Wine and Food Tours in Italy
Wine and Food Tours in Italy

Hot selection of luxury private “Rare Wines” tours, wine tasting and wine pairing lunches

The WFTI experts have chosen not to propose the “usual suspects” but to find the hidden gems or to bring out previously unknown emotions from the most famous names.

Here you can find Rare Wines private wine tours created exclusively for WFTI: our experts built around Rare Wines some incredible all-inclusive one-day wine experiences.

We selected only exceptional wineries that has been listed in Wine Spectator Top 100 almost once in the last 20 years and we tailored something never available before.

Each private and exclusive wine tour includes: a guided visit in areas normally not available for guests, a guided vertical wine tasting of old vintages, a tailor-made full lunch with Rare Wines perfect wine pairing.

Castello d'Albola Chianti Classico wine tour
From
300 €

Most Admired Wine Brands by Drinks Int. mag.

Castello d’Albola

Wine tasting in Chianti: CASTELLO d’ALBOLA

"Chianti Classico Riserva" Wine Spectator Top100

"Chianti Classico Riserva" tasting of 6 old vintages

EXCLUSIVE & PRIVATE wine experience

Ten family wineries all around the world: this is the Gem of the Crown. Exclusive private tasting of 6 old vintages of Wine Spectator’s TOP 100 Chianti Classico, plus wine pairing lunch…
Brunello di Montalcino Montosoli wine tasting
From
720 €

One of the most representative vineyards in Italy

Altesino

ALTESINO Brunello di Montalcino

5 times in Wine Spectator’s TOP 100

Vertical wine tasting & pairing lunch

Wine Spectator's "Most representative vineyards"

The gourmet experience for the real wine & food expert: Altesino firmly maintains control over top quality in winemaking, the pro chef plays with heritage & curiosity in custom menù
Arcanum Il Fauno private wine tour
From
440 €

Private Top100 wine tasting & wine pairing lunch

Tenuta di Arceno

ARCANUM Toscana “Il FAUNO” wine tasting

Wine Spectator's Top100

Supertuscans wines between Florence and Siena

Chef prepared Tuscan wine pairing lunch

Supertuscans wines halfway between Florence and Siena, the heart of Tuscany, plus Professional Chef prepared Tuscan lunch with “zero food miles” ingredients…
Avignonesi Nobile Montepulciano
From
750 €

The most choreographic vineyards in Tuscany

Avignonesi

Private wine tasting in the hearth of Tuscany

AVIGNONESI Vino Nobile di Montepulciano

Supertuscan 50&50 TOSCANA I.G.T.

In the “Under the Tuscan Sun” novel valley

PRIVATE WINE VISIT of vineyards, Vinsantaia, Barricaia guided by English speaking expert + Private VERTICAL WINE TASTING of Supertuscan wine 50&50 + wine-paired full LUNCH in panoramic restaurant
Borgoluce Prosecco and cheese tasting in Veneto
From
600 €

The Princess who likes to be a peasant

Borgoluce

Organic Prosecco wine tasting

In a UNESCO World Heritage site

Taste & pair “club of 90+ pts.” Prosecco

A Princess who likes to be a peasant

The perfect farm 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.
Capezzana
From
330 €

Vines were cultivated here 3,000 years ago…

Capezzana

Wine Spectator’s TOP 100 at CAPEZZANA estate

Wine tasting: Carmignano Villa di Capezzana

TUSCANY, but away from he mad crowd

3,000 years old vines, 500 years old recipes

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…
Caprai winery
From
750 €

Gourmet “explorer”: TOP wines near Tuscany

Arnaldo Caprai

Wine Enthusiast European Winery of 2012

Umbria region best wine tasting

Private food & wine experience

Wine Spectator Top 100 white wine

Just a few kilometers away from Tuscany, in the green heart of Italy where San Francesco was born, in Wine Spectator TOP 100 appears a WHITE wine. Tasting “0 miles food” lunch…
Carpineto winery
From
2.070 €

Impossible tasting and tailor-made Tuscan menu

Carpineto

Private tasting of Vino Nobile di Montepulciano

3 times in Wine Spectator’s TOP 100

Perfect pairing custom luxury Tuscan menu

3 historic vintages bottles in wooden box

Experiential tasting in a underground room overlooking the barrels cellar: 4 vintages of 3 times in TOP 100 vertical tasting and perfect pairing-designed luxury Tuscan menu
Casa di Terra winery
From
570 €

Wine pairing Bolgheri lunch with 5 wines

Casa di Terra

Wine Spectator’s TOP 100 wine to drink everyday

Bolgheri terroir: land of the “King” Sassicaia

Wine lovers Tuscan wine pairing lunch

Minimized environmental impact ECO winery

Wine Spectator’s TOP 100 wine you can drink everyday: luxury has never been so easy. New winemaking way in the land of “King” Sassicaia… Young wineries are growing up to Paradise…
Casanova di Neri wine
From
1.850 €

