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Cultural experience
Italy Food and Wine Tours
Cellars, markets and family kitchens, tasting Italy region by region.
Why experience food & wine in Italy
An Italy food tour is inseparable from its place of origin. The Chianti wine roads, the olive groves of Lake Garda, Roman markets and regional kitchens give each journey a different flavour and a direct connection with local life.
Rather than treating a tasting as an isolated stop, our food and wine tours place it within the wider landscape: vineyards beside cycling routes, local dishes after a day outdoors, and Rome, Florence and Bologna visited through their markets.
The result is a cultural experience as much as a culinary one, with time to understand the ingredients, producers and traditions behind what arrives at the table. September and October bring the harvest; April to June gives quieter cellars.
- Focus
- Regional cooking, wine, olive oil and local producers
- Best for
- Curious travellers who discover places through taste
- Main season
- Year-round, with harvest experiences in autumn
- Travel style
- Tastings and food encounters within a wider itinerary
How we experience food & wine
Wine landscapes
Travel through vineyard country where the shape of the land, the towns and the wines belong to the same regional story.
Olive oil and lake cuisine
Around Lake Garda, tastings add a local dimension to active days between the water, hills and historic centres.
Markets and regional tables
From northern valleys to southern cities, local markets and traditional dishes offer one of the clearest ways into everyday Italian culture.
Tours with food & wine
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Tuscany by bike
Food & Wine in Italy: frequently asked questions
What does a tasting include?
A visit to the cellar or the farm with the producer, then three to five wines with local food. Tastings are booked for our group only, so there is time for questions and no queue.
Do I need to know about wine to enjoy it?
No. Producers present their own wines in plain language, and the interest is as much in the place, the grapes and the family as in the glass.
Which regions do the food and wine journeys cover?
Chianti, Montepulciano and the Val d'Orcia in Tuscany, and the western shore of Lake Garda for olive oil, Lugana and Valpolicella. Both are combined with cycling days and city visits.
Are meals included?
Tastings and the meals that go with them are included and listed day by day on each tour page. Other dinners are left free so you can choose where to eat.
Planning a food & wine journey?
Our team in Italy can shape the route, pace and stays around the way you want to travel.