Italian Winery Tours

A RECENT TESTIMONIAL...Read it on Trip Advisor!
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I just want to recommend a wine tour my husband and I took in October.  It was the "Bountiful Brunello" tour from Small Vineyards Travel (www.smallvineyardstravel.com).

We spent 4 weeks in Italy and this tour was one of the real highlights of our trip.

At first, I was a little dubious because the tour started with a tasting of olive oil, balsamic vinegar and local cheeses.  (oil??  vinegar?????)  The different oils did turn out to be interesting, but the vinegar... Oh my.  I'm a convert.  It was amazing.  We bought 3 bottles and it is more expensive than many wines.  All I can say is: go to Pienza and try it yourself.  See if you aren't converted too.

And that was only the start of the tour.  Doumina, our guide, was a grand hostess -- American, speaking Italian, so no worries about language.  She drove us through the absolutely gorgeous countryside to two tiny vineyards and introduced us to their owners who led us through their wineries before we tasted their wines.  The wines were more than worthy of being tasted.  You'll see.  Yummmy.

But it wasn't just tasting's.  We had lunch too, at a restaurant right next door to the first winery.  ...  I suppose it is possible that you might find a spot with a terrace overlooking views just as beautiful, but I sincerely doubt you'll find anywhere with more delicious food.  Wow.

In summary: a lovely guide, excellent wines, incredibly delicious lunch, amazing new discovery of real balsamic vinegar, gorgeous drive: what more could one ask for?  Jane and Mark from Ontario Canada

  

My guests say:

"Doumina gives you an up-close insiders view of the treasures surrounding the enchanted hill town of Cortona. You like olive oil? Meet a farmer who picks his olives, and the man who presses them. Art your thing? Listen to the passionate sermons of her guide, and real-life descendant of Cortona's own Luca Signorelli. Want to eat the way the heartiest Tuscans do? For breakfast, lunch, and dinner, you will. Guaranteed."

Tim Stark
Organic farmer/Writer

"...with Doumina, all i needed to do was enjoy myself! It was just amazing!"

Karie Hoffman

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