Private dinner in the historic Banfi barrel cellar, available to Il Borgo hotel guests and private groups. Five-course Tuscan menu paired with Banfi Brunello di Montalcino across three vintages plus Poggio alle Mura Riserva.
Address: Castello di Poggio alle Mura 1, 53024 Montalcino, Italy, Tuscany
Multi-day Brunello harvest participation programme at Rosewood Castiglion del Bosco. Guests join the cellar team for manual sorting, fermentation cellar work, and daily pairing dinners with vintners; September-October only.
Guided tour of the historic Verrazzano gardens and cellars in Greve, followed by tasting of four organic estate wines plus Vin Santo and a full Tuscan farm-table lunch with estate produce.
Helicopter departing Florence overflies the Chianti and Vernaccia vineyards before landing at Tenuta Torciano in San Gimignano. Three-hour winery experience with lunch then helicopter return; total programme around six hours.
Hands-on blending workshop at the Antinori nel Chianti Classico cellars in Bargino, guided by the winemaking team. Participants blend Sangiovese, Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc and Merlot vat samples; bottle their blend on-site.
Half-day truffle hunt in San Miniato (source of nearly 80 percent of the world's white truffle) followed by a structured tasting at a Chianti Classico producer. Truffle lunch in the hunter's farmhouse between the two halves.
Multi-day Brunello harvest participation programme at Rosewood Castiglion del Bosco. Guests join the cellar team for manual sorting, fermentation cellar work, and daily pairing dinners with vintners; September-October only.
Florencetown's flagship full-day Vespa wine tour. Minivan transfer to a Chianti winery, Vespa training, then up to seven hours of self-drive riding through cypress-lined backroads with two winery stops and full Tuscan lunch.
