To allow a relaxing morning breakfast and time by the pool, your guide will meet you at your hotel to transport you to visit a medieval castle and prestigious winery. Led by an expert guide,  they will introduce you to the history of the estate and the family that has managed it and the winery for generations. After visiting the castles gardens and wine cellar you will then try their exquisite wines followed by a tradtional Tuscan lunch in the Castles Restaurant.

The Tasting is accompanied by PDO Tuscan ham, wild boar salami, head cheese with lemon zest, finocchiona (a typical salami flavoured with fennel seeds), crostino with lard from Greve Valley.  Tasting of organic Olio Extravergine  and Tasting of “Balsamico vinegar” on pecorino (sheep cheese). The traditional lunch may include for example Pasta with tomato sauce and Chianti herbs. Grilled sausages and rosticciana (pork ribs) or roast pork loin with side dishes from our garden. Farm cake and Cantuccini (almond cookies) and Coffee.

After lunch we will take you to a second award winning vineyard with a totally different atmosphere. This vineyard established in 1945 (relatively new for Italy!) is known for its innovation and quality. 

You will be able to admire the Historic Vineyard (planted in 1945) and the Experimental one. 

The state-of-the-art technology in the vinification cellar contrasts with the Historic one, filled with large casks and barriques. The tour ends in the “Vinsantaia”, where one of Chianti Classico’s iconic products slowly matures: Vinsanto, obtained using the traditional method. The visit is followed by a tasting of wines four wines and a few more snacks if you can manage to fit anything in!

On this idyllic Italy wine tour day you will meet a family at the heart of Tuscan life at one of the most historic and prestigious olive groves in all of Tuscany, run by the same family for 200 years from their Renaissance villa high on a hill overlooking Florence, reportedly the birthplace of the mother of the Mona Lisa.

The Calamai family have produced olives here on the first hills outside Florence for more than 200 years. Your hosts will recount to you some of the fascinating history of the family and the villa while you try some of the freshly pressed oil.  After a look around the farm and villa, 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 tour guide will escort you back to your hotel in time for a late afternoon nap or a visit to nearby Florence!

After a relaxing morning your Alma Italia Travel guide will 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.

After a light lunch at the vineyard, in the late afternoon, we will take a trip to Lucca for an evening stroll and a bike ride around the walls of this ancient fortified town, a jewel of Tuscany. Lucca is full of interesting boutiques, beautiful architecture and delicious restaurants. For us this is one of the most atmospheric cities in all of Tuscany and will surely be an evening to remember!

Today we will head to Bolgheri on the Tuscan coast to enjoy a day experiencing some of the best wine tasting in Italy amongst the vines while gazing out over the blue mediterranean sea on the horizon.

In the Bolgheri region of Tuscany, 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 of one of the regions most spectacular wineries 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 home in time for dinner.

Enjoy a slow morning with a late breakfast and time to relax and enjoy the panoramic outdoor pool with incredible Chianti vineyard views. For those who want to be pampered by different wellness treatments, the hotel offers a range of spa treatments. Alma Italia Travel wine tours in Tuscany should be relaxing after all!

Your tour host and driver will arrive later to take you to Siena for lunch at a traditional ' Trattoria'.  

To help walk off lunch, after your guide will give you a walking tour of wonderful Siena. Built on three hills and surrounded by well preserved walls, Siena is filled with fine examples of Gothic architecture and has one of the world’s most unique piazzas, Piazza dal Campo, dominated by the greatest Gothic building in Tuscany, the Palazzo Pubblico. 

It would be remiss to come to Tuscany and not to visit its capital city and home to some of the finest renaissance art and architecture in the world, Florence.

After a guided walking tour in the morning to bring the history of the city alive, we will have lunch in a renowned Florentine restaurant to sample some classic Tuscan dishes paired with local wines.

Before heading home we will make sure there is also time for a local favourite...gelato of course! We've saved the best until last!