Tuscan wine tours for discerning travellers

If you haven’t looked at Tuscany recently, look again. The most expensive wines at a recent auction were Tuscan ones and even Sting is looking to produce wine here. Tuscany is a destination dripping with luxury, some of the world’s finest wines and gastronomic delights.

Custom wine tours in Tuscany allow you to taste some of Italy’s finest wines, including the Brunello wines of Montalcino, Chianti, the “noble” wines of Montepulciano and of course the Super Tuscans of Bolgheri and Maremma - Tuscany is certainly on the map for wine aficionados.

Tuscany also offers some mouth-watering sensations for foodies on private, chauffeured culinary tours. Fresh Pecorino and Ricotta cheese, extra Virgin Olive Oil, Wild Boar sausage and Tiramisu tickle the taste buds. Cooking classes, chocolate tasting and cheese making define “La Dolce Vita”.

Wine tours in Tuscany are best done over the course of a week or even weekend, but if you only have a day to spend, consider a tasting tour of Chianti Classico with lunch at a local Trattoria or visit the birthplace of Super Tuscan Wines in Maremma with lunch in an 800-year-old converted olive mill.

Spa weekend anyone? Here Tuscan wine tours begin and end with relaxation, good food and good wine. With Olive Oil-infused spa treatments, wine tasting in an ancient abbey and sleeping in a restored castle, custom tours offers wine lovers, couples and bachelorettes a new way to sip the weekend away under the Tuscan sun.

To find out more about planning your own Tuscan wine tours, visit cellartours.com.