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Super Tuscan Wine Tasting Course Please, note! This tour offer has expired. For similar tour offers currently available search here. Key Information: Tour Duration: 1 day(s) Group Size: 5 - 12 people Destination(s): Italy   Specialty Categories: Food & Wine   Season: January - December Airfare Included: No Tour Customizable: Yes Minimum Per Person Price: 250 US Dollar (USD) Maximum Per Person Price: 250 US Dollar (USD)

Our courses are given in the marvelous Estate of Villa Pandolfini, using the historical archives and the cellars where the wine is actually made. The teacher is a Doctor of Agronomy specialized in Enology, Dott. Stefano Tofanelli.

Tour Highlight:
- Visit to the vineyard with briefing on various type of wines grapes, climates and soil
- Back in the cellar: a bit of history on the wine and how the wine was made and used
- Visit the wine cellar (briefing on wine making process)
- The mechanic of serving the wine (glasses, bottles, corks, corkscrews and various paraphernalia)
- How to taste the wine? (including the usage of the aroma wheel)
- Principle of food and wine matching
- Buying wine for your cellar (wine selection techniques)
- Super-Tuscan wines sampled: Fossi, Sassicaia, Ornellaia, Guado al Tasso and Lecente.

Note: Wine tasting kit will be provided.

Notes:
Airfare is not included in the tour price.

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