Tuscany WINE TASTING & VINEYARD TOURS

These small group wine tours from Florence start with a visit to a medieval castle and prestigious winery for some of the best wine tasting in Italy. As always with our Tuscany Wine tours, Alma Italia will take you on an exclusive, private visit, picking you up from your hotel and escorting you through the most beautiful Italian countryside imaginable. 

Led by an expert guide, we will introduce you to the history of the estate and the family that has managed it and the winery for generations. After visiting the wine cellar you will then try their exquisite wines. This is an Italy wine tour not to be missed! 

Take a leisurely walk through the vineyards and find yourself in a local restaurant where an esteemed Italian chef will give you a cooking show, demonstrating how to make traditional recipes of the Tuscan cucina.

You will be treated with the results of this renowned chef’s skills combined with Chianti’s refined food and wines at lunch!

As always, this Italy wine tour will be an exclusive, private visit. Your Alma Italia host will meet you at your hotel and escort you through the most beautiful countryside imaginable.

On these small group wine tours from Florence, we’ll leave Florence in the morning, and go directly to a beautiful vineyard situated on a hill overlooking the west coast of Tuscany. Here a blend of Merlot, Cabernet and indigenous Tuscan grapes create a uniquely Italian accent on these grapes more often associated with France.

After a tour of the cellar and a stroll through the vines, of course, sampling the different blends, we can head down to the beach for a classic Italian beachside lunch and perhaps another glass of something local and fresh. 

After a relax at the beach we will visit another boutique winery in the area before wandering around the enchanting alleys Castegnato Carducci, of one of the hilltop villages that define the Bolgheri region. Depending on the season we can watch the sunset into the ocean before you will be taken by your private driver back to Florence in time for dinner.

After lots of thorough research, (strictly for quality control purposes of course) we can testify that 2016, is one of the best vintages in recent history so if you are coming one of our fine wine Tuscany tours in 2021 or 2022, you have timed it to perfection to sample the best of these delicious red wines.

For this Italy wine tour, your Alma Italia host will meet you at your hotel to escort you by private transport through Tuscany, recounting some of the history of your surroundings and the wine you are about to taste. We will visit 2 Brunello di Montalcino vineyards, one historical and well established and the other, equally delightful, an up and coming challenger for the crown of best Brunello.

After talking with the owners and hearing about their passion and philosophy behind the wines, works of art in themselves, we will be treated to a delicious home cooked lunch among the vines. 

Before heading home you will have time to stroll around the charming ancient village of Montalcino, the village that lends its name to the wine. You will see why this region of the Val D’Oricia is widely acknowledged as a must see destination for the best wine tours in Italy.

Your Alma Italia guide take you by private transport first to meet the Davaz family, the passionate owners of an organic Chianti classico vineyard. Now run by the second and third generation, the family originally hailing from neighbouring Switzerland, runs the vineyard with Swiss precision and Italian soul. You will be able to sample at least four or five of their beautifully crafted wines and take a tour of their cleverly designed cellar, hidden in the hill of the vineyard. They will lead you on a stroll through the vines up the hill so you can see spectacular views across the Tuscan hills back towards Florence and the mountains beyond. This is the Tuscan countryside at its most glorious. If you are lucky you might even see some deer or wild boar roaming through the vines.

When you’ve tasted as much wine as you can handle (Valentino will keep pouring until you insist!), we will make the short trip through the rolling hills to visit an historic olive farm and Renaissance villa.   

The Calamai family have produced olives here on the first hills outside Florence for more than 200 years. They have survived Fascism, Nazi occupation of their home, terrible winter frosts and finally Covid to remain on top of their game with a reputation for producing the finest oil in Tuscany.  Signora Calamai will recount to you some of the fascinating history of her family and the villa while you try some of the freshly pressed oil.  After a look around the farm, and perhaps even an encounter with Baffo the goat, Eleonora, ‘la Mamma’ and expert Tuscan cook,  will take you into the kitchens of the beautiful villa overlooking Florence for a cooking class to share with you some of their family secret traditional Tuscan recipes. 

For those in your group who aren’t keen to get involved in the kitchen, another glass of wine, or perhaps more wisely, a good espresso can be enjoyed under the shade of the pine trees in the garden overlooking Florence. 

Lunch will be in the garden of the villa or the historic frescoed dining room. What could be a more satisfying way to spend a lazy afternoon than feasting on the fruit of your labours enjoyed with a sprinkling of 0 km’s fresh oil and a bottle of wine that we picked up in the morning from your new friends. 

Your Alma Italia host will escort you back to your hotel in time for a late afternoon nap!