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Taste Of Cooking & Wine Adventure in Piedmont’s Barolo Wine Country
Get a free private transfer from your arrival Italy airport to your 1st night’s hotel in the same city or its train station when you book this tour for 2012 by May 23. A value of $100-300! (new customers only)
Rediscover simple pleasures of good wine, good food and beauty in this exquisite countryside of small towns and gentle hills covered with vineyards, fields and forests. Drink some of Italy’s top red wines, Barolo and Barbaresco. Savour local dishes like chocolate hazelnut cake with Moscato zabaglione or a veal roll simmered slowly in herbs and Barolo. Stay at a pretty, family-run three star hotel in the town of Barolo with views of its medieval castle or get an upgrade to a lovely four star villa hotel.
Get to know an amazing variety of warm, fun loving local people like cooks, winery owners, cheese makers to new local friends, in a wide range of places, many off the tourist track. Authentic, local Italian life experiences!
Included:
- 4 nights hotel with private bath and continental breakfast
- 2 cooking classes
- all meals
- excursions listed in the itinerary
- private transport in minivan
- local guides
- private pick-up and drop-off at Turin’s airport or train station
Not included:
- wines with your meals so you can choose which wines you want to drink
4 Night Itinerary
Please note: Walks are optional. If you have other interests, just let us know and we can change the day’s plan for you.
Sunday
Meet your group at Turin airport or railway station. Leave for Barolo a one hour drive away. In Barolo you stay at a pretty, three star, family-run hotel in town with lovely views of Barolo castle and vineyards.
Dine on authentic Piedmont specialties at a great local restaurant as you drink a line-up of great local wines.
In Barolo, you’ll visit the charming Brezza family in their winery cellars, where the father or son sits with you around a wooden table lit by candles and tastes their wines with you. Conversation with them may stray to topics like family and friendship, so when you see them again in their restaurant for dinner, they feel like old pals.
Monday
Explore the hill town of La Morra. From a piazza, take in splendid views of the Barolo wine area valleys, while your guide points out towns you’ll visit. Visit a great winery in town with picturesque cellars, welcoming people and a panoramic terrace.
Drive to hill town Castiglione Falletto for light lunch alfresco on a cafe patio with lovely hill views.
Drive to a fine restaurant outside a Barolo wine country town for a hands-on cooking class with a young, passionate, innovative chef who welcomes you warmly. Some of his typical dishes with creative touches: delicate little torte of asparagus and cod, tasty risotto with Barbera wine and local tuma cheese cream, semifreddo with boysenberries, white chocolate and mint. Savour your creations with great Piedmont wines.
Tuesday
Most of this morning is free to relax, take a walk or explore.
Drive 30 – 40 minutes up into the hills to a small, family farm to meet a man passionate about making his sheep cheeses in a totally natural way. Learn how he makes his cheeses in the cheese making room. In a divine picnic, you sample a range of his cheeses as he eagerly tells you all you’d ever want to know. You may even meet his sheep!
Drive to the scenic Barbaresco wine country hills and visit a small family run winery to chat and taste their excellent wines.
Drive to Barbaresco for a hands-on cooking class on several dishes with the delightful owner in a well known restaurant set among vineyards. Enjoy your full menu dinner with Barbaresco wines in their cozy dining room or out on their shady terrace with marvelous vineyard views.
Wednesday
Visit a winery near Barolo well known for its fine wines and warm hospitality. You’ll feel their passion for their wines as they tell you all you ever wanted to know about Barolo, Barbera, Nebbiolo and other local wines.
Light lunch of typical Piedmont hot and cold appetizers at a local restaurant. Piedmont is famous for its incredible array of appetizers.
Visit and taste some top Barolo wines with one of the top producers like Conterno in Monforte. Or if you wish, relax on your own. Or you may want to take a walk on nearby wine country paths.
Dinner is in a typical restaurant for more delicate Piedmontese fare.
Thursday
Reluctant departure with our driver after breakfast today, either to Turin or Alba train stations or Turin airport.
