CHOOSE WHERE TO START YOUR WINE TOUR
We offer wine and food tours departing from many cities and many cruise ports in Italy
Wine Lover looking for exclusive private wine tours or wine tasting in Italy? Food Lover looking for exclusive private tastings of food excellence in Italy?
Just choose the location where you want to start from and we’ll show the selection within a maximum two-hour drive.
Covering entire Italy, we manage chauffeurs with limos, luxury VANs or helicopters to and from major cruise ports and major cities in Piedmont, Tuscany, Sicily, etc.
For example we offer one-day wine tours in the form of shore excursions from Civitavecchia cruise port, La Spezia cruise port, Venice cruise port, etc. and one-day wine tours or wine tasting from Rome, Milan, Florence, etc.
Just select the one you’re interested in and fill the form to require more info and all the details.
WFTI experiences MUST BE BOOKED AT LEAST 20 DAYS IN ADVANCE.
LOCATIONS, PEOPLE AND PRODUCTS ARE SO EXCLUSIVE THAT THESE ARE EVENTS RATHER THAN SIMPLE TOURS.
WE APOLOGIZE, BUT WE WILL NOT MANAGE ANY REQUEST FOR AVAILABILITY RECEIVED LESS THAN 20 DAYS BEFORE REQUESTED DATE.
If you do not find the right one for your needs among our proposals, contact us and we will do our best to find the right solution for your needs.
Some tours reachable from most famous places in Italy
Friuli: a family of country style winemakers
100 €
easy!
Private: winery visit, VIP wine tasting, traditional lunch at the winery’s restaurant. Wines that are more pleasant than complex. Perfect wine pairing full LUNCH.
168
Friuli: a family of country style winemakers
easy!
One day as a Friulian old style winemaker
120 €
easy!
Owner-guided visit of winery and vineyards: take a look into our philosophy and dive into the exciting world of a winemaker, then enjoy our family menu with our best wines.
176
One day as a Friulian old style winemaker
easy!
Michelin star in Rome cooking class
1520 €
luxury!
The Chef (Michelin star since 2010), will meet you at her trendy restaurant, you’ll walk into traditional shops and markets. Lesson will be held in a private room, then 10 courses DINNER
110
Michelin star in Rome cooking class
luxury!
BEST WINE in the WORLD in WS’s TOP 100
1430 €
luxury!
Brunello di Montalcino #1 WINE in Wine Spectator TOP 100 of 2006 and 4 100 pts by other international experts. The BEST in the world, simply.
019
BEST WINE in the WORLD in WS’s TOP 100
luxury!
Forget everything you think about Prosecco
400 €
luxury!
A family run & simply unusual “not only” Prosecco winery, one of the Wine Spectator’s Opera Wine “Finest Italian Wines”. Here the wines are “family” wines, but then they are awarded with more than 90 points in the most important international competitions and judged by FORBES as “best values”…
143
Forget everything you think about Prosecco
luxury!
Famous Italian-American restaurateurs family
420 €
luxury!
Sharing with you the nuances of our wines, which speak of family, tradition, culture and passion, to make you fully appreciate the potential of Friuli.
169
Famous Italian-American restaurateurs family
luxury!
An exceptional “Sparkling Awards” collection
380 €
luxury!
Taste one of the most awarded Prosecco in the world in a UNESCO World Heritage site: Prosecco hills, a breathtaking journey, plus a wine pairing class-tasting, pasta mini-cooking class and full Venetian lunch.
011
An exceptional “Sparkling Awards” collection
luxury!
CHOCOLATE PRO + SASSICAIA experience: PISA
1260 €
luxury!
Guided PRO tour of the CHOCOLATE factory – PRO masterclass: how to judge chocolate – Tuscan LUNCH based on chocolate & cocoa, in prestigious pairing with SASSICAIA wine!
042
CHOCOLATE PRO + SASSICAIA experience: PISA
luxury!
Some tours reachable from Cruise Ports in Italy
A Tour in Italian “Club of 90 plus” wines
370 €
luxury!
A wine “TOUR of ITALY”, from North to South, simply sitting in Verona, following the enthusiasm and passion of the our family. Tuscany, Veneto, Lombardy, Basilicata, Puglia
051
A Tour in Italian “Club of 90 plus” wines
luxury!
Lunch at the Castle with the Marquis
600 €
luxury!
Visit Marquis private residence in the Castle, tour a 1100 a.D. cellar, drink aperitif on the tower, vertical tasting of Wine Spectator’s TOP 100, have lunch at the table of the Marquis
021
Lunch at the Castle with the Marquis
luxury!
Distillery visit + private YACHT tour
1250 €
luxury!
A full immersion (with a private luxury YACHT) day: in Mediterranean liquor making visiting a distillery, in history, in sea-food, in open sea bathing & sunbathing + a spirits masterclass!!!
