WINE TOURS

PRIVATE TOURS & CUSTOM SERVICES

We will organize private custom itineraries and all services in Tuscany, Umbria, Liguria, Sicily, and Piedmont for any number of persons, any number of days, with as little or much structure as you prefer. This can range from the most detailed tour with a full-time guide to a simpler program with accommodations, transportation, local guides, any special interests, and ample free time.

Any itinerary can be created to satisfy your vacation, whether it is a honeymoon, celebration, executive retreat, or a break from a business conference. Chianti Classico, Montalcino and Montepulciano in Tuscany are our most requested areas but itineraries may be custom-tailored in any other appellation or to complement visits already planned in Italy.

Each tour varies somewhat. A typical very full one-day tour includes a morning and afternoon winery and tasting (generally a large and smaller estate in one appellation), English-speaking guide, transportation, lunch or dinner with wine in a characteristic trattoria or the winery itself, and any caffè, aperitivi, or gelato along the way. A winery might be substituted with a guided a museum visit or walking tour in a city of art, festival (see WINE EVENTS), wine bar, artisan workshop, olive press, or cooking class. Our daily tour costs start at €235,00 each for 2-3 persons, €180,00 each for 4-6 persons. Since wines are forever changing, we continually seek new or undiscovered destinations to include in our tours. Let us create the right itinerary for you!

GROUP PROGRAMS

Our group tours include multi-day or eight-or-more-day scheduled itineraries in the regions of Tuscany, Umbria, Liguria, Sicily, and Piedmont. Group tours offer our guests a broad perspective on Italian wines and appellations.

Tuscany, eight-day tour dates: May 22 to 29, July 16 to 23, September 3 to 10, October 9 to 16, 2008

Sicily, eight-day tour dates: May 5 to 12, October 20 to 27, 2008

These include full-time English-speaking guide, single and double occupancy in four-star hotel accommodations, fine dining, most meals, deluxe coach transportation to and from airports and daily to and from the hotel, all museum and monument entrance fees, lectures, presentations, and guided tastings in wineries. This also includes our guests' preferences for any museums, monuments, artisan ateliers, cheese factories, distilleries, olive presses, or cooking classes.