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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
The Princess who likes to be a peasant

500 €
per person
luxury!
The perfect farm winery tour: visit UNESCO World Heritage vineyards, taste world awarded Prosecco, enjoy 0 miles food. Prosecco is a sensorial experience to be savoured with the eyes, nose and palate, here you’ll find out how it’s made and perfectly paired.
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The Princess who likes to be a peasant

luxury!
Guided by the winemaker-owner

100 €
per person
easy!
The Villa, an historic residence surrounded by a centuries-old park, is located in a splendid fortified feudal village. You’ll taste 6 top wines with the producer himself.
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Guided by the winemaker-owner

easy!
The Baron’s wines and the wine pairing lunch

230 €
per person
easy!
Among the roots of our vineyards there are mosaics of a Roman city, destroyed by Attila, later loved by the Habsburgs. Since the Holy Roman Empire, vines have been cultivated here.
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The Baron’s wines and the wine pairing lunch

easy!
PRO Tasting Chianti directly from the barrique

1000 €
per person
luxury!
Professional exclusive tasting directly from the barrique barrel, pro tasting of limited edition wines, wine-pairing Tuscan lunch. The most complete and immersive, like professionals, Tuscan wine experience…
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PRO Tasting Chianti directly from the barrique

luxury!
Marquis TOP 100 Chianti Castle-winery

420 €
per person
luxury!
Visit Marquis’s private residence in the Castle, tour a 1100 a.D. cellar, drink aperitif on the tower, tasting of Wine Spectator’s TOP 100, lunch in a Trattoria in the vineyards
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Marquis TOP 100 Chianti Castle-winery

luxury!
One day at the Baron-Winemaker private Villa

550 €
per person
luxury!
Empires: Roman vs Austro-Hungarian. Private: winery + villa + monastery + vineyards visit, VIP wine tasting + guided tour of Aquileia + traditional wine pairing lunch in restaurant.
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One day at the Baron-Winemaker private Villa

luxury!
Wine Masterclass + Wine tour & tasting

330 €
per person
luxury!
PRIVATE (2 locations): professional WINE CLASS (up to 32 wines in tasting) + Wine Spectator Top 100 winery VISIT, VIP wine tasting + classic full LUNCH in restaurant
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Wine Masterclass + Wine tour & tasting

luxury!
Cook in Rome, as Queens & Princesses did

1790 €
per person
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
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Cook in Rome, as Queens & Princesses did

luxury!
Some tours reachable from Cruise Ports in Italy
Wines at the Castle, Lunch with the Emperor

210 €
per person
easy!
The Castle that hosted Casanova, towers, gardens, dungeons. An incredible variety of wines in tasting. A menù from Grandma’s recipes notebook, written in the last years of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
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Wines at the Castle, Lunch with the Emperor

easy!
BAROLO Old Vintages: “00-”03-”06-”09

600 €
per person
luxury!
Historic Cellars, Historic Enoteca, Castle’s terrace. Bottles taken from the private collection of the Family, vintages 2000, 2003, 2006, 2009. VIP lunch with recipes of the great Piedmont tradition
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BAROLO Old Vintages: “00-”03-”06-”09

luxury!
Learn the secrets of modern alchemists

340 €
per person
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.
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Learn the secrets of modern alchemists

luxury!
Historical Ultra-VIP Cooking Class in Barolo

740 €
per person
luxury!
CASTLE & Winery VIP tour, Ultra-VIP old vintages wine tasting, private Chef guided COOKING CLASS, DIY wine pairing LUNCH+ Wine Spectator Top 100 (twice) Barbera del Monferrato tasting
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Historical Ultra-VIP Cooking Class in Barolo

luxury!
Private Top100 wine tasting & wine pairing lunch

300 €
per person
easy!
Supertuscans wines halfway between Florence and Siena, the heart of Tuscany, plus Professional Chef prepared Tuscan lunch with “zero food miles” ingredients…
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Private Top100 wine tasting & wine pairing lunch

easy!
A modern Villa, ancient Frascati wines

630 €
per person
luxury!
New Roman villa, with great wines, built on the ancient Roman villa: this Villa-Winery is today an oasis of high quality food and wine relaxation a stone’s throw from the chaotic center of Rome
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A modern Villa, ancient Frascati wines

