Wine Tasting Tour - Montalcino & Brunello

We are situated in the heart of winemaking country, amidst Wine Cellars of great repute. Here you will find, amongst others, the Rosso di Montalcino, the Brunello di Montalcino and the Super-Tuscans. Fine wines are in abundance.

The area surrounding Montalcino is very special. It is here that they grow the Sangiovese grape from which one of the most well known wines in the world is made - Brunello di Montalcino. Some 120 estates produce over 3.5 million bottles. The wine is very precious and sought after in the fine restaurants and dining tables around the world. .

We will take you to one of these wine estates in Montalcino, where you will visit the cellars, to learn how they produce the wine, to see the beautiful barrels and caskets where the wine is aged and gain an understanding of the love and work that goes into producing these fine wines. You will have the chance to taste a selection of the Wines and maybe even a Grappa or a Vin Santo or two . . .

The second visit is usually to a smaller family run vineyard, where you get the chance to taste from the barrel, a wine that is still maturing. Here the production is small but completely bio-dynamic and the tasting will prove the quality of natural wine making.

We then move on to another vineyard for a relaxed lunch, served of course with a selection of fine wines from the estate. The lunch is generous, home-cooked and delicious and the wine certainly complements it.

If you are in for a full day tour after lunch we will visit one of the 'wine' museums. The possibilities are either the glass museum where you can see the evolution of glass, bottles and other wine paraphernalia, or the Brunello Museum with its collection of the many different Brunellos produced in Montalcino and in addition the story of wine.

We choose vineyards that are a little off the beaten track with an interesting angle, excellent wine and traditional methods of wine making.

We promise you an interesting and varied day out in the land of Red Wine. Join us for a glass or two!

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See also details of our special wine weekends in Tuscany