Top Modena Food Tours

Wine-tasting in Italy is almost a traveler’s rite of passage, but few tours explore the equally rich traditions of vinegar production. With this tour, visit one of Modena’s oldest traditional balsamic vinegar producers, touring the vineyards and seeing all the stages of production from the pressing of grapes to the barrel aging. The tour includes plenty of vinegar samples, regional food tastings, and a bottle of wine produced on-site.

A two-hour private tour to discover Modena: a city famous for its historic center with Unesco sites, its gastronomy, its cars, and for the friendliness of its inhabitants. Pleasant in every season, Modena offers the visitors extraordinary beauties, all concentrated in its gracious historic centre, which tell the story of the splendor of a city for a long time the capital of a duchy, the one of the Lords of Este, who resided there since 1598. Unesco has recognized the universal value of its treasures by declaring the Cathedral, Piazza Grande and the Ghirlandina Tower a World Heritage Site. Discover these great architectural beauties with our certified tour guide.

An excellent value for the money, this private tour and tasting includes one-one-one time with a representative of the Malpighi family, renowned vinegar makers in Modena. After a tour of the barrel rooms, enjoy vinegar samples and pairings with parmesan cheese, prosciutto, bread, and Lambrusco wine. A take-home bottle of vinegar and a recipe book is included.

Discover the gastronomic delicacies of the Emilia-Romagna region with this food and wine-themed private tour in Modena. Rather than just tasting delicious local specialties, this tour gives you access to the factories where they’re produced. As you explore each factory with a guide, hear fascinating insights about how Parmigiano Reggiano cheese, and balsamic vinegar of Modena are made; then, round off the tour with a vineyard and cellar tour.

La Vedetta being immersed in the hills of Castelvetro will allow you to fully experience the entire production process of balsamic vinegar.

Savoring the excellence of the Emilian wine tradition in the place where the legendary Lambrusco wines that have made the history of the enology of this region are born is possible at Tenuta Cialdini, owned by the Chiarli family for over 140 years, the hub of many initiatives, including charitable ones. of the territory and tourist destination of hundreds of wine lovers from all over the world every month. The estate also includes a beautiful nineteenth-century villa, its beautiful stables carefully restored and entirely dedicated to hospitality, a large park bordering the vineyards and a small shop where you can buy the wines produced and distributed by the company. The visit begins in the vineyards that embrace all the buildings that make up the company in a single plot, followed by a visit to the winery and production facilities with an explanation of the various stages of winemaking, and finally the tasting of 4 labels from the Cleto Chiarli line .

The tour is held in the medieval Prison Tower, located in the very heart of the picturesque ancient town of Castelvetro di Modena. It is the only Balsamic aging tower open to public tours. The main square of Castelvetro di Modena, where the tower is situated, boasts a breathtaking view over the hillside of Modena. Our company is a small family-run production, and our vinegars are made according to the ancient tradition. We want to share our passion and respect towards the history with our guests. This tour is the best way to get acquainted with the story and the production method of the authentic Balsamic Vinegar of Modena, to taste the different agings of this unique product and to discover both classic and the most unusual ways to use it! At the end of the tour, in fact, you will get a chance to taste different agings of Balsamic Vinegar both purely and in combination with four different qualities of chocolate, some of those winners of prestigious international competitions!

As producers of Lambrusco and Balsamic Vinegar we offer you an authentic experience in contact with the Reggiano territory. The rows that make up the heart of the Venturini Baldini farm stretch out on the soft slopes of the Roncolo estate. The grapes grown here have been living here for decades following the strict dictates of the organic regime, which the company has adopted since 2002, the first reality to have reached this milestone in Emilia Romagna.

Live a unique experience in Modena countryside and discover the secrets of Balsamic Vinegar DOP and Emilia top wines.

I’ll bring you along a complete tour to discover all the steps of Parmigiano Reggiano’s production. We’ll see where the animals are bred and where the milk is mould. We’ll go into the cheese factory during milk processing and we'll witness in cooking and making cheese wheels. We’ll see then the process of salting and maturing up to enter the huge “caveau”, where thousands of cheeses wheels are guarded and laid out in long rows in the silent maturation rooms and where the scent of cheese will smell so nice and exciting that we won’t be able to resist till the final tasting of cheese. on this special tour you will be able to touch the newborn calves on our farm which happens almost every day. you will taste the original king of cheeses and many other local artisanal products such as real balsamic vinegar aged over 30 years and parma ham and lambrusco wine and at the end you will take home with you a piece of real Parmiginao Reggiano aged for 24 months included in this tour

Enjoy a day to visit Modena one of the most beautiful cities in northern Italy. Discover the Unesco beauties of the heart of Modena and its anecdotes Visit the Modena Cathedral and the historical palace Discover the historic Albinelli market with its perfumes Visit a historic Acetaia in Modena Enjoy a tasting lunch with paired wines

The tour is held in the medieval Prison Tower, located in the very heart of the picturesque ancient town of Castelvetro di Modena. It is a unique location since it is the only Balsamic aging tower open to public tours. The main square of Castelvetro di Modena, where the tower is situated, boasts a breathtaking view over the hillside of Modena. Our company is a small family-run production, and our vinegars are made according to the ancient tradition. We want to share our passion and respect towards the history with our guests. This tour is the best way to get acquainted with the story and the production method of the authentic Balsamic Vinegar of Modena, to taste the different agings of this unique product and to discover the best ways to use it at home.

Through a visit to two local producers you will live a truly unique experience! In the Acetaia you will discover customs, anecdotes, traditions and production processes linked to Traditional Balsamic Vinegar of Modena, while in the Cellar the ancient ancestral method referring to wines produced by hand and respecting the highest quality! The Acetaia is located in the ancient country farmhouse, immersed in the greenery of the plain, while the cellar is on the hills of Modena and thanks to the special position, you can enjoy an exciting view! Two familiar and welcoming places where you will live a unique and extremely authentic experience! This experience is absolutely perfect for young couples, groups of friends and families! Infants, children and teenagers can participate, but only children at least 18 years of age or children at least 16 years of age but with explicit parental permission will be able to taste the wine. In the cellar you will visit the vineyard. Comfortable clothing is recommended!

I will accompany you to my land where I was born and raised. Traditions and people will be the backdrop to this adventure on the Modena hills. I will let you discover the flavors and aromas that accompany our days and I will reveal the ancient secrets that producers still use today to produce Parmigiano Reggiano and balsamic vinegar. We will have fun preparing a good dish of fresh pasta together using just a few ingredients for a mouth-watering result. You will discover how in Emilia Romagna we are used to using few ingredients and having a lot of patience. All this on the gentle hills in the Modena countryside, far from city traffic and mass tourism and in contact with nature and the passion that distinguishes us. We can organize (at an additional price that we will communicate to you) the pick up at your hotel and we can also organize a private tour (for couples or friends) or vary this tour in case you have other needs.