129
Distillery visit + private YACHT tour
luxury!
Distillery in Puglia: Spirits & Liqueurs
400 €
luxury!
Absolutely natural, our SPIRITS are made in traditional way without the use of preservatives, dyes and chemical additives. This artisan DISTILLERY was born in order to rediscover the ancient arts of Mediterranean liqueur making and produce elixirs and jams.
121
Distillery in Puglia: Spirits & Liqueurs
luxury!
An exceptional “Sparkling Awards” collection
380 €
luxury!
Taste one of the most awarded Prosecco in the world in a UNESCO World Heritage site: Prosecco hills, a breathtaking journey, plus a wine pairing class-tasting, pasta mini-cooking class and full Venetian lunch.
011
An exceptional “Sparkling Awards” collection
luxury!
Mediterranean Spirits & Liqueurs
500 €
luxury!
This DISTILLERY was born in order to rediscover the ancient arts of Mediterranean liqueur making and produce elixirs and jams. Absolutely natural, the products are made in traditional way without the use of preservatives, dyes and chemical additives.
128
Mediterranean Spirits & Liqueurs
luxury!
Visit and work in a real dairy for a day
490 €
luxury!
Cheese maker for a day + cooking class, cheese based amazing lunch in pairing with Wine Spectator Top 100 wines – Internationally awarded cheeses, choiced by The Ritz-Carlton in Osaka, Japan.
127
Visit and work in a real dairy for a day
luxury!
CHOCOLATE PRO + SASSICAIA experience: PISA
1260 €
luxury!
Guided PRO tour of the CHOCOLATE factory – PRO masterclass: how to judge chocolate – Tuscan LUNCH based on chocolate & cocoa, in prestigious pairing with SASSICAIA wine!
042
CHOCOLATE PRO + SASSICAIA experience: PISA
luxury!
Some tours reachable from Trieste
Relax, enjoy the view… and the wines!
100 €
easy!
Private winery visit, private VIP wine tasting paired with local appetizers – The most relaxed way to immerse yourself in the history of wine in Friuli… and in breathtaking views.
191
Relax, enjoy the view… and the wines!
easy!
Easy but VIP: guided by the winemaker
60 €
easy!
Easy but fascinating wine experience: in a 16th century villa, strolling through vineyards and cellars and in guided wine tasting, always accompanied by the producer himself.
186
Easy but VIP: guided by the winemaker
easy!
An exceptional “Sparkling Awards” collection
380 €
luxury!
Taste one of the most awarded Prosecco in the world in a UNESCO World Heritage site: Prosecco hills, a breathtaking journey, plus a wine pairing class-tasting, pasta mini-cooking class and full Venetian lunch.
011
An exceptional “Sparkling Awards” collection
luxury!
Wine Spectator Top 100 wines + US Food
240 €
easy!
Private: TWO wineries visit (both Wine Spectator Top 100 listed!!!), TWO VIP wine tastings + USA+Friuli full lunch at the winery’s restaurant – History of wine meets the New World.
192
Wine Spectator Top 100 wines + US Food
easy!
Some tours reachable from Florence
Living History private wine experience
350 €
luxury!
Private wine tasting in a Chianti millenary Abbey, a wine pairing lunch in a unique atmosphere: Mrs. Lorenza De’ Medici’s winery in Wine Spectator TOP 100.
023
Living History private wine experience
luxury!
High spirituality & rustic energy: SAGRANTINO
500 €
luxury!
Umbria is a land of religion and magic, of San Francesco and devils, and wine used as a potion by exorcists. Feel the high spirituality and rustic energy of a wine unknown to most but appreciated like few others by experts.
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High spirituality & rustic energy: SAGRANTINO
luxury!
Food lovers tour and gourmet lunch
500 €
luxury!
Traditional Balsamic Vinegar of Modena: our family’s top quality production is documented by hundreds of awards enriching the Museum and attics of the Balsamic farm.
136
Food lovers tour and gourmet lunch
luxury!
DESSERTS Cooking Class in Tuscany
360 €
luxury!
Become an expert on high class and trendy pastry making playing live with a starred dessert Chef. Former dessert Chef at Adrià’s EL BULLI, CRACCO PECK, Enoteca PINCHIORRI… now teaches YOU!!!
032
DESSERTS Cooking Class in Tuscany
luxury!
Some tours reachable from Livorno
Impossible wine tasting + custom Tuscan menu
530 €
luxury!
VIP winery tour experience: 4 old vintages of 3 times in TOP100 vertical wine tasting and perfect wine-pairing-designed luxury Tuscan menu
017
Impossible wine tasting + custom Tuscan menu
luxury!
NOT for the faint of heart… The BEST wine tour.
1220 €
luxury!
