Cinqueterre winery tour with wine tasting and pesto class

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Duration1h 30m

GroupPrivate

LanguagesEN · IT

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Cellar, vineyard, three wines, and pesto you make yourself

A combined winery tour and cooking class in Cinqueterre where you visit the BarCa cellar, walk the vineyards between Manarola and Volastra, taste three wines directly in the vineyard, and make fresh basil pesto by hand using the family's traditional method. The guide speaks English or Italian and the experience runs about 90 minutes, ending far from the tourist crowds of the main villages.

1h 30m

Step-by-step itinerary

Winery tour, vineyard walk, wine tasting, pesto class

Meet at Volastra town entrance
Visit BarCa cellar and learn winemaking
Tour vineyards on Manarola-Volastra path
Learn about grape varieties
Taste three types of wine in vineyard
Participate in basil pesto cooking class

The Experience

Your guide meets you at the entrance to Volastra and takes you into the BarCa cellar to walk through how the wines are made, from harvest to bottling. You'll learn the differences between the three wines you'll taste later — BarCa Cinqueterre DOC, a sea wine that represents the region; Memento, a macerated white from the oldest vineyard selections; and Rosaluna, a rosé. The cellar sits on the family's own land, so the history and the winemaking process are the same story.

After the cellar, you walk the vineyards along the Manarola-Volastra path. The guide points out the three grape varieties that grow in Cinqueterre — Bosco, Arbarola and Vermentino — and explains how each one behaves differently on these steep terraces. Then you stop in the vineyard itself and taste all three wines where they're made, with the sea visible below. This is the part most visitors never reach: the crowds stay in the villages, and you're standing in the working vineyard.

The tasting comes with a pesto class. You grind fresh basil in a mortar by hand, learning the family's technique as you work. This isn't a demonstration — you're the one making it, discovering why the method matters and how the recipe has stayed the same across generations. The pesto goes with the wine and the view, and you leave with the skill to make it at home.

What’s included

Cellar tour with an explanation of winemaking from harvest to bottling.
vineyard walk along the Manarola-Volastra path.
tastings of BarCa Cinqueterre DOC, Memento white wine, and Rosaluna rosé wine served in the vineyard.
pesto class where you grind fresh basil in a mortar using the family recipe.

Good to know

Easy physical levelPets welcomePublic transport nearbyInfants must sit on laps

Operated by BarCa wine

Is this one for you?The walk through the vineyards is moderate and the whole experience runs 90 minutes, so it fits into an afternoon without a full-day commitment. If you want to understand how Cinqueterre wine is actually made and taste it where it grows — without spending hours in the villages — this is the way to do it.