Italy offers a variety of excellent wine experiences.. For general information on wines and wine regions, refer to Italian Wine Central
Wine Tour Operators
La Dolce Vita Wine Tours are based in New York, USA and were established in 1999 by Claudio Bisio and Patricia Thomson. They offer epicurean wine tours, and walking or biking tours with a wine focus, in a variety of Italian locations plus Spain and Portugal. Tour features include private in-depth tastings at top estates, personal dialogue with the winemakers, gourmet wine dinners and charming accommodations. Groups are restricted to 14 people.
Cellar Tours
are based in Madrid, Spain and were founded by Des and Genevieve McCarthy in 2003. Their focus is solely on private luxury chauffeured food and wine tours in Italy, Portugal and Spain. Many tours have been featured in Travel & Leisure, the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal and the Sunday Telegraph, UK. All of their staff speak English fluently, as do their guides and chauffeurs. They have personally visited and hand selected all of their suppliers including luxury hotels, wineries, private chefs, limo drivers and gourmet restaurants.
A Toast to Travel is based in Chicago, USA and was founded by John Helling & Natalie Mosallam. Their focus is on wine and culinary experiences in Tuscany and they have been featured on both ABC and CBS News. Their Tuscan Wine and Cultural Experience is designed for the lover of wine, food and culture and is based in a palace in Florence while their Cooking Under the Tuscan Sun Experience is designed for the lover of cooking, wine, leisure activities and culture and is based in a villa in the Tuscan countryside. Both tours last a week and are personally hosted by Natalie and John.