For the serious wine lover a “The best or nothing” experience. Incredible vertical tasting of 4 TOP 100’s and a classic Tuscan lunch designed specifically to perfectly match these astonishing wines.
020
NOT for the faint of heart… The BEST wine tour.
luxury!
Learn the secrets of modern alchemists
340 €
luxury!
Be introduced to liqueur handcrafting, taste a variety of ancient spirits, have a full Tuscan lunch to test their digestive properties. Hands are the only machines and raw ingredients are only natural and mainly produced here.
010
Learn the secrets of modern alchemists
luxury!
Vines were cultivated here 3,000 years ago…
800 €
luxury!
The noble family who donated masterpieces of art to the UFFIZI National Museum in Florence hosts you for a unique Wine Spectator’s TOP 100 vertical tasting plus a classic Tuscan lunch…
013
Vines were cultivated here 3,000 years ago…
luxury!
Some tours reachable from Bologna
Food lovers tour and gourmet lunch
500 €
luxury!
Traditional Balsamic Vinegar of Modena: our family’s top quality production is documented by hundreds of awards enriching the Museum and attics of the Balsamic farm.
136
Food lovers tour and gourmet lunch
luxury!
CHOCOLATE gourmet PRO experience: CHIANTI
1200 €
luxury!
Immerse in a MAGIC ATMOSPHERE entering the gates of a former cast iron foundry with the charme of an old-fashioned laboratory. Have a full immersion in CHOCOLATE day!!!
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CHOCOLATE gourmet PRO experience: CHIANTI
luxury!
CHOCOLATE PRO + SASSICAIA experience: PISA
1260 €
luxury!
Guided PRO tour of the CHOCOLATE factory – PRO masterclass: how to judge chocolate – Tuscan LUNCH based on chocolate & cocoa, in prestigious pairing with SASSICAIA wine!
042
CHOCOLATE PRO + SASSICAIA experience: PISA
luxury!
Lunch at the Castle with the Marquis
600 €
luxury!
Visit Marquis private residence in the Castle, tour a 1100 a.D. cellar, drink aperitif on the tower, vertical tasting of Wine Spectator’s TOP 100, have lunch at the table of the Marquis
021
Lunch at the Castle with the Marquis
luxury!
Some tours reachable from Rome
NOT for the faint of heart… The BEST wine tour.
1220 €
luxury!
For the serious wine lover a “The best or nothing” experience. Incredible vertical tasting of 4 TOP 100’s and a classic Tuscan lunch designed specifically to perfectly match these astonishing wines.
020
NOT for the faint of heart… The BEST wine tour.
luxury!
Amazing experiment of living WINE archaeology
530 €
luxury!
Pompei is the only ancient city in the world whose everyday life was “frozen” in a day, it was not abandoned or destroyed (“simply” covered by millions of tons of volcano ash).
037
Amazing experiment of living WINE archaeology
luxury!
BEST WINE in the WORLD in WS’s TOP 100
1430 €
luxury!
Brunello di Montalcino #1 WINE in Wine Spectator TOP 100 of 2006 and 4 100 pts by other international experts. The BEST in the world, simply.
019
BEST WINE in the WORLD in WS’s TOP 100
luxury!
Cook in Rome, as Queens & Princesses did
1790 €
luxury!
Most Hon. Marquise, cookbook writer and expert in “tablescaping” welcomes you on her trendy terrace as her personal guests for an exclusive COOKING CLASS
108
Cook in Rome, as Queens & Princesses did
luxury!
Some tours reachable from Garda Lake
Lake Garda Best in Wine Tourism luxury estate
1570 €
luxury!
In an awarded “Best in Wine Tourism” luxury estate taste our Wine Spectator Top 100 wine, enjoy a special “Grand Wine Pairing Lunch” in a relaxed classic Italian country location.
138
Lake Garda Best in Wine Tourism luxury estate
luxury!
Traditional Balsamic Vinegar tour & gourmet lunch
1250 €
luxury!
Aceto Balsamico di Modena – Traditional Balsamic Vinegar of Modena: visit the Family Archive usually closed to the public and be able to collect the vinegar from the barrels yourself.
134
Traditional Balsamic Vinegar tour & gourmet lunch
luxury!
A FASHIONABLE line of sparkling wines
170 €
easy!
Unexpected wine tour: our family’s Lambrusco, the one and only sparkling red in Wine Spectator Top 100 ever! In the Food (or Motors…) Valley
135
A FASHIONABLE line of sparkling wines
easy!
Food lovers tour and gourmet lunch
500 €
luxury!
Traditional Balsamic Vinegar of Modena: our family’s top quality production is documented by hundreds of awards enriching the Museum and attics of the Balsamic farm.
136
Food lovers tour and gourmet lunch
luxury!
Some tours reachable from Verona
AMARONE wine, Cooking Class & SPA wellness
410 €
luxury!
