Wine Tours
Tuscany’s pivotal produce is the local vino, and there’s no better experience to help you uncork its secrets than a wine tour. Take a walk through the vineyards, enjoy a guided cellar tour and savor a tasting of wine in the company of the passionate local expert who produced it. Discover the stories and traditions behind Brunello, Chianti and Nobile wines. Itineraries include a little sight-seeing time for visiting the hill towns, castles and abbeys of the area.
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Full day private transportation and
local expert guide
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Small, sustainable and family-run wineries
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Plentiful, multiple wine tastings and farm lunch
Brunello di Montalcino
Wine Tour
Internationally recognized as one of Italy’s best reds, Brunello is a collectors’ favorite!
Discover the undisputed King of pure Sangiovese from around the Montalcino hill directly from wineries on different sides of the hill. Tour the vineyards and cellars with the wine producers and learn the unique characteristics of this region and wine.
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Tour and tasting at Brunello wineries
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Lunch on small, family-run winery with wine
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Sight-seeing in the town of Montalcino
Chianti Classico
Wine Tour
Take in the beauty of the ever contended hills between Siena and Florence. With its rolling hills of vineyards and olive groves, impressive castles and medieval towns, the Chianti is one of Italy’s most famous wine regions. Discover the history of the Black Rooster area and its wines, by touring vineyards and wine cellars to see and hear the wine making procedures and passions directly from the producers.
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Tour and wine tasting on wineries in different parts of the Chianti
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Traditional lunch on wine estate
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Sight-seeing stops at Chianti towns and castles
San Gimignano Vernaccia
& Chianti Wine Tour
The unique hill town of towers, San Gimignano, is also a wine growing region home to Tuscany’s only DOCG white wine and one of Italy’s most historic wines. Thanks to the area’s unique conditions, the Vernaccia di San Gimignano can only be made here. Tour a winery of the area as well as another in the Chianti and enjoy a seasonal lunch at an organic farm. Walk the cobblestone streets of this must-see medieval town.
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Cellar tours and tastings of Vernaccia di San Gimignano and Chianti wines
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Lunch on organic farm
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Sight-seeing in San Gimignano
Nobile di Montepulciano
Wine Tour
Nobile wine is made around the hill that is crowned by the town of Montepulciano, which is not to be confused with the Montepulciano grape varietal predominantly growing along the Adriatic coast. The Vino Nobile is produced with a local clone of the Sangiovese grape called Prugnolo and has a proud history. Explore wineries of the area and taste the Rosso and Nobile wines from inside old cellars within the medieval city walls, just paces from the town’s main square.
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Cellar tours and tastings at
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Lunch on organic winery
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Sight-seeing in Montepulciano
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VAL D’ORCIA’S BEST
Brunello & Nobile Wine Tour
Visit the hill town of Montepulciano and sample a selection of its Nobile wines. Enjoy the stunning landscapes of the Unesco protected Orcia Valley and a traditional Tuscan lunch on a family-run farm. Take in the sights and smells of Montalcino and experience an in-depth tour of a Brunello producing winery from the vineyards to the cellars before savoring a tasting of its prestigious wines.
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Tastings at Nobile di Montepulciano and Brunello di Montalcino wineries
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Lunch on farm/winery
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Sight-seeing opportunities in val d’Orcia, including Montepulciano and Montalcino