Small Group/ Two wineries/ San Gimignano/ lunch/ guided wine tastings/ gelato world champion/ piazzale Michelangelo and more..
First we tour vineyards and cellar of an organic farm in the heart of the Chianti region, receiving an up close look at the production and ageing process of the Chianti wines and learning about the secrets of the extra virgin olive oil making.
This experience includes a wine tasting and the opportunity to buy for cheap the best tuscan wines. Our trip continues on to the medieval town of San Gimignano, where you will also have the chance to try the famous world champion Dondoli gelato.
We then move on to a second winery where we enjoy an authentic tuscan lunch, combined to a wine tasting class.
On our way back we stop at Piazzale Michelangelo, in the top ten of the most romantic spots in Europe.
Posted By : Mia_S
Absolutely loved this winery tour. Our tour guide was amazing and made the day really fun and special. The food, the wine, everything was amazing. We had the best day! Highly recommend this tour.
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Posted On : 2024-06-03 01:39:32 
Posted By : Abby_B
My husband and I had a great time on this wine tour. Before the tour began, we were separated into multiple groups and assigned to a tour guide. Our tour guide was excellent (5/5)! He has been a guide for over 20 years and was so knowledgeable about the history of Florence and Tuscany. Our first stop was at the Piazzale Michelangelo. The view is beautiful and we appreciated the guide stopping there first so we could all get good pictures and avoid heavy crowds.
My husband and I had a great time on this wine tour. Before the tour began, we were separated into multiple groups and assigned to a tour guide. Our tour guide was excellent (5/5)! He has been a guide for over 20 years and was so knowledgeable about the history of Florence and Tuscany. Our first stop was at the Piazzale Michelangelo. The view is beautiful and we appreciated the guide stopping there first so we could all get good pictures and avoid heavy crowds.
After Piazzale Michelangelo, we arrived at the first winery, Tenuta Poggio Torselli. We thoroughly enjoyed this wine tasting experience and the guide on the property was wonderful. He explained the wine making process, showed us their wine cellar, gave us a tour of the gardens, and provided light food (cheese, crackers, bread, olives) for the wine tastings. Our time at this winery was relaxing, informative, and all around enjoyable!
Next, we headed to San Gimignano - a charming old town on a rolling hill in Tuscany. We only had about 45 minutes to walk around but this felt like enough time to explore the small town. We even had time to enjoy Gelato at Gelateria Dondoli (World Champion Gelato) which was delicious.
For our last stop, we went to Colombaio Di Santa Chiara. The view here was beautiful but we were disappointed by the wine tasting and meal. For the first part of the tasting, we were brought a plate various meats and cheeses to share with our group. This part of the meal was good. For the main course, we received a small plate of cold pasta with no meat and a blob of cheese on top. Half of our group did not receive their meal until 20 minutes after us. The 4 of us were eating our meal while they had nothing which felt ill prepared. Other members of the group expressed that the meal was not enough and they needed to go get food after the tour. The “dessert” was a dry biscuit with a smaller tasting of a “premium” dessert wine. For the price, we were expecting a better meal and wine tasting. The experience here felt forced, underwhelming, and gimmicky.
All in all, we enjoyed leaving Florence for the day to explore Tuscany and our main tour guide helped make this a great experience!
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Posted On : 2024-05-30 23:01:51
Posted By : Traveler-Sandra01
Everything that was promised was correct. Our Tour guide Daniel was great, funny, knowledgeable and caring for our comfort and we'll being.
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Posted On : 2024-05-29 14:29:55 
Posted By : Nicole_F
Our Tour guide Danny was amazing! He providing some history on the region and was so personable. We loved visiting two wineries and San Gimignano.
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Posted On : 2024-05-29 14:23:19
Posted By : Krista_K
It was a great tour with an excellent guide, Tom. The countryside was beautiful, the wineries were excellent, and the own was really cool to see. I would recommend this tour.
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Posted On : 2024-05-26 10:17:59
Posted By : James_T
If you imagine that the tour operators are providing a carefully curated tour of wineries, imagine again. The meeting point was a sea of people who were assigned to vans on the fly depending on the number in your party and those of other parties. If anyone was in charge of the madness they kept it to themself.
Apparently they have a bunch of wineries that they deal with and what you get is the luck of the draw. Our driver missed turns twice despite a GPS map. The van itself rode like a buckboard. Those of us in the back couldn't hear anything that the driver said which is probably OK as he didn't seem to know much about anything.
The first winery was magnificent and the winery host Andrea was a font of knowledge and local lore. We use these tours to discover new wineries and to restock our collection. I shipped 18 bottles home from this winery.
Lunch was at the second winery and was served at around 15.00. The lunch itself was pedestrian at best. The winery staff made no attempt to explain anything about their wines ... which was OK as there really wasn't much good to say about them except that they were cheap. Speaking for myself, I didn't book a Chianti wine tour to sample wines one might find at the local Olive Garden restaurant.
My wife and I spend a month in Italy each spring. We have been on countless wine tours, many of them outstanding. This one was, without a doubt, the single worst we have ever had. Keep looking.
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Posted On : 2024-05-26 03:41:03
Posted By : Joe_S
This was absolutely Fantastic! Our Guide/Driver Christian was super fun, knowledgeable,always engaging but NOT over bearing. He brought to life the winery and farm tours. The Ugo Bing winery tour was simply the best! I've tired wineries in the US and Australia and never experienced such a personal touch with absolutely the best wine. Lucci at the graven and the tire of San Gimiglino were excellent as well. All in all a fabulous day for our family of 7. Highly recommend this one!
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Posted On : 2024-05-25 05:21:13
Posted By : Footprints797791
The smaller tours (8 person, 8 hr) tour is the way to go. So much more enjoyable than the huge bus tours that drag on too long (11 hrs). We visited two family run Vineyards where the 8 of us were their only guests. Sampled 10 wines at the first stop with lots of tasty small bites. Between vineyards we explored SanGiamano, a cute Tuscan town on a hill. I can't say enough good things about this tour. It was perfect.
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Posted On : 2024-05-24 03:51:46
Posted By : brianna_c
This tour was a perfect way to spend a day right outside of Florence. We were in a small group that totaled 6. Our guide, Christiano was great! We got to see so much of the countryside and it felt like we were the only group at some spots we stopped.
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Posted On : 2024-05-23 03:50:09
Posted By : Joe_S
What a spectacular day!
Everything was excellent. Our driver/guide Christian was the best. Funny, knowledgeable, interesting but not over bearing. Everyone in our group agreed we got the best of the best.
The first winery was EXCEPTIONAL with a great owner personally explaining his philosophy of wine making and showing us his historic cellar. Then we were treated with absolutely the best wine and snacks I’ve ever had. Then on to San Gimignano for a walk and gelato which was then topped off by a spectacular lunch and more wine at a family run farm and winery. Superb tour! Grazie!
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Posted On : 2024-05-21 13:29:08
