Originally Posted by SFOAmdam
Heading to Italy in September (late) and October (early). Definitely spending a week in Tuscany and probably another almost week in Liguria. I want to do some wine tasting (olive oil and other things as well) while there. I have heard that you have to make appointments and that some wine tasting is actually done in wine stores.
I would appreciate recommendations on how to arrange some wine tastings at the wineries (which ones, how to contact, etc.)
Any wine stores that we have to go to?
Thanks in advance for any information provided.
We just returned from Italy, where we booked a tour for 2 wine tastings and some sightseeing. We used a guide, Sat only, but we were very satisfied with him, and his tour, and his pretty reasonable price. The tour included an hour in Greve, and another town, (I forget the name right now) with an optional lunch in a winery.
http://tinyurl.com/neqk8
The thought of tasting wine all afternoon
and driving did not excite me.
One older winery that we visited was Montagliarni.
www.montagliari.it
Another more modern and very impressive one was Casa Emma.
www.casaemma.com
Here we bought one bottle of Chianti Classico for $20 (which the owner saw for sale in NYC for $268.
Because of the new carry-on rules, we could only bring back one bottle in our luggage.
There are many other places along the roads, but I don't know if you need reservations.