luxury!
Castle wine tour, romance, towers & dungeons

200 €
per person
easy!
Romance in a wine, in a dish. Romance is in our nature. We are a sunset over the hills and a glass of good wine. We are that special moment you don’t want to forget.
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Castle wine tour, romance, towers & dungeons

easy!
Learn how to COOK like a real TUSCAN

375 €
per person
luxury!
Tuscan cooking class & Tuscan wine pairing class, in the Tuscan Gem on a crown of 10 family estates worldwide: one of “The World’s Most Admired Wine Brands 2020”, according to “Drinks International” UK Magazine.
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Learn how to COOK like a real TUSCAN

luxury!
Some tours reachable from Trieste
Guest of a Baron, minister of the Emperor

230 €
per person
easy!
Taste a selection of the TOP wines of a Baron, visit his Villa, park and vineyards. Enjoy the perfect wine pairing lunch in Friuli traditional country style.
175
Guest of a Baron, minister of the Emperor

easy!
Dreamers’ wines, Imperial food

250 €
per person
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.
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Dreamers’ wines, Imperial food

easy!
Guests of a US TV superstar chef family

230 €
per person
easy!
We open the doors of our family cellar to wine lovers for a guided VIP wine tasting, a private tour of the winery, and then we’ll welcome you in our family restaurant for a tailor made menù.
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Guests of a US TV superstar chef family

easy!
One-day as Wine Professionals & Gourmet

220 €
per person
easy!
“School of wine” in just one day. A qualified team of PRO sommeliers will tutor you in a wine class & wine tasting impossible elsewhere. Then a “zero-mile” wine pairing lunch.
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One-day as Wine Professionals & Gourmet

easy!
Some tours reachable from Florence
CHOCOLATE PRO + SASSICAIA experience: PISA

1260 €
per person
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!
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CHOCOLATE PRO + SASSICAIA experience: PISA

luxury!
BEST WINE in the WORLD in WS’s TOP 100

1430 €
per person
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.
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BEST WINE in the WORLD in WS’s TOP 100

luxury!
TRUFFLE hunt, judge, cook (Jan.01-Sept.09)

760 €
per person
luxury!
TRUFFLE King of Cuisine. Hunting, Cooking, Enjoying (Jan. 01-Sept. 09): all the secrets unveiled for you. Walk to the wood, cooking class, lunch with what found in the woods
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TRUFFLE hunt, judge, cook (Jan.01-Sept.09)

luxury!
Cooking in a 1.000 years old Abbey

350 €
per person
luxury!
A unique chance to learn classical Tuscan cuisine through a hands-on approach in the De Medici’s family kitchen, in a Wine Spectator TOP 100 Abbey-winery. Our guests will all work together with famous chefs to prepare a whole 4 course menu using only local and seasonal ingredients.
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Cooking in a 1.000 years old Abbey

luxury!
Some tours reachable from Livorno
Marquis TOP 100 Chianti Castle-winery

420 €
per person
luxury!
Visit Marquis’s private residence in the Castle, tour a 1100 a.D. cellar, drink aperitif on the tower, tasting of Wine Spectator’s TOP 100, lunch in a Trattoria in the vineyards
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Marquis TOP 100 Chianti Castle-winery

luxury!
Castle-winery in Brunello di Montalcino

560 €
per person
luxury!
A real ancient CASTLE today produces a rare Brunello di Montalcino, an hidden gem in MONTALCINO, with the dungeon (actual cellar, but still fascinating) and the towers
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Castle-winery in Brunello di Montalcino

luxury!
The GHOST of the man that created CHIANTI

540 €
per person
luxury!
Exclusive tour inside Castello di Brolio, current residence of the Barone Ricasoli’s family. Vertical tasting of Chianti Classico Castello di Brolio or Casalferro… and the ghost of The Iron Baron!!!
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The GHOST of the man that created CHIANTI

luxury!
TUSCANY: Culinary tradition + Top100 wines

600 €
per person
luxury!
“Renaissance style” Cooking Class, learn ancient recipes, pair with WS TOP 100 wines as guest of a noble family who donated masterpieces of art to UFFIZI Museum in Florence
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TUSCANY: Culinary tradition + Top100 wines

luxury!
Some tours reachable from Bologna
Food lovers luxury tour + gourmet lunch

