Tuscan D.O.C.G Wine Tour

Wine Tour of Tuscan Certified Wineries

Independent Tour, 2010

7 Nights/ 8 Days

Enjoy the distinguishing flavors of Tuscan Wines: Brunello di Montalcino, Carmignano, Chianti, Chianti Classico, Vernaccia di San Gimignano and Vino Nobile di Montepulciano. These are six classic wines of Tuscany all with D.O.C.G certification (the highest given to Italian wines). Each day of your Wine Tour, you will travel to one of the wine regions to visit wineries using these grape varieties. You will be able to indulge and appreciate these fine wines in the places where the grapes are grown and where the wines are produced.

To make this trip complete, enjoy sampling Olive Oil and eating rustic Tuscan fare along with your own private and authentic cooking lesson to compliment your tour. Your accommodation will be a beautiful room in an agriturismo (renovated farmhouse) overlooking nearby fields. Agritourisms are working farms and usually grow grapes and olives & when in season you can witness the wine and olive harvest. This tour is second to none and you will surely treasure the memories of your Tuscan countryside experience.

Accommodations

7 Nights Lodging in a Unique Agritourism in the Chianti Region
Daily Breakfast Included

Inclusions

8 Day Car Rental with Standard Transmission
Private Guided Tour of Siena
Wine Tasting of 3 Tuscan DOCG Wines with Olive Oil Tasting
Romantic Dinner for Two at Castello di Brolio
5 Hour Authentic Ciao Cooking Lesson in Private Home
Several Different Wine & Olive Oil Tastings
Self Guided Tours of Tuscany
General Driving Instructions Including Maps
Includes All Taxes
Assistance from a Ciao Tours Italian Representative

2010 Price:

2,319 € -3 Star Agritourism Accommodation Includes Economy Car with Standard Transmission
2,709 € - 4 Star Accommodation Includes Intermediate Car with Standard Transmission

Above Prices are per person and are based on double occupancy. To check exchange rates click here

Please note: Ciao Tours will Guarantee the Exchange Rate at the Time of Full Payment or 45 days Prior to Departure
Alternate Choices are permitted on an Independent Tour at a Cost of $50Cdn Per Person Per Change.

For a Customized Tour Option based on your needs and requests, please contact us with your ideas.

Daily Itinerary

day 1/night 1

LOCATION Carmignano, Vinci and Greve, Italy
TRAVEL Arrive at "Amerigo Vespucci" Airport– Firenze (FLR)
Pick-up 8 Day Standard Transmisssion Economy Car
ACTIVITIES Private Wine Tour & Tasting in the Wine Region of Carmignano
Touring Vinci at Leisure
Arrive in Italy's Chianti Wine Region

HIGHLIGHTS
Rolling countryside and Medieval Towns
Leonardo da Vinci Museum

day 2/night 2

LOCATION Castelnuovo Berardenga, Italy
TRAVEL Arrive by vehicle and explore on foot
ACTIVITIES Sommelier Lesson in the Morning
Romantic Dinner for 2 at Castello Brolio

HIGHLIGHTS
Remains of a Sienese Castle from 1366
The Prepositura Church with Madonna with Child (1426) by Giovanni di Paolo

day 3/night 3

LOCATION Montepulciano and Pienza, Italy
TRAVEL Arrive by vehicle and explore on foot
ACTIVITIES Wine tasting and tour in Montepulciano – Vino Nobile di Montepulciano
Tour Pienza at Leisure

HIGHLIGHTS
Montepulciano (Piazza Grande, Renaissance Duomo ,Vino Nobile D.O.C.G. Wine with Sangiovese and Canaiolo grapes, 14th c Palazzo Comunale in Florentine style)
Pienza (Corso Rossellino, Pecorino - sheep cheese, Ancient home of Enea Silvio Piccolomini, Pope Pius II,)

day 4/night 4

LOCATION San Gimignano, Italy
TRAVEL Arrive by vehicle and explore on foot
ACTIVITIES Private Wine Tasting near San Gimignano of Vernaccia Wines
Tour San Gimignano at Leisure

HIGHLIGHTS
San Gimignano - Palazzo del Popolo, Torre Grossa, Piazza del Duomo with the Romanesque Collegiata, Basilica of Santa Maria Assunta

day 5/night 5

LOCATION Greve in Chianti, Italy
TRAVEL Arrive by vehicle
ACTIVITIES Authentic Italian Cooking Lesson in Private Home
HIGHLIGHTS
Food pairing with the wines of Chianti
Touring an authentic Chianti Classico Vineyard

day 6/night 6

LOCATION Villa Banfi Winery and Montalcino, Italy
TRAVEL Arrive by vehicle
ACTIVITIES Wine Tasting of the rich Brunello wines
HIGHLIGHTS
Historical Visit to the Abbazzia at St. Antimus

day 7/night 7

LOCATION Siena, Italy
TRAVEL Arrive by vehicle
ACTIVITIES 3 Hour Private Walking Tour of Siena plus Olive Oil and Wine Tasting,
Tasting at a unique Enoteca

HIGHLIGHTS
Location of the Palio- Siena’s famous horse race
Piazza del Campo, Piazza del Duomo and the Basilica
Museum of Santa Maria della Scala
Palazzo Comunale

day 8/night 8

LOCATION Florence, Italy
TRAVEL Arrive by vehicle
ACTIVITIES Return Car Rental at Florence Airport

Conclusion of Tour