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Tastings · Agios Lazaros, Mykonos

Mykonos Farmers Cheese Tasting and Cheese Making

Mykonos Farmers is a small working dairy at Agios Lazaros, south of Mykonos Town. Its Cheese Tasting Tour introduces the farm and serves five cheeses with a glass of wine, then yogurt with spoon sweet; the Cheese Making Tour, about an hour, is arranged on request. Book on its online booking page or call +30 22890 23970. Prices are shown when you book.

Tasting
5 cheeses with wine
Cheesemaking
About 1 hour, on request
Cooking workshop
3 hours
Phone
+30 22890 23970
Kopanisti, the peppery cheese spread of the Cyclades
Photo: C messier, CC BY-SA 4.0

The Experiences

  • Cheese Tasting Tour: an introduction to the farm and its products, a tasting of five cheeses with a glass of wine, and yogurt with a homemade spoon sweet to finish.
  • Cheese Making Tour: about an hour, organised on request. You see the working cheese room and make cheese around the table with the farm's cheesemakers, using natural methods without packaged starters, and leave with recipes.
  • Cooking Workshop: 3 hours. A cheese tasting, then you cook seven recipes with the farm's own products and sit down for 45 minutes to eat them with unlimited wine.

The Cheeses

Mykonos has its own cheese tradition. The best known is kopanisti, a soft, sharp, peppery spread with PDO status. The farm also makes cheeses such as xinotyro and tyrovolia, though some appear only in the seasons when the animals give enough milk.

Booking and Getting There

Book through the farm's CaptainBook page, where times and prices appear, or ask by phone on +30 22890 23970 or email [email protected]. The farm is at Agios Lazaros, about ten minutes by car or taxi from Mykonos Town towards Psarou and Platys Gialos.

Elsewhere on Mykonos

Rizes, a family farmstead at Maou near Ano Mera, also makes cheese and runs guided tours and cooking classes; call +30 6944 220233. For more Cycladic cheesemaking, ferries link Mykonos with Naxos.

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Questions People Ask

Can you taste cheese on Mykonos?

Yes. Mykonos Farmers at Agios Lazaros runs a tasting of five of its cheeses with a glass of wine. Book online or on +30 22890 23970.

What is kopanisti?

A soft, sharp, peppery cheese spread from the Cyclades with PDO status, made on Mykonos, Tinos and Syros among other islands.

Official site: mykonosfarmers.com/experiences. Dates, hours and prices checked 22 October 2026; confirm on the official site before you travel. See all cheese tastings.