Tuscan Cooking Class & Winery Tour in San Gimignano

You make the pasta, the guide teaches