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Chianti Wine Tour from Florence: Private Van & Tastings

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Duration8h

GroupPrivate

LanguagesEN · IT

PickupAt your hotel

Eight hours in Chianti: vineyards, villages, and wine that tastes like the hills it came from

You get hotel pickup, a private luxury van, and a driver who customizes the day to what you want to see and taste. Visit Greve village and taste at two working wineyards — one organic, one family-run — with optional lunch overlooking the vines. Eight hours total, return to your hotel by evening.

Step-by-step itinerary

Depart from Florence
Stop in Greve in Chianti town
Taste local cold cuts and cheeses
Visit small organic wine producer
Enjoy first wine tasting
Visit Sant’Appiano Farm estate
Learn about olive oil and grappa
Have wine tasting or lunch at vineyard
Admire Chianti countryside scenery
Return to Florence

The Experience

You want to taste real Chianti, not the kind that sits in a gift shop. The driver picks you up from your Florence hotel in the morning and asks what you're after — which wineries, whether you'd rather skip lunch or sit down for it, how much time you want in each place. That conversation at the start is the whole tour right there. It means you're not following a script; you're following your own curiosity through eight hours of rolling vineyard country.

The first stop is Greve, a small town in the heart of Chianti Classico, where the navigator Giovanni da Verrazzano was born and where Falorni's butcher shop has been selling cold cuts and local cheeses for generations. You taste there — real stuff, not a tasting-room version of it. Then comes the first winery, a small producer making high-quality wines by hand, from harvest to bottle, on an organic-certified estate. The driver knows these places and the people who run them. After that, Sant'Appiano Farm, where the owners still oversee production themselves, combining old methods with modern technique. They make olive oil and grappa too, and you can either taste wine or sit down to lunch surrounded by their vineyard. The drive between stops winds through the Chianti landscape itself — that's not filler, it's part of why you came.

The van is private, which means no waiting for other groups to finish their photos, no schedule that doesn't bend. Hotel pickup and drop-off are included, so you don't negotiate transport or worry about parking. The driver speaks English and carries bottled water. If you want to know about the region — the history, the families, the way the land works — he'll tell you. If you want quiet, that's fine too. The minimum drinking age is 18, and the tour suits any fitness level; you're mostly sitting and walking short distances between the van and the tasting rooms.

What’s included

Hotel pickup and drop-off in Florence.
private luxury minivan with English-speaking driver.
wine tastings at two working estates.
stop in Greve village with local food tasting at Falorni butcher shop.
optional lunch with wine tasting at Sant'Appiano Farm.
bottled water on board.
free Wi-Fi on request.

Good to know

Easy physical levelStroller friendlyInfant seats availablePublic transport nearby

Operated by Chianti Drivers private tours

Is this one for you?Book this if you want to taste Chianti from people who make it, without arranging transport, timing yourself between wineries, or deciding which estates to visit — the driver handles all three, which is what makes a full day of tasting possible without the logistics.