Hi Kayisi, There are a couple of Cretan retsinas in bottles, as well as retsina and other wines available in water bottles in the supermarkets for a couple of euros for 1.5L. They are all worth a try - the bottled Xanion is a bit musty tasting, but we like the Ekavi. We can get Kourtaki in the UK so tend to give it a miss on holiday.
We usually go in August and eat late, so usually find that there are plenty of Greeks eating at the restaurants. One unusual and heavenly dish is the pork monasteriou at Mousses - pork with dates. Give it a miss if you don't like your main course sweet, though!
Do check the fly count in the cabinets when you are out and about during the day.... It may make you want to eat fresh food, but you did ask!
We are going next week but will be returning on 28 August for a week, so we might see you in early September?
Hi Stavros, we enjoyed the music night at Paligremnos in 2010, but they did not have it on when we were there in August last year, which was a pity. However we do have a CD as a memory of the evening, and I play it particularly when I am cooking gouvetsi or stifado. The rabbit stifado at Paligremnos is very good. And the size of the serving of gigantes is ... well .... gigantic - (now don't go mentioning old f-rts).
Arnaki