NOT for the faint of heart…

Casanova

Brunello di Montalcino "Tenuta Nuova" 2001

#1 in Wine Spectator's TOP 100 2006

Four 100 pts. wines by international experts

Tuscan ESOTERIC wine tasting

Brunello di Montalcino Tenuta Nuova 2001, #1 WINE in Wine Spectator’s TOP 100 of 2006 and 4 100 points by other international experts: Brunello Tenuta Nuova 2006, Brunello Tenuta Nuova 2010, Brunello Cerretalto 2012 e Brunello Cerretalto 2013
Casanova di Neri vineyards landscape
From
1.680 €

BEST WINE IN THE WORLD in WS’s TOP 100

Casanova

Brunello di Montalcino "TENUTA NUOVA"

World Champion historic VERTICAL tasting

Simply the BEST wine tasting in Tuscany

SIX times in Wine Spectator’s TOP 100

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 the wines of Casanova di Neri…
Castello di Querceto Cjhianti Classico shore excursions
From
900 €

Lunch at the Castle with the Marquis François

Castello di Querceto

Chianti Classico Riserva: Wine Spectator's TOP 100

Wine tasting & lunch at the Castle

Classy lunch as personal guests of the Marquis

PRo wine tasting & tour of winery

Visit Marquis’s 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 Marquis François…
Badia a Coltibuono
From
520 €

Living History private wine experience

Coltibuono

COLTIBUONO Toscana CANCELLI supertuscan

Wine Spectator’s TOP 100 vertical wine tasting

HISTORY of wine, more than 500 years

Tuscany: a 1.000 years old Abbey-winery

Private wine tasting in a Chianti millenary Abbey, have a wine pairing lunch in a unique atmosphere. The De’ Medici family is history of the western world, the Stucchi Prinetti family is history of wine.
Badia a Coltibuono
From
730 €

Only WFTI guests are allowed, no one else

Coltibuono

BADIA a COLTIBUONO Chianti Classico

Wine tasting in Tuscany of TOP 100 Chianti

Private tour and private Tuscan lunch

Guests of the De’ Medici Stucchi-Prinetti family

The noble Mrs. Lorenza De’ Medici and her sons Emanuela, Paolo and Roberto Stucchi Prinetti welcome you in their private Villa. This is the History of wine… more than 500 years…
Tenimenti Luigi d'Alessandro
From
330 €

Professional vertical wine tasting of WS TOP 100

D’Alessando

In Frances Mayes’ “Under the Tuscan Sun” village

Enjoy Wine Spectator TOP 100 wine

Tenimenti Luigi D’ALESSANDRO

"Syrah Cortona Il Bosco"

Vertical wine tasting of “Syrah Cortona Il Bosco” (Wine Spectator TOP 100), comparative with “Syrah Migliara” (which, according to the producer, exceeds “Il Bosco”) old vintages for a total of 4 wines. Lunch at our elegant restaurant “Osteria CRETA”.
Felsina winery
From
390 €

Full immersion: vineyards & 0 miles Tuscan food

Felsina

Fattoria di Felsina Chianti Classico Berardenga

FOUR times in Wine Spectator Top 100

Tuscan ORGANIC perfect farm

The Wall Street Journal: best 5 wines

Come visit this perfect organic farm in Tuscany and experience the magic that nature offers: the vineyards, olive trees, the woods. Discover the fascination of the old cellar and its striking barrel room, enter the places where our wines age and are prepared for bottling.
Follador winery
From
1.830 €

In TOP 100 Italian Excellences of FORBES

Follador

Prosecco FOLLADOR: sophisticated & glamorous

Selected by James Suckling for his own wine bar

Venice style wine tasting & wine tour

Prosecco of Orient Express, train of the Kings

Full wine lunch custom designed to perfectly pair Proseccos that were recognised excellent by the Venetian Doge in 1769 and that today Mr. James Suckling selected for his wine bar.
I Greppi vineyard and lake
From
570 €

Science meets art in our wine-making in Bolgheri

I Greppi

I GREPPI Bolgheri GREPPICANTE

Supertuscan wine tasting on Tuscany's coast

Wine Spectator TOP 100 2009 n.46, 92 pts.

Perfect wine tour with pairing Tuscan lunch

Every drop of wine we produce here in Bolgheri is an act of alchemy. We are a group of wine lovers, scientists, geologists, economists and horticulturalists, who think about wine making differently… with the perfect blend of knowledge, passion and creativity!
Le Chiuse Brunello di Montalcino winery
From
1.200 €

Taste BRUNELLO directly from the barrels

Le Chiuse

Brunello di Montalcino was created HERE

Wine tasting from the barrels

Brunello "Super-Riserva" aged 10 years

Wine Spectator TOP 100 #5 2021

The most historic vineyards in the world: where the original Brunello grape variety was selected and where the mother-vines are STILL the SAME
Barone Ricasoli Castello di Brolio
From
780 €

The GHOST of the noble man that created Chianti

Barone Ricasoli

Wine tour at BARONE RICASOLI Castle

Private tour inside Castello di Brolio

"Chianti Classico" or "Casalferro" wine tasting

Wine Spectator TOP100 for 4 times!

Exclusive tour inside Castello di Brolio, current residence of the Ricasoli family. Vertical tasting of Chianti Classico Castello di Brolio or Casalferro… and the ghost of The Iron Baron

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