Harvest rituals Taste Trails

Mastic on Chios, raki in Crete, salt at Ston, maple in Quebec: old harvests that still bring a whole village out.

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  Chios Mastic Villages

  Walk the mastic fields at harvest and see the resin 'tears' that grow on one island only.

  2 nights, 3 days · Chios Town · June to September; harvest mid-August, often a second in September

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  Raki Season in Western Crete

  Stand at the copper still on the night a Cretan village lights it for the season.

  Full day · from Chania · Early October to December

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  Ston Oysters & Ancient Salt

  Rake salt by hand at dawn in 4,000-year-old salt pans, then eat Mali Ston oysters on the bay.

  Full day · from Dubrovnik · Oysters year-round; salt harvest July to September

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  Lofoten Skrei & Stockfish

  See cod drying on the racks, try fishing for your own skrei, and eat fried cod tongues.

  2 nights, 3 days · Svolvær · January to April

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  Sugar Shack Day from Montreal

  Twirl maple taffy on snow after a long sugar-shack feast.

  Full day · from Montreal · Spring sugaring-off, March to April

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  Niagara Icewine Weekend

  Taste icewine outdoors among the frozen vines.

  2 nights, 3 days · Niagara-on-the-Lake · Niagara Icewine Festival, mid to late January

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  Adirondack Maple Weekend

  Collect sap and watch it boil down in a working sugarhouse.

  2 nights, 3 days · Saranac Lake · Two weekends in late March (New York Maple Weekend)

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