Private wine making experience with winery tour and dinner in Tuscany

Blending your own wine is the creative heart of this private experience. Under the guidance of an expert sommelier at a historic Chianti winery, you will taste different component wines - each made from different grape varieties, vineyards, or aging vessels - and learn how their characteristics combine. You then choose your preferred blend: how much Sangiovese, how much Merlot or Cabernet, the balance of structure and softness. The sommelier helps you fine-tune the proportions, and your finished blend is bottled and labeled with a personalized label for you to take home.

Chianti Classico DOCG is made primarily from Sangiovese grapes in the historic Chianti zone and is known for its bright acidity, red fruit character, and savory earthiness. SuperTuscan wines break from traditional rules by incorporating international varieties like Cabernet Sauvignon or Merlot, resulting in richer, more full-bodied wines with a different flavor profile. Vin Santo is a traditional Tuscan dessert wine made from dried Trebbiano and Malvasia grapes, aged in small wooden barrels called caratelli for years - producing a rich, amber, sweet wine with notes of dried fruit, honey, and nuts. All three will be part of your tasting during this private experience.

The Chianti region has been producing wine since at least the 13th century, making it one of the oldest continuously active wine regions in the world. Its unique terroir - a combination of the warm Tuscan climate, galestro (shale) and alberese (clay-limestone) soils, and the moderating influence of altitude in the hills between Florence and Siena - produces wines of unmistakable personality that cannot be replicated elsewhere. Chianti Classico DOCG is one of Italy's most exported and recognized wine designations, and the region's producers have been at the forefront of Italian wine evolution for decades.

This experience is perfectly suited to special occasions. The combination of a hands-on creative activity - blending and personalizing your own wine - with a gourmet five-course Tuscan dinner, five wine tastings, and the warmth of a historic winery setting creates an evening with genuine emotional depth. Whether you are celebrating a birthday, anniversary, honeymoon, or a milestone together, you leave with both a shared memory and a personalized bottle of wine you created yourselves - a souvenir unlike anything you could buy in a shop.

A traditional Tuscan five-course dinner is a celebration of the region's culinary heritage: simple, seasonal, and deeply flavorful. You might begin with an antipasto of local cured meats, aged pecorino, and bruschetta with extra virgin olive oil, followed by a primo of handmade pasta - perhaps pici cacio e pepe or pappardelle al cinghiale (wild boar ragu). The secondo might be a slow-roasted Chianina beef or a seasonal meat dish. A contorno of seasonal vegetables, a selection of local cheeses, and a traditional dessert - perhaps cantucci with Vin Santo - complete the meal. All dishes are paired with wines selected by an expert sommelier.

For groups of 1 to 8 people, a full cancellation fee applies if you cancel within 7 days of your tour date or in case of no-show. For groups of 9 or more, availability and cancellation terms are available on request.