About this tour
Spend a day in Tuscany's countryside visiting working family estates where you'll taste wines and oils straight from producers who've been crafting them for generations. Based from Cortona, you'll be collected from your hotel and guided through 8 hours of genuine tasting sessions, learning how each vintage and pressing comes together. By day's end, you'll have swapped stories with the families behind the bottles and tins.
Highlights
- Taste wines at family-run vineyards with owners present
- Sample cold-pressed olive oils fresh from the mill
- Hotel pickup and guided tour from Cortona included
- Learn production methods directly from winemakers and producers
- Eat and drink alongside the people who make it
- Visit working estates, not tourist venues
What to expect
Your guide collects you in the morning and drives out to working family farms scattered across the Tuscan landscape. At each stop, expect a relaxed tasting: you'll sit down with the owners, try their current releases, and hear why they made the choices they did that year. Olive oil tastings follow a similar rhythm—you'll taste oils of different ages and understand what fresh really means. This isn't a formal classroom; it's more like visiting relatives who happen to run serious operations. You'll spend time talking as much as tasting.
Good to know
Wear comfortable shoes for walking the properties. Bring water to cleanse your palate between tastings. The full 8 hours includes travel time between estates, so pacing matters. Strollers are welcome. Not suitable if you have spinal problems or significant heart concerns.
Tour sold and operated by its supplier via Viator. Descriptions on this page are original BugBitten summaries, not copied from the operator. Prices and availability are confirmed at checkout.