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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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  • Decorated houses in the mastic village of Pyrgi, Chios

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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

  • Chania harbour and Venetian shipyards, Crete

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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

  • The ancient salt pans at Ston, Croatia

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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

  • Stockfish drying racks at Reine, Lofoten

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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

  • Visitors at a Quebec sugar shack in winter

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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

  • Wine barrels beside the vineyard at Inniskillin, Niagara

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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

  • Sap buckets on maple trees in snow

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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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