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Florence: 2 Chianti Wineries & Vineyard Dinner with Tasting

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Duration7h 30m

GroupUp to 30

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Two Chianti Wineries & a Dinner That Happens Among the Vines

You meet your guide at Piazzale Montelungo near Florence's main train station and travel by coach through the Chianti countryside to two working wine estates. At the first, you tour the winery and taste regional wines; at the second, you sit among the vineyards for a 4-course Tuscan dinner with wine pairings, including Chianti Classico, as the sun sets. Transport, all tastings, dinner, and a professional guide are included; you return to Florence in the early evening.

7h 30m

Step-by-step itinerary

Meet guide at Piazzale Montelungo
Travel to Siena with city history talk
Drive through Chianti countryside
Visit first winery and wine tasting
Visit second winery with appetizers
Enjoy 4-course dinner with wines
Return to Florence in early evening

The Experience

The bus leaves Piazzale Montelungo at a time that sounds earlier than it feels—your guide is already talking about Siena's history before you've settled into your seat, and you realize you're going to spend the next hour learning things you didn't expect to care about. The drive to Chianti takes about an hour, and somewhere in the middle of it, the landscape shifts. Vineyards start appearing between the olive groves, and the hills roll in a way that makes you understand why people come back to Tuscany over and over. Your guide points out the difference between the estates you'll visit and the ones you see from the road—something about family ownership and how long they've been making wine in the same place.

The first winery sits in the countryside proper, the kind of place where the building looks like it grew out of the hillside rather than being built on it. A local producer walks you through the estate, explains the winemaking process in a way that doesn't feel like a lecture, and then you taste. Not just one wine—several, regional labels, the kind that taste different depending on which vineyard they came from. You're standing in a room that smells like oak and earth, and someone hands you a glass, and it's suddenly clear why people spend money on this instead of just buying a bottle at home. Olive oil comes into it too, somewhere in the tasting, and you realize you've never actually tasted olive oil before, not like this.

Then you drive deeper into Chianti, and the second estate appears. This one is set up for dinner. There's a table waiting among the vineyards themselves, and the light is doing that thing it does in late afternoon—turning everything gold and then amber. The meal starts with local appetizers: bruschette, salami, fresh cheese, the kind of simple things that taste like they came from a specific place. Then pasta, made in the kitchen of the estate, with ingredients from the region. And the wines keep coming—Chianti Classico among them, paired with each course. You're eating and drinking and watching the sky change color, and it's the kind of moment that feels almost too obvious to be real, except it is. By the time you head back to Florence in the early evening, you've been gone about five hours, and somehow that's been enough.

What’s included

Roundtrip transport by air-conditioned coach from Florence.
guided visits to two Chianti wineries.
wine tasting at both estates.
4-course Tuscan dinner with wine pairings served among the vineyards.
professional tour guide in English or Spanish.
all entry fees and tastings.

Good to know

Easy physical levelStroller friendlyInfant seats availablePublic transport nearbyInfants must sit on laps

Operated by Ciao Florence Tours Srl

Is this one for you?Book this if you want to taste Chianti wines where they're made and eat dinner in the vineyard without arranging your own transport or timing—the fixed schedule handles the logistics so you can focus on the experience.