Cooking Class & Vinotherapy: AMARONE + Classic Valpolicella. Cooking lesson with pairing of our wines + SPA wellness wine therapy. Tour of cellar & visit to giant barrel.
052
AMARONE wine, Cooking Class & SPA wellness
luxury!
Forget everything you think about Prosecco
400 €
luxury!
A family run & simply unusual “not only” Prosecco winery, one of the Wine Spectator’s Opera Wine “Finest Italian Wines”. Here the wines are “family” wines, but then they are awarded with more than 90 points in the most important international competitions and judged by FORBES as “best values”…
143
Forget everything you think about Prosecco
luxury!
An exceptional “Sparkling Awards” collection
380 €
luxury!
Taste one of the most awarded Prosecco in the world in a UNESCO World Heritage site: Prosecco hills, a breathtaking journey, plus a wine pairing class-tasting, pasta mini-cooking class and full Venetian lunch.
011
An exceptional “Sparkling Awards” collection
luxury!
Lake Garda Best in Wine Tourism luxury estate
1570 €
luxury!
In an awarded “Best in Wine Tourism” luxury estate taste our Wine Spectator Top 100 wine, enjoy a special “Grand Wine Pairing Lunch” in a relaxed classic Italian country location.
138
Lake Garda Best in Wine Tourism luxury estate
luxury!
Some tours reachable from Venice
Only ORGANIC cultivation methods
1100 €
luxury!
Guided by the owner you’ll visit cellars & vineyards, taste Wine Spectator Top 100 wines and you’ll enjoy a truly unique lunch of pairing typical local dishes with the same wines.
068
Only ORGANIC cultivation methods
luxury!
An exceptional “Sparkling Awards” collection
380 €
luxury!
Taste one of the most awarded Prosecco in the world in a UNESCO World Heritage site: Prosecco hills, a breathtaking journey, plus a wine pairing class-tasting, pasta mini-cooking class and full Venetian lunch.
011
An exceptional “Sparkling Awards” collection
luxury!
US Burghers meet Top Italian wines
170 €
easy!
US food meets Italian wines, Wine Spectator TOP100 listed wines! Winery visit, VIP wine tasting, creative USA+Friuli lunch at the winery’s restaurant. The best of the Old & the New World.
179
US Burghers meet Top Italian wines
easy!
Dreamers’ wines, Imperial food
250 €
easy!
Welcome to our family winery: settlers, farmers, winegrowers, Wine Spectator Top100 listed. Welcome to our Trattoria, where we cook according to Grandma’s handwritten recipes.
183
Dreamers’ wines, Imperial food
easy!
Some tours reachable from Bari
Visit and work in a real dairy for a day
490 €
luxury!
Cheese maker for a day + cooking class, cheese based amazing lunch in pairing with Wine Spectator Top 100 wines – Internationally awarded cheeses, choiced by The Ritz-Carlton in Osaka, Japan.
127
Visit and work in a real dairy for a day
luxury!
Puglia: EVO Extra Virgin Olive OIL
360 €
luxury!
Simply the perfect experience for Extra Virgin Olive Oil lovers: a day with the miller, oil masterclass & oil-pairing lunch with Wine Spectator Top 100 wines
115
Puglia: EVO Extra Virgin Olive OIL
luxury!
Distillery visit + private YACHT tour
1250 €
luxury!
A full immersion (with a private luxury YACHT) day: in Mediterranean liquor making visiting a distillery, in history, in sea-food, in open sea bathing & sunbathing + a spirits masterclass!!!
129
Distillery visit + private YACHT tour
luxury!
Primitivo di Manduria: WS Top100
420 €
luxury!
Private wine tour, private wine tasting of Wine Spectator Top 100 wines in Puglia: Primitivo di Manduria + Apulian wine luxury seafood lunch by the sea.
120
Primitivo di Manduria: WS Top100
luxury!
Some tours reachable from Taranto
Puglia: EVO Extra Virgin Olive OIL
360 €
luxury!
Simply the perfect experience for Extra Virgin Olive Oil lovers: a day with the miller, oil masterclass & oil-pairing lunch with Wine Spectator Top 100 wines
115
Puglia: EVO Extra Virgin Olive OIL
luxury!
Mediterranean Spirits & Liqueurs
500 €
luxury!
This DISTILLERY was born in order to rediscover the ancient arts of Mediterranean liqueur making and produce elixirs and jams. Absolutely natural, the products are made in traditional way without the use of preservatives, dyes and chemical additives.
128
Mediterranean Spirits & Liqueurs
luxury!
Wine Spectator Top 100 in Puglia
720 €
luxury!
Antinori’s flagship estate in Puglia: private wine tour, Wine Spectator Top100 private wine tasting, winery private visit, tailor made wine pairing lunch.
116
Wine Spectator Top 100 in Puglia
luxury!