Wine and Tuscan cuisine on the San Gimignano hills
A beautiful and intense experience in a family kitchen, to learn simple and delicious recipes of the Tuscan tradition.
The program:
- 9:30 Departure from your location by private Mercedes car or van with English-speaking driver 11:00 Arrival at the winery Podere La Marronaia or Terre di Sovernaja. Guided tour of the winery, cooking lesson and lunch with wine tasting – 4 hours in total
- You will learn the secrets for preparing Tuscan appetizers as crostini or bruschetta, a first course (soup or pasta) and a tasty dessert. We only use seasonal products, for this reason the menu may vary depending on the available ingredients. At the end of the cooking class, you will visit the vineyards of Vernaccia and the cellar, before ending with a lunch with the products of your work. The lunch will include the plates you have prepared during the course:
- appetizer of crostini and bruschetta;
- first dish: soup or pasta
- second course: cold cuts and cheese
- dessert
You will taste a minimum of 4/5 wines (such as Vernaccia di San Gimignano and Chianti Colli Senesi) and 3/4 natural extra virgin olive and flavored oils
- 15:00 Departure
- 16:30 You are back to your location
Day program (9:00-16:30) includes: private Mercedes car or van with English-speaking driver, guided visit of the cellars, cooking lesson, lunch with the wines produced by the winery.