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Wine On The Road
Tuscany Unfiltered
With Wine Expert
Ben Weinberg
Montalcino (Where Brunello Comes From) and Bolgheri (Home to Super Tuscans): Sunday, October 28th – Sunday, November 4th, 2012
Download the Preliminary Itinerary and Booking Form or CONTACT US for more information.
Deposit Deadline is May 9, 2012.
Explore the world’s most renowned wine regions with behind-the-scenes access to top winemakers and their incomparable wines. With Wine on the Road tours, Chief Wine Sherpa Ben Weinberg has created the ultimate in wine-focused, behind-the-scenes wine country experiences, combining award-winning wines and exquisite dining and lodging with uniquely local flair and flavor.
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Highlights include:
• Seven days in Tuscany focused on acclaimed estates, wineries selected by Ben for their distinctive expressions of local terroir and culture
• Up-close-and-personal time with well-known winemakers, as well as one-of-a-kind, winery-focused tours, tastings, meals and lodgings
• Superior accommodations in charming country homes and inns located near wine and olive oil estates
• Non-wine activities such as helping shepherdesses make pecorino and ricotta, attending a thrilling opera and joining up with locals for the evening passeggiata
• Optional activities such as a day in Florence visiting the Frescobaldi Restaurant & Wine Bar, Michelangelo’s David, Botticelli’s Madonna and Florentine markets, personal appointments with select artisans who handcraft unique local products, spa treatments and seaside golf
Price per person is €5,195 (Euros), based on double occupancy for between nine-and-twelve paid attendees, land only, excluding airfare, gratuities, the optional day in Florence with Ben, and other optional activities. Maximum group size is twelve adults of legal drinking age. For help booking airfare and outside transfers please feel free to contact Custom Travel Ltd., our trusted travel provider.
For additional information on this upcoming wine tour, please click on the email link (below) or check out the preliminary itinerary and booking form. Program participants must also read and accept the additional terms and conditions. Subject to change without notice until tour is finalized prior to departure:
PICTURE GALLERY
VIDEO
Tenuta dell' Ornellaia winemaker Axel Heinz discusses his winemaking philosophy with Wine On The Road's Chief Wine Sherpa Ben Weinberg