700 €
per person
luxury!
Traditional Balsamic Vinegar of Modena: tasting of the family’s “Black Gold”, the family’s oldest vinegar, started in 1871 and aged for over 150 years.
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Food lovers luxury tour + gourmet lunch

luxury!
A Tour in Italian “Club of 90 plus” wines

370 €
per person
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
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A Tour in Italian “Club of 90 plus” wines

luxury!
Cooking in a 1.000 years old Abbey

350 €
per person
luxury!
A unique chance to learn classical Tuscan cuisine through a hands-on approach in the De Medici’s family kitchen, in a Wine Spectator TOP 100 Abbey-winery. Our guests will all work together with famous chefs to prepare a whole 4 course menu using only local and seasonal ingredients.
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Cooking in a 1.000 years old Abbey

luxury!
A FASHIONABLE line of sparkling wines

170 €
per person
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!
Some tours reachable from Rome
High spirituality & rustic energy: SAGRANTINO

500 €
per person
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!
Lunch at the Castle with the Marquis

600 €
per person
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
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Lunch at the Castle with the Marquis

luxury!
Living History private wine experience

350 €
per person
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.
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Living History private wine experience

luxury!
A modern Villa, ancient Frascati wines

630 €
per person
luxury!
New Roman villa, with great wines, built on the ancient Roman villa: this Villa-Winery is today an oasis of high quality food and wine relaxation a stone’s throw from the chaotic center of Rome
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A modern Villa, ancient Frascati wines

luxury!
Some tours reachable from Garda Lake
Top 100 Soave DOC Classico & Amarone

1000 €
per person
luxury!
Here we use only ORGANIC cultivation methods, without using pesticides and herbicides, resorting to mechanical cutting of the grass and also carrying out the harvest exclusively by hand.
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Top 100 Soave DOC Classico & Amarone

luxury!
A Tour in Italian “Club of 90 plus” wines

370 €
per person
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
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A Tour in Italian “Club of 90 plus” wines

luxury!
Only ORGANIC cultivation methods

1100 €
per person
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.
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Only ORGANIC cultivation methods

luxury!
8 courses lunch with 8 pairing wines

610 €
per person
luxury!
Wine tour in Franciacorta’s (near Milan, between lakes Iseo & Garda) most fashionable winery with an astonishing Sparkling ROSE’ in Wine Spectator TOP 100 (the FIRST one!)
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8 courses lunch with 8 pairing wines

luxury!
Some tours reachable from Verona
A Tour in Italian “Club of 90 plus” wines

370 €
per person
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!
Traditional Balsamic Vinegar tour & gourmet lunch

1250 €
per person
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.
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Traditional Balsamic Vinegar tour & gourmet lunch

luxury!
The Princess who likes to be a peasant

500 €
per person
luxury!
The perfect farm winery tour: visit UNESCO World Heritage vineyards, taste world awarded Prosecco, enjoy 0 miles food. Prosecco is a sensorial experience to be savoured with the eyes, nose and palate, here you’ll find out how it’s made and perfectly paired.
009
The Princess who likes to be a peasant

luxury!
8 courses lunch with 8 pairing wines

610 €
per person
luxury!
Wine tour in Franciacorta’s (near Milan, between lakes Iseo & Garda) most fashionable winery with an astonishing Sparkling ROSE’ in Wine Spectator TOP 100 (the FIRST one!)
109
8 courses lunch with 8 pairing wines

luxury!
Some tours reachable from Venice
A Tour in Italian “Club of 90 plus” wines

370 €
per person
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!
Guest of a Baron, minister of the Emperor

230 €
per person
easy!
Taste a selection of the TOP wines of a Baron, visit his Villa, park and vineyards. Enjoy the perfect wine pairing lunch in Friuli traditional country style.
175
Guest of a Baron, minister of the Emperor

easy!
ORGANIC Wine Spectator Top 100 wines

670 €
per person
luxury!
Let yourself be treated like Kings and Queens, really… HRH Queen Máxima of the Netherlands & HRH Princess Bolkiah of Brunei were our family’s guests and they had the same wines.
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ORGANIC Wine Spectator Top 100 wines

luxury!
Friuli: where Italy and Slovenia meet and divide

560 €
per person
luxury!
A family of winemakers, between the Mediterranean & Central Europe. Welcome to this small frontier village, to our family winery, Wine Spectator Top 100 listed.
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Friuli: where Italy and Slovenia meet and divide

luxury!
Some tours reachable from Bari
Puglia: EVO Extra Virgin Olive OIL

360 €
per person
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
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Puglia: EVO Extra Virgin Olive OIL

luxury!
Wine Spectator Top 100 in Puglia

720 €
per person
luxury!
Antinori’s flagship estate in Puglia: private wine tour, Wine Spectator Top100 private wine tasting, winery private visit, tailor made wine pairing lunch.
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Wine Spectator Top 100 in Puglia

luxury!
Primitivo di Manduria: WS Top100

420 €
per person
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!
Produce sausages with your own hands

1260 €
per person
luxury!
Sausage Factory visit, classic Puglia lunch. Cold cuts, delicatessen, salami, ham & Capocollo factory private tour & cooking class to produce sausages with your own hands!!!
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Produce sausages with your own hands

luxury!
Some tours reachable from Taranto
Mediterranean Spirits & Liqueurs

500 €
per person
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.
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Mediterranean Spirits & Liqueurs

luxury!
Visit and work in a real dairy for a day

490 €
per person
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.
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Visit and work in a real dairy for a day

luxury!
A day in an ORGANIC farm

300 €
per person
easy!
Puglia: live one day in an ORGANIC farm with a relaxing cooking class on how to make pasta, vegetable preserves & pickles, jams & marmalades… And ENJOY!
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A day in an ORGANIC farm

easy!
Distillery in Puglia: Spirits & Liqueurs

400 €
per person
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.
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Distillery in Puglia: Spirits & Liqueurs

luxury!
Some tours reachable from Civitavecchia
BRUNELLO di MONTALCINO directly from barrels

840 €
per person
luxury!
The most historic vineyards in the world: where the original Brunello di Montalcino grape variety was selected and where the mother-vines are STILL the SAME
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BRUNELLO di MONTALCINO directly from barrels

luxury!
An incredible wine research project

260 €
per person
easy!
Act like a PRO in a “traditional experiment” in winemaking, a range of 22 products, the enjoy an incredible wine pairing lunch with the top ones!
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An incredible wine research project

easy!
NOT for the faint of heart… The BEST wine tour.

1220 €
per person
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.
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NOT for the faint of heart… The BEST wine tour.

luxury!
High spirituality & rustic energy: SAGRANTINO

500 €
per person
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.
048
High spirituality & rustic energy: SAGRANTINO

luxury!
Some tours reachable from Milan
Top 100 Soave DOC Classico & Amarone

1000 €
per person
luxury!
Here we use only ORGANIC cultivation methods, without using pesticides and herbicides, resorting to mechanical cutting of the grass and also carrying out the harvest exclusively by hand.
069
Top 100 Soave DOC Classico & Amarone

luxury!
BAROLO Old Vintages: “65-“70-“80-”85

960 €
per person
luxury!
Historic Cellars, Historic Enoteca, Castle’s terrace. Bottles taken from the private collection of the Family, vintages 1965, 1970, 1980, 1985. VIP lunch with recipes of the great Piedmont tradition
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BAROLO Old Vintages: “65-“70-“80-”85

luxury!
Barolo family archive bottles & gourmet lunch

1420 €
per person
luxury!
Meet a historical Barolo producers family, taste collectors only Barolo Riserva from the family private cellar, enjoy the perfect “Grand Piedmont” wine pairing lunch.
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Barolo family archive bottles & gourmet lunch

luxury!
Wine Spectator BEST WINE LIST Award

589 €
per person
luxury!
The family is pleased to welcome you to its estate in the heart of Valpolicella Classica, a few steps from the historic center of beautiful Verona, to introduce you to the history of this unique area and its wines.
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Wine Spectator BEST WINE LIST Award

luxury!
Some tours reachable from Brindisi
A day in an ORGANIC farm

300 €
per person
easy!
Puglia: live one day in an ORGANIC farm with a relaxing cooking class on how to make pasta, vegetable preserves & pickles, jams & marmalades… And ENJOY!
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A day in an ORGANIC farm

easy!
Primitivo di Manduria: WS Top100

420 €
per person
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!
Puglia: EVO Extra Virgin Olive OIL

360 €
per person
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!
Visit and work in a real dairy for a day

490 €
per person
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!
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