change on vacation. Cancel up to 48 hours out for a full refund — no forms, no arguing. Compare that fine print anywhere else on the island.
Read what guests say on our reviews page, or meet the family on the about page.
Straight answers
Before you book anything
Is Santorini good for wine tasting?
Exceptionally — it is one of the world’s oldest continuously producing wine regions, with ungrafted vines up to 200 years old, a unique basket-training system (kouloura), and a signature volcanic white, Assyrtiko, that critics rank among Europe’s great whites. Over a dozen wineries welcome visitors within a 20-minute drive of Fira.
What is the best Santorini wine tour?
The best tour names its wineries before you pay, keeps the group small, and separates the driver from the guide. Our flagship Caldera Classic does all three: Venetsanos, Gavalas, and Santo Wines, capped at eight guests, €149 with 13 tastings and meze. Sunset chasers should book the Golden Hour instead.
Tell us your dates — we'll do the rest
Send your dates, party size, and what you love drinking. We reply within a day (usually within the hour on WhatsApp) with availability and an honest recommendation — even if it's a walk-in canava that costs you nothing.