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Phaistos Palace - Minoan Wine Production Center

Minoan palace (1,600 BC) with 11 storerooms of wine amphorae: grape pips in chambers prove viticulture was central to Crete's 3,500-year-old wine legacy.

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AdventurePhaistos Palace - Minoan Wine Production CenterCrete's second-largest Minoan palace, spectacularly set on a hill overlooking the Mesara Plain - still Crete's most fertile wine region. Less restored than Knossos but more atmospheric. The palace had wine production facilities and storage areas, and the famous Phaistos Disc may record wine-related information.