Barefoot, A Boutique Winery - Olive Mill in Chania
Anoskeli Olive Mill – Anoskeli Winery
This is the winery – olive mill of the Mamidakis family originally from the small rural village Anoskeli Chania. Located in altitude 250 m., very close to Voukolies village (5’), in the SW. of city of Chania, surrounded by olive trees, vines, lemon trees, orange trees.
The Mamidaki brothers left Anoskeli looking for something better in Athens, were educated and in the 1960s founded one of the largest petroleum trading companies in Greece. The Mamidaki family, who never forgot her roots, returned to Anoskeli, he bought the old olive mill of the village and started, amateurish, olive oil production. Today it has one state-of-the-art manufacturing plant, bottling and standardization of olive oil. It is produced Extra Virgin Olive Oil «Barefoot», PDO. Kolymvari of Chania, Koroneiki variety, from conventional and organic crops, multi-awarded, with global distinctions, which is exported to Europe, America, N. Korea, Russia etc. In Greece it is sold in specific super markets (Thanopoulos, Sclavenite).
Alongside, taking advantage of the family vineyards, they created one boutique winery with modern hall tasting and courtyard overlooking the endless olive groves and vineyards of the area. They are produced wines «AGAIN PLAYA" and "ANOPHERIA" and the tsikoudia «UP BELOW" and "Barefoot», double distillation (the well-known Cretan raki).
The Anoskeli winery-olive mill is visitable for guided tour together with tasting, since March – November, Monday - Friday : 10 a.m. – 6 pm. and Saturday : 10 a.m. – 4 pm. (outside the harvest and bottling season), https://anoskeli.gr, tel. : 28240 83126 (upon request). OR guided tour includes a tour of its facilities olive mill, of winery and cellar the hours 10:00, 12:00, 14:00, 16:00 (duration 90', with ticket).
OR tasting includes testing the olive oil on bread, of wines (4 or 5 labels) with a platter of charcuterie, Cretan cheeses etc. και της τσικουδιάς με σνακ.
After the tour you can relax, in the outdoor courtyard or in the indoor tasting room, enjoying your wine or tsikoudia (regardless of the hours the tour lasts). There is a possibility to buy the products in the area.
You will arrive at Barefoot very easily from Chania and the Eparch. GS. Tavronitis – Palaiochoras, only with your own means of transport (about 30 km). In the nearby village above Mute (15’) you will have the opportunity to see her Memorial Olive (3.500 years, trunk circumference 12,5 m.) and the small one Olive Museum of Vouvo, with useful objects (tel. : 28240 22279, daily 10 a.m. -7 p.m.).
Photo source : https://anoskeli.gr
