The Wine Somelier's Tour of the Chianti
A Full day with Wine Somelier Dario Castagno

Our private tour includes:

• 8 hours private tour
• Pick up and drop off at the Hotel
• Transport in air conditioned Mercedes Car or Luxury Van
• English speaking driver
• Visit to prestigious winery in company of Dario Castagno

Wine Tours Italia has the pleasure to announce that we have signed up a new friend to join our team since we have attained the cooperation of British born but Chiantigiano through and through Dario Castagno the highly praised world renown best selling Tuscan author.

Dario a former tour guide lives in Vagliagli where he composed his four books Too Much Tuscan Sun - A Day in Tuscany - Too Much Tuscan Wine and An Osteria in Chianti. Dario quoted that “Chianti is an earthy region where life seems to spring out of the ground. The scent of living things is in the air we breathe and the food we eat. Everywhere there is a sense of completeness-a completeness of people and their environment” and by no doubt Dario represents to some extent the quintessence of this land.

Dario's books are partly based on his life in the tiny hamlet perched in the heart of the Chianti hills and are crammed with historical anecdotes, facts and figures referred to Tuscany.

During our Chianti tour on request we can actually have Dario meet us at the Dievole wine cellars where he will be honoured guide you through the cellars while introducing you with fervour to the local wines and the same time will entertain you with plenty more of fitting historical information and accounts regarding the home of the Chianti Classico.

After the tour Dario will also have the pleasure sharing lunch with his guests at Dievole’s restaurant. Spending some time with Dario can be a fascinating experience that can leave incredible effects.

An occurrence for anyone who wants to penetrate not only into history but even into the soul of this ancient and civilized region. A region settled originally by the mysterious Etruscans, then by the Romans, where the Goths, Lombards and Franks have come and gone.

A region studded by the Florentines and Sienese with great forts to withstand each others’ onslaughts and that has inspired artists of the talent of Leonardo and Michelangelo among the many, given birth to navigators such as Vespucci and Verrazzano and the statesmen Machiavelli. 

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Pricing per person

Please ask for a special quote for groups of 8 or more.

2 People - 210 Euro/person
3 People - 180 Euro/person
4 People - 150 Euro/person
5 People - 135 Euro/person
6 People - 120 Euro/person
7 People - 110 Euro/person

Gourmet Lunch - 35 Euro/person extra

Pick up and drop off in outlying areas - please request quote.