The Agricultural Union of Heraklion (A.U.H.) was founded in 1927 and it is one of the largest cooperative organizations in Greece;

it owns a winery with a long history in the wine sector. It was founded in 1927 when the rural world of the prefecture envisioned the creation of a Cooperative which would dominate the world with its wines. 2008 was a “milestone” year for the Company, since the winery, one of the country’s biggest, was inaugurated then.

The cooperative’s model winery is located in Paliani and it is a state-of-the-art and an innovative project. A.U.H. takes pride in its high-quality single-variety and multi-varietal wines, which were launched in 2021, resulting from very hard and methodical work by specialized professional oenologists, renowned in the wine sector.

The cooperative vows that the support of Cretan producers and Cretan products will remain its primary goal and aim, offering high quality wines made from 100% Cretan grapes, mainly from native varieties of Crete.

In the basement of the building there are cellars for wine aging in oak barrels. The producers have equipped a separate area with grape receiving funnels, electronic weighing and destemmers which lead to the factory with the huge stainless steel tanks.

The central rooms of the building are used for tasting events, presentations of the new wines of A.U.H. and training seminars. The place is open to visitors.