Cooking class in 1795 winery, Puglia: Make Apulian dishes

Roll pasta by hand, taste it with wine made in the same room

A hands-on cooking class in a historic Puglia winery where you prepare traditional Apulian recipes from scratch, then sit down to eat what you made alongside three wines, local cheeses and focaccia. The class takes place inside a 1795 wine cellar where the same family has been making wine in large oak barrels for generations.

The experience

The experience starts in the wine cellar itself: a stone room lined with oak barrels where generations of the same family have been producing wine. You walk among them and hear the story of the land and the craft before moving into the cooking space. Then you work through traditional Apulian recipes using fresh local ingredients, guided step by step through each dish. The whole class runs about two hours.

Once you finish cooking, you sit down to a shared tasting of what you made, paired with three selected wines from the cellar. The meal includes local cheeses, freshly baked focaccia, and traditional Apulian sweets. The stone walls, soft light, and the scent of wood and homemade food create an intimate setting where you can linger over the food and wine.

Before you leave, there's a small on-site shop stocked with artisanal products (handmade pasta, olive oil, and other local specialties), if you want to take something home.

What’s included

• The cooking class with fresh local ingredients.
• three wines paired with your dishes.
• local cheeses and freshly baked focaccia.
• traditional Apulian sweets.
• access to the wine cellar and its story.

Before you book

Days and timesEvery dayDeparts at 16:30

AgesAdult (18 to 69 years) · Senior (70 and older) · Youth (10 to 17 years) · Child (2 to 9 years) · Infant (under 2)

GroupUp to 100

Live guideEnglish, Spanish and Italian

Meeting point and pickupNo hotel pickup: you go to the meeting point. Ends back at the starting point.

Cancellation and refundsFree cancellation up to 24 h before the start. After that, no refund.

Prices and times updated 2 days ago

Good to know

Low physical effortWheelchair accessibleStroller-friendlyPets welcomeInfants must sit on laps

Operated by Otium Kitchen

Is this one for you?The guide speaks English, Spanish, or Italian, so you can follow comfortably in whichever language suits you best. This works for anyone who wants to cook rather than watch. You're making the dishes yourself from start to finish, not observing a demonstration.

Top questions

What languages is the tour guided in?

Live guide in English, Spanish and Italian.

Can children come?

Yes. Ticket types: Youth (10 to 17 years); Child (2 to 9 years); Infant (under 2).

What do I actually cook in the class?

You prepare traditional Apulian recipes using fresh local ingredients, guided through each step. The exact dishes vary, but the menu typically includes handmade focaccia paired with local cured meat and wine, farm cheese with Apulian greens and white wine, and traditional Apulian sweets with rosé wine.

Do I eat what I cook?

Yes. After the cooking session, you sit down to taste all the dishes you made, each one paired with a wine selected from the cellar. The tasting also includes local cheeses and freshly baked focaccia.

What is the 1795 wine cellar like?

The cellar is a stone room where wine has been made in large oak barrels for generations by the same family. You walk among the barrels at the start of the experience to learn the story of the family and their craft before moving to the cooking area.

How long does the whole experience take?

The experience runs about two hours, from the cellar visit through the cooking class and the shared tasting of your dishes with wine.