Chianti Vineyard Wine Tasting Dinner

A lot of driving and the second location did not have any wine tasting location of bus stop difficult to find

We boarded the bus late, and our guide barely interacted with the group or provided any information. We had to backtrack several times because of confusion over the route. At the final town, we were left wandering around looking for the bus after receiving unclear meeting instructions. We eventually had to walk back through town and beyond to find it. The **only worthwhile part was the dinner at the last winery**. Otherwise, the tour was poorly organized, frustrating, and a complete waste of time and money. **After speaking with the other passengers, it was clear that this was not an isolated experience—we all felt the tour was poorly managed and simply not worth what we paid.**

Our guide was great and the whole experience was really enjoyable. We did not care for the 1st winery tasting. The wine was fine but the building we were in had black mold all over the walls. The 2nd winery was great. The food was delicious, and the winery host was very fun and energetic. The only thing we wished we could have done a little more of was walk the grounds because it’s so pretty there. Overall a really nice tour.

If you love wine and have longed to sip it under the Tuscan sun, this is for you! It’s kind of long, a full seven hours, so be prepared to spend an entire day. We began at our meeting point and boarded a lovely coach bus. Our guide was very knowledgeable of the area and gave us info the whole way up to Chianti. At the 1st winery, we met with a guide who shows us how the wine was made the took us to the tasting room where he had prepared lovely snack of crostinis, cheese and bruschetta to pair with the three wines we tasted. After that we headed to the beautiful quaint town of Greve in Chianti where we explored the shops and an amazing salumeria and cheese cellar. Then it was on to the 3rd stop which was the 2nd winery. We got a brief history of the town and winery and then were led to a beautifully set long table among the grape vines under bistro lights where we were served a 3 course meal and tasted FIVE wines. The server was not shy about refills also as we enjoyed our dinner. As the sun set, we retired to the indoor part of the winery where we tasted a dessert wine and nibbled on our biscotti before heading back down the mountain to Florence. The only bad thing I can say is that the meeting point area was a little sketch by a bus station and there were no taxis when we got back around 10:00pm so I suggest a rideshare back to your hotel. We walked back to our hotel. It wasn’t terrible, but not the best. Happy travels!!

This was a great wine experience. Theresa did a fantastic job entertaining the group (in both English and Spanish) and the wineries did not disappoint. We really loved the intimacy and history given at the first location. The dinner at the second winery was sooooooo good I thought I would explode. Turns out I'm obsessed with truffle oil 🤤 The only part I could have done without is the small town stopover between tastings