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Crete for Wine lovers
Spring Program
This photo is from the event "Cheese making at small industry" that takes place on "Monday - Cheese", during one of the programs of Agrion Terra Farm, in Crete.
Above photo: Manolis, our shepard from Psiloritis mountain, demonstrates how cheese used to be made traditionally.
Description of event
Yiannis, at Thronos village in the area of Amari, has been following cheese making since his childohood. He is producing 5 different kinds of cheese. He recently expanded his operation in order to comply with modern standards of cheese production, but he still keeps his "cheese secrets" in his business.

Monday - Cheese
08:00:00 Harvest your breakfast.
Come to the farm, early in the morning, and participate in the collection of the ingredients of your breakfast. Milk the goats, harvest vegetables, collect the eggs from the chickens.

Agrion Terra Farm is surrounded by extensive olive orchards, vineyards and vegetable garden. We will find the goats under an olive tree and milk them; "visit" the chickens and collect fresh eggs; walk through the vegetable garden and harvest vegetables. Or... we will simply follow Stelios and watch his way of doing it!

08:30:00 Breakfast
All breakfast ingredients are home made organic products. Breakfast includes: Bread, cretan rusk, two types of cheese, yoghurt, honey, two types of marmelade, butter, eggs, various vegetables, fresh orange juice, coffee. Coffee is conventionally provided.

Our morning activity, right after breakfast is cheese making. Thus, during breakfast, we taste some extra kinds of cheese, chat about cheese making, its role in rural life and the use of cheese in every day life.

09:00:00 Cheese making at home
The way people on Crete produce their cheese is different from the industrial way. That is what makes it so special! Traditional recipes... traditional and exceptional taste...

Stelios in Agrion Terra Farm makes his cheese the way his mother taught him. Using vinegar or salt, yeast or "other secrets"... we are going to find out... anyway... The secrets of how to make your own cheese are revealed!

Once you taste the cheses of Crete –myzithra, graviera (local gruyere) or tirozouli- you definitely want to have the recipes for your files! In Agrion Terra Farm we provide you with all the information you need to make many superb cheeses. Each recipe is explained with simple step by step demonstrations. You will be surprised at how easy it is, and how little it costs to make your own cheese and yoghurt at home! Each recipe is explained with simple step by step demonstrations. You will be surprised at how easy it is, and how little it costs to make your own cheese and yoghurt at home!

10:30:00 Free time. Midday activity preparation.
It is now time to pack your things and get ready for the midday activity. Get your water bottles, sun glasses, hat... whatever you believe will make your small trip as much comfortable as possible.


11:30:00 Cheese making at small industry


Yiannis, at Thronos village in the area of Amari, has been following cheese making since his childohood. He is producing 5 different kinds of cheese. He recently expanded his operation in order to comply with modern standards of cheese production, but he still keeps his "cheese secrets" in his business.

13:30:00 Free time, or tailor made optional activities.
This is YOUR time! Free to swim, or settle down and get lazy!!! The more active ones will have the opportunity to participate in fascinating excursions which are organised outside the premises of the organic farms, accompanied by experienced professionals. We will be happy to arrange all the details fof you.

Join Agrion Terra on a trip to the highlands; where shepherds take their flocks during the warm season. We admire the vaulted stone huts, where shepherds used to produce cheese by stirring the milk in a big copper cauldron that sit in an opening of the bench over the fire.

20:00:00 Dinner.
It is time to savour the delights of Crete in a place that we have choosen especially for you. Dinner includes the highlights of the delicacies we have been introduced to during the day. Sorry guys... beverages not included...

Dinner tonight takes place in the traditional small taverna of Tassoula, in Aghia Paraskevi. In its course we taste five different kinds of cheese -Feta, graviera, myzithra, tirozouli and ladotyri. We discuss how cheese is used on Crete in cooked food, in salad and fresh. How many ways do Cretans have for using cheese???... You are about to discover! All recipes, of course, are available for copy!!


This is the detailed schedule of the days included in the current program.
Monday - Cheese
08:00:00 Harvest your breakfast.
08:30:00 Breakfast
09:00:00 Cheese making at home
10:30:00 Free time. Midday activity preparation.
11:30:00 Cheese making at small industry
13:30:00 Free time, or tailor made optional activities.
20:00:00 Dinner.

Tuesday - Bread, crops & people
08:00:00 Harvest your breakfast.
08:30:00 Breakfast
09:00:00 Bread kneading and baking
10:30:00 Free time. Midday activity preparation.
11:00:00 People, crops and landscape.
13:30:00 Free time, or tailor made optional activities.
21:00:00 Dinner.

Wednesday - Food preservation & wine
08:00:00 Harvest your breakfast.
08:30:00 Breakfast
09:00:00 Food preservation at home.
10:30:00 Free time. Midday activity preparation.
11:00:00 Trip to midday activity location
12:00:00 Wine tasting
14:00:00 Free time, or tailor made optional activities.
21:00:00 Dinner.

Thursday - Olive oil
08:00:00 Harvest your breakfast.
09:00:00 Breakfast
09:30:00 Aromatic olive oil preparation.
10:30:00 Free time. Midday activity preparation.
11:00:00 Olive oil production.
12:30:00 Olive oil tasting.
13:30:00 Free time, or tailor made optional activities.
21:00:00 Dinner.

Friday - Wild greens & vegetables
08:00:00 Harvest your breakfast.
08:30:00 Breakfast
09:00:00 Wild greens and vegetables. Collection from the wilderness.
10:30:00 Free time, or tailor made optional activities.
19:30:00 Wild green and vegetables. Post harvest handling and cooking.
21:00:00 Dinner.

Saturday - Herbs
08:00:00 Harvest your breakfast.
08:30:00 Breakfast
09:30:00 Free time. Midday activity preparation.
10:00:00 Botanical tour, medicinal herbs.
11:30:00 Herbal remedies.
13:00:00 Free time, or tailor made optional activities.
20:00:00 Dinner.

Sunday - Cooking skills
08:00:00 Harvest your breakfast.
08:30:00 Breakfast
09:30:00 Free Day.
19:00:00 Cooking demo
20:30:00 Dinner.
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