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Wine
cellar in an ancient Etruscan grave
Wine
tasting room
Satisfaction
after tasting
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Tuscany
is famous worldwide for its excellent
production of wine thanks to its
unique D.O.C., I.G.T. and D.O.C.G.
wines. While visiting the region
one needs to experience this important
aspect of the local farming production.
Arianna & Friends organizes wine
tours with visits to cellars
and wine tasting to experience
the process of winemaking.
ALL
ABOUT OUR PRIVATE WINE TOURS
We
can customize a wine tour for you
in several properties, from the small
traditional wineries to the large
wine cooperatives.
An English speaking personal tour
leader (also German, Spanish,
French, Italian or Russian available)
meets you at your premises
and brings you to the wineries.
On the way to there, the tour leader
gives you general and historical information
about the region and the art of winemaking.
It is the best way for you to discover
this enchanting world, deeply
rooted in the local tradition of Tuscany.
Our wine tasting experience in one
or two wineries is a half-day tour
of 3-4 hours.
If you prefer to have a full-day
tour we arrange a lunch with
wine tasting in a wine loft and
the visit to a further farm in the
afternoon.
The visit includes some stops in panoramic
areas in the countryside. We bring
you to visit the best wine areas
of Tuscany and in each of them we
show you the highlights of the
area. For example, in the wine
area of the Pisan Hills we bring you
to rural monasteries and picturesque
medieval towns on the way; in the
Montalbano wine area we show you the
town Vinci, birthplace of the genius
Leonardo.
Remember that we can arrange a full
day tour including another of our
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Explanation
and tasting with the wine-maker
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SMALL
TRADITIONAL WINERIES
You
will have the opportunity to visit
old cellars and see how old tools
are still used even today. In good
wather we bring you for a fantastic
walk in the vineyards: you
can learn to differentiate the various
vines, you can learn the right
techniques of pruning and understand
the issues of grape farming. Finally
you can taste all the wines produced
in the farm together with some small
and tasty delicatessen snacks.
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Bottling
facility in the large wine cooperative
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LARGE
WINE MAKING COOPERATIVES
If you
are interested in learning more about
large-scale wine making, we
bring you also to large cooperatives
where you can see big modern winemaking
facilities. You visit the several
departments of the premises and experience
how the most advanced machinery
is able to cope with the challenges
of modern production. A wine tasting
(upon request with light lunch) in
the elegant wine loft of the cooperative
is also provided.
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We
organize half-day wine tasting
tours of vineyards and wine cellars
for two or more people. See rates below.
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Half-day
wine tasting tour in Tuscany
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2
people - € 80-100 per
person
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4
people - €
55-75
per
person
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6
people - €
40-45
per
person
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8
people -
€
35-40
per person
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Rates
include the visit to the estates,
wine tasting, tasting of some
local specialties and a personal
English speaking tour leader
(also German, Spanish, French,
Italian or Russian available).
Rates vary according to the
wineries.
Rates do not include transportation.
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You
can choose to combine a half-day
wine tasting tour with either one
of our tasting tours
or one
of our cultural tours
and book a full-day excursion.
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Rates
include the visit to the estates,
wine tasting and a personal English
speaking tour leader (also German,
Spanish, French, Italian or Russian
available).
Rates do not include transportation.
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TRANSPORTATION
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If
you drive
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If
you do not drive
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you like driving you can rent
a car or drive your own car to
the destination. The tour guide
sits in your car and tells you
a lot of interesting information
along the way. If your holiday
house/hotel is more than 70
kms from the premises of our Travel
Agency in Peccioli (Pisa area)
and you want to meet the tour
leader where you are staying,
please consider a 20 Eur surcharge
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In
case you prefer not to drive
we can book you a car/minivan
or bus with personal chauffeur.
Please specify it in the booking
form.
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This
is an email we received on
7th May 2009 from Gabi and Helmut
from Berlin, who spent a day
with Massimo in a wine tour:
Hallo
Arianna + Massimo,
auf
diesem Weg herzlichen Dank für
die sehr gute Vorbereitung und
sachkundige und individuelle
Begleitung bei unserer eintägigen
Tour durch die Toskana. Die
informationen auf den beiden
Weingütern waren für
uns sehr interessant, besonders
haben uns aber das Engagement
und Energie der Winzuer beindruckt,
das Erbe zu pflegen und leckere
Weine so zu produzieren, dass
sie ihre Herkunft nicht verleugnen.
Es war eine Kurzreise, die aber
auch dem Gaumen, den Augen und
Sinnen sehr viel bot und uns
rundrum gefallen hat. Da auch
noch das Wetter sehr gut mitspielte,
war es perfekt und für
meine Frau und mich ein unvergesslicher
Tag.
Viele
Grüße Gabi und Helmut
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This
is an email we received on
29th October 08 from Robert
from the USA:
Arianna
We wanted to thank your staff
for organizing a terrific day
out visiting two wineries and
lunch on Monday 13 October.
We had a great time and Karine
in particular was wonderful
with information about the region,
buildings and the wineries.
I can't remember the drivers
name, but please extend our
thanks, he was smooth and careful.
A great day for me and my family
Regards
Robert and family
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This
is an email we received in November
07 from Virginia & Franco:
Dear
Arianna, Tatiana e Massimo,
I am sending this message in
English so that I do not run
the risk of expressing
myself poorly with my limited
Italian.
Thank you so much for arranging
our stay at Montalto and for
the tours to Vinci andPeccioli.
We got a better insight on the
area and it's history than if
we had tried it on our own.
Rest assured that we will reccomend
your organization to friends
that plan to visit your area.
Attached are photos we took
and we hope that you enjoy them
as much as we do. They will
always be reminders of a great
visit to Toscana. Until our
next visit ciao and mille grazie.
Franco
e Virginia (Canada e Italia)
Franco
and Virginia in front of the
huge wine containers at the
winery
Vinci - October 2007
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Vineyard
in Summer after grape selection
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Wine
loft for wine tasting and lunch
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Wine
shop
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French
oak ageing barrels
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Drying
grapes for future Vinsanto
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Wine
tasting room
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Here are the
Tuscan wine farms that we selected
for your wine tasting tours in Tuscany.
It is possible to organize a tour including
the visit to one or more wineries
according to your needs. Click for further
details.
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The winery Vinci is one of the biggest
ones in Tuscany. The company collects
the grapes of more than 150 properties
and exports it all over the world. The
tasting is organized in the comfortable
and welcoming wine loft Dalle Vigne
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The farm Capannoli was born many years
ago at the beginning of the last century,
when the rich family Zeiro bought a
XVIII century Villa in a small village
near Pisa ...
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The farm Lajatico is a family run winery
located justo outside the town Lajatico,
near Volterra, the place where the tenor
Andrea Bocelli was born. For 70 years
the attention and the care of the Fulceri
family has been dedicated to producing
wine, olive oil, honey, marmalade ...
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The building belonging to the estate
Terricciola were built in 1707. Nowadays
they have been turned in to a tourist
farm house and a medium-size wine cellar.
The Cantoni family will be happy to
introduce to you this wonderful estate
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Morrona represents one of the biggest
wineries in the province of Pisa, owning
about 80 hectares. It is located in
a wonderful setting, on the hills around
the small village of Terricciola ...
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Our
wine farms for your accommodation
in Tuscany:
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