Tuscany Private Tour with Wine and Cheese Tasting from Florence

Florence, Italy

Private Tuscany Wine Country Day Trip from Florence Including Wine Tasting and Lunch

10 hours
Pickup offered
Mobile ticket
Offered in: English

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Overview

Discover Tuscany’s renowned wine country on a day trip from Florence with a small group. Led by a driver-tour escort, venture to the town of Montepulciano by minivan and stop at a rustic wine cellar to taste the area’s vino di nobile blends. Then head to Montalcino area to sample three Brunello di Montalcino wines. Top off your day with a stroll to Pienza, a beautiful Renaissance hill town and home to the famous Pienza Pecorino cheese. Numbers are limited to eight people to keep this experience as intimate as possible.

Full-day trip to Tuscany’s hill towns and wine country from Florence
Explore the wine towns of Montepulciano and Pienza
Sample local red wine varietals and pecorino cheese
Enjoy the personalized attention of a driver-tour escort (a driver-tour escort drives and guides our guests) on a small-group tour limited to six-seven people / Min 2 people for guaranteed departures

What's Included

Expert English speaking driver-escort
Transport by air-conditioned Mercedes minivan
Pecorino Cheese Tasting at local dairy
Brunello Wine Tasting in selected Winery
Visit Montalcino & Pienza

Gratuities
Food and drink, unless specified
Hotel pickup and drop-off

Meeting and Pickup

You can head directly to the meeting point, or request pickup

Meeting point

Apple Firenze
Piazza della Repubblica, 50123 Firenze FI, Italy
The General meeting point is in front of the Apple store in Piazza Della Repubblica unless you provide us with the hotel where you'll be staying at.

Pickup points

Select a pickup point

Start time

09:00 AM

End point

This activity ends back at the meeting point.

What To Expect

Your tour will begin in central Florence near Piazza della Repubblica, where your driver-tour escort will join you. Hop aboard your luxury minivan and journey toward the hilltop towns of Tuscany. Soak up the scenery of the countryside while your driver-tour escort provides commentary about the area’s history and wine production.

Your first stop will be Montepulciano, home of the beloved Rosso di Montepulciano wine and the vino di nobile. Admire the town’s Renaissance architecture and stop for a visit at San Biagio church.

Then you will be driven to a gorgeous rustic Organic Cheese Farm, just outside Pienza and overlooking the Valley and Pienza itself. Here during a tour of the farm and the dairy you’ll learn how the Pecorino cheese is made and aged and you’ll have the opportunity to taste it accompanied by a glass of wine.

Your driver-tour escort will then lead you to the Renaissance hilltown Pienza, which affords incredible views over the Orcia Valley. Pienza is also well-known for the cheese produced here and called Pecorino from Pienza, that you may taste in one of the many small and charming shops around the town selling this famous local cheese.

You will be given free time to wander around and here you will also have many lunch opportunities (lunch not included). Next, we will visit a selected winery in Montalcino wine area, home to the famous Brunello di Montalcino wine. Enjoy a tour of the winery followed by a wine tasting of three different types of Brunello. After a rewarding Day in Val D’Orcia, we’ll make our way back to Florence where we will arrive at about 6 pm.

PLEASE NOTE: The order of the places visited might change.

Piazza della Repubblica (Pass By)

Historic Centre of the City of Pienza

2 hours • Admission Ticket Free

Additional Info

Confirmation will be received at time of booking, unless booked within 2 days of travel. In this case confirmation will be received within 48 hours, subject to availability
Not wheelchair accessible
Near public transportation
Infant seats available
Travelers should have a moderate physical fitness level
Comfortable shoes are recommended
Appropriate dress is required to enter some sites - knees and shoulders must be covered

Minimum drinking age is 18 years
Children must be accompanied by an adult
Infant seats are available on request if advised at time of booking (children who are under 36 kg/97 pounds or 150 cm/4ft 9 in,must use proper child restraints). We reserve the right to refuse infants or children if we are not notified at the time of the booking and if the car seats brought do not comply with requirements by Italian law.
Operates in all weather conditions, please dress appropriately
Minimum numbers apply. There is a possibility of cancellation after confirmation if there is not enough passengers to meet requirements. In the event of this occurring, you will be offered an alternative or full refund
All passengers pay the same rate irrespectively from their age
This is a private tour/activity. Only your group will participate

Cancellation Policy

You can cancel up to 24 hours in advance of the experience for a full refund.

For a full refund, you must cancel at least 24 hours before the experience’s start time.
If you cancel less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time, the amount you paid will not be refunded.
Any changes made less than 24 hours before the experience’s start time will not be accepted.

Cut-off times are based on the experience’s local time.
This experience requires a minimum number of travelers. If it’s canceled because the minimum isn’t met, you’ll be offered a different date/experience or a full refund.

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Featured review

Ruchi_S

My husband and I had the best private tour of Tuscany eating amazing cheese and tasting incredible wine! Our guide Jonathan was enthusiastic and great company while we drove through beautiful towns in Tuscany! He was incredibly knowledgeable and engaging while showing us around the beautiful landscapes. We are very happy with this tour and would highly recommend it to anyone looking to have a wonderful day learning about the architecture of the towns in Tuscany and about winemaking!! Thank you so very much Jonathan!

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Fun Time Tasting Cheese and Wine!

Ruchi_S, Mar 2023

Tuscany beauty

Gary_G, Jun 2022

Yaris, our guide, was superb. Friendly, fun, knowledgeable and helpful. Views of Tuscany breathtaking. Towns views were Pienza and Monticello which were picture postcard pretty

Wonderful Experience!

Jacquelynn_D, Sep 2019

This was an excellent tour of the southern Tuscany region. Montepulciano, Pienza, and Montalcino. The winery lunch and conversation was the best I’ve ever had.

What an incredible and very...

Kenneth M, Oct 2017

What an incredible and very worthwhile tour of Tuscany. Our guide, Giacomo, was so knowledgeable about the history and geography of the area . He spoke about the history of the surrounding villages and of the wine in the regions. One highlight was when we visited a 1,000 year old winery in Montepulchiano, and our guide was greeted joyfully by the winemaker, Adamo, the winemaker, who then gave us a tour of the wine cellar. There were only four of us in our small group, which was really wonderful - as we were meeting up in the square, we saw several other much larger groups of 20 meeting for their wine tours. The Brunello di Montalcino wines we tasted were so excellent, and our lunch was delicious! We are so happy that we treated ourselves to this amazing day!

Great experience tasting wines and...

ChinYee_G, Jun 2016

Great experience tasting wines and soaking in the beautiful scenery, efficiently executed by our wonderful tour guide.

This tour was great! We drove about...

Sara M, Jun 2016

This tour was great! We drove about an hour and a half each way and stopped in the 2 wine towns, as well as Pienza which was between them not on the itinerary, but very cute town!. The wineries were very interesting and the tastings were generous. The second winery was a biodynamic farm and they served us lunch. The wine was really good. We also got free time for about 20 mins in each town to stroll about and see the sights. We even got to go inside an old castle. We also stopped on the side of the road for some great Tuscan countryside photos. Our guide was full of information and was really helpful. No negatives on our experience.

Great Time, great Guide, but I was...

Raul D M, Jan 2016

Great Time, great Guide, but I was not really impressed by the wineries selected. I've on other tours in the area and this was not my favorite. The wine tasting was saved by our guide by having us sample wines and markets near by!

A very enjoyable tour into the...

dorothy c, Oct 2015

A very enjoyable tour into the beautiful Tuscany hillsides. Our guide Jacamo was a sweetheart. The two hill towns were nice to visit although there was only one true vineyard where we looked at growing grapes, asked questions, and had lunch. It was a nice change of pace if you were staying in Florence for more than three days. They ran the tour with only four people in our SUV so very relaxing.

An excellent guide/driver and a...

William B, Oct 2015

An excellent guide/driver and a small group made this tour excellent. The lunch and wine tasting were excellent. Would highly recommend.

Excellent tour. Guide did...

Craig M, Sep 2015

Excellent tour. Guide did exceptional job. Meeting the vintners was a real treat. The smaller the group, the better. We had four people and it was a perfect size for the experience. Give this tour a full five stars

Although this Tuscany wine tour was...

dbeeman, Sep 2015

Although this Tuscany wine tour was more expensive than others and had only two reviews, we took a chance and booked it because it concentrated on Montepulciano and Montalcino instead of trying to cram them in with a tour of Chianti. We took a 3.30 Euro bus to Greve on another day. It was the right choice. Giaccomo, our driver, gave us a thorough education on Tuscan wines and the region in excellent English. We had generous tastings at the Contucci winery in Montepulciano and with the delicious but light lunch at the Piombaia winery near Montalcino. There was enough time to explore the two towns, and we felt that it had been a perfect day.

Giacomo was a gem He was fun and...

Barry D, Jul 2015

Giacomo was a gem He was fun and informative and seemed like he really cared for what he was doing. He was very knowable and personable. He is definitely an asset to your company. We wish we were able to have him on the other tours we took

Saw 2 beautiful Montepulciano and...

Jitka Tisha G. T, Jun 2015

Saw 2 beautiful Montepulciano and Montalcino but we were disappointed with the 3-course meal because it wasnt really a meal. It was just bruschetta with ham, cheese with 3 kinds of wine to taste. For something that was so expensive, we expected more. We had no tour guide; just a driver.