Private
day tasting tour to a very authentic and organic
cheese farm and to an olive mill in the wonderful
area of Volterra
Ageing
pecorino cheese
If you
are staying in Tuscany for your holiday,
a
very original idea is spending
a dayvisiting
a local farm specialized in the
production of fully organic cheese,
from fresh ricotta to seasoned
pecorino, as well as traditional
oil mill, where olives are processed
to make excellent extra virgin
olive oil.
Both the farm and the oil mill are
located near the Etruscan town Volterra,
a jewel on the top of a hill, surrounded
by a unique landscape.
Our
guide meets you at an agreed meeting
point by Volterra and takes you to
the farm. Thevisit to the
farm starts in the workroomduring the production of cheese.
The production may vary according
to the season, from milk coagulating,
to cheese salting or cheese-mould
rinsing. You will also visit the barn
where the sheep and the pigs
have lodging. The visit to the farm
is completed only when you meet the
fabulous Orazio, a very nice donkey
who acts like a pet. The encounter
with all these animals make this tour
ideal for groups and families with
children.
In the end you will enjoy a genuine
buffet lunch by tasting different
kinds of pecorino cheese, caciottas
together with local hams,
different kinds of salami (all
of them deriving from the pigs of
the farm), home-made honey, ricotta
and wine.
After the lunch break, you will drive
just 25 minutes to visit a traditional
olive mill. A very important part
of the overall Tuscan agricultural
production is olive oil. While visiting
the mill, the guide helps you discover
all the phases of the olive pressing
process and the secrets of a good
extra virgin olive oil. Eventually
you will have the chance to taste
and compare different types of olive
oil of local production. The olive
oil tasting is accompanied by some
local olive-oil-based delicatessen
and good wines.
Our
day cheese and olive oil tasting tour
takes about 6 hours.
Transportation to the locations is
not included.
If you drive your own car, you meet
our guide at an agreed meeting point
and you go all together to the two
places.
If you need collection with our chauffeured
car, van or minibus, please specify
this in the booking form.
PRIVATE
DAY CHEESE, SALAMI AND
OLIVE OIL TASTING TOUR IN
TUSCANY
with lunch
- Rates 2013 -
Number
of people
in your party
Total
rate
1
person
€
240
2
persons
€
250
3
persons
€
280
4
persons
€
310
5
persons
€
340
6
persons
€
370
7
persons
€
400
8
persons
€
430
9
persons
€
460
10
persons
€
490
extra
person
€
30
child
4-12 y.o.
€
25
DURATION
OF THIS TOUR: 6 HOURS
RATES INCLUDE:
+ an
English speaking tour leader
for the whole tour
+ a visit to the dairy and
the farm
+ a visit to the oil mill
+ a cheese and salami based
light lunch
+ olive oil tasting with snacks
+ tax
Rates do not include transportation.
The tour leader is available
also in German, Spanish, French,
Russian or Italian
with no surcharge.
If
you like driving you can rent
a car or drive your own car to
the destination or to an agreed
meeting point.
Our English speaking assistant
can also meet you at your premises.
If your holiday house/hotel is
more than 40 minutes from the
premises of our Travel Agency
in Peccioli (Pisa area) and you
want to meet the assistant where
you are staying, please consider
a 40 Euro surcharge on
the total price for the assistant's
transfer.
This is
an email we received from Barbara,
who took our half-day tour including
a visit to an organic cheese
farm and an oil mill.
Hi
Arianna,
Jay and I just wanted to thank
you so much for arranging our
tour with Massimo. We had a
great time and thought that
Massimo was a fantastic and
very informative guide!. The
Olive Mill and Cheese tour was
wonderful. We really enjoyed
it.
This is an email we received
from Ilene & Gary, from
the Arizona. They spent a
day with us in the area of
Volterra for an olive oil
and cheese tasting tour:
Greetings
from back in Phoenix, Arizona.
Karen, we just wanted to take
a quick moment to thank you
from the bottom of our hearts
for the most wonderful day
of our entire vacation. You
were so kind and generous
with your information, we
will never forget what a great
time we had. I hope Massimo
has recovered but thank you
for filling in for him. I
will get on trip adviser this
week and give you guys rave
reviews.
Also, the organic farm outside
of Volterra. Was that part
of "town" considered
part of Volterra or another
name?
Again, we could not have asked
for anything better (except
for weather perhaps) but I
will send you a picture of
that quilt once I get it done.
I have a few other projects
ahead of it but will make
sure I send you a picture.
Hope everything went well
at your son's school and things
worked out. If you don't mind,
we might be back in touch
for some real estate advice!!
You never know... our dreams
might come true.
Hope all is well and again,
thank you. Keep in touch!
Best Regards,
Ilene & Gary
This is
an email we received from Karin,
spending one day with us at
the organic cheese farm:
Hi
Arianna,
Hope
the sun is shining in Tuscany,
and that you are fine!
We
all have had a nice program
at the farm.
Again I would like to thank
you for your kind welcome.
And the lunch with the beautiful
table presenting all the delicious
cheese, I liked very much. (long
tables, nice people and nice
food!!!!)
Whatmore do we need?
So, I hope you are able to send
me the recipy of the "spelt"
salade.
I
hope you like the foto which
I have attached.
Here
in Holland, the weather is nice
and we are enjoying spring-
time. Although I always want
to go to Italy.
Next time, when we are in the
neighbourhood, I let will you
know.
with
kind regards,
Karin
Karin
and her family visiting our
farm in Spring 2009
This
is an email we received from
Jacob, staying in Tuscany with
his girl and visiting the cheese
farm with us:
Arianna,
I
wanted to pass on a thanks for
everything that was put together.
We had an excellent time. I've
already passed along the info
about you to some others who
were considering visiting Italy
within the next year or so.
In addition, I've included some
of the pics that I took while
I was down there. You're welcome
to use them however you like.
Once again, thanks.
I
just wanted to write and let
you know how much we enjoyed
our tour with your company.
It was wonderful. We really
enjoyed Massimo's company and
his information about the area.
We loved our time in Tuscany
and hope to return again soon.
We'll be sure to recommend your
services to others who are traveling
your way.
Thank
you again and keep up the good
work!
All
my best,
Lisa
(USA)
Lisa
and her family visiting the
cheese
farm near to Volterra - August
2007
