Published on Oct, 2024

Tuscany is the home of many fine wines, and a great way to experience them is to take this tour. Our driver, Stephan, was very knowledgeable and made negotiating the twisting roads a breeze. At the end of the tour, we were the last passengers to be dropped off. Just as we approached our hotel, he got a call that the previous passengers had forgotten their phone in his van. This meant that Stephan had to go significantly out of his way to drop their phone off on his way home. He couldn’t have been more gracious. It was a great example of excellent customer service.

Published on Jun, 2024

I 100% recommend this trip - from collection to drop off the day was just superb! The comms prior to trip were really helpful to help sort our pick up details and help with any of the questions we had. Our guide Michael was also really friendly, knowledgeable and passionate, and we were very lucky to be paired up with a lovely newlywed couple from America. The two featured wineries included in our trip were well selected to offer two different experiences, and it was great to visit independent and smaller operations rather than larger highly commercial operations. Visit 1 - beautiful location inside and out, amazing wines, friendly all-women team and producers (bonus points) and opportunity to see where the wine was made. Visit 2 - very intimate in that you literally sit down with the owner for lunch in his garden overlooking the vineyard eating delicious traditional food made by his mum with occasional visits from the cute family dog. Very passionate about his wines which are made in a very unique way and seemed to genuinely enjoy hosting guests. The 1hr pit stop at a local town in between the two was also a lovely treat. If booking, note that it is quite a long day from around 9am to 5pm with a lot of wine served and a later lunch at around 3pm so you might want an easy night to follow with a light supper.

Published on May, 2024

Great experience! The Etruscan cellars of Ercolani Nobile in Montepulciano were very interesting and educational and our guide was personable and knowledgeable. The vineyard Paradiso in Montalcino was beautiful and the wines and lunch were delicious. Marco the guide was passionate and informative. The highlight though, was our driver Michaela who was funny, incredibly informative and had an amazing understanding of Tuscany’s history, geography and wine/vineyard knowledge. Would highly recommend this excursion when you visit Cortona!

Published on May, 2024

Highly recommend this tour. Our driver was wonderful, stopping at several locations for pictures and information. Both tastings were outstanding. The first was extremely informative and gave me a better understanding of nobile di montepulciano. The second includes a lovely lunch after a tour of the historic grounds and buildings. I would book again just to relive the experience.

Published on May, 2024

Wine tasting and lunch and a wonderful guide! The tour began on time and the guide made us feel special and knew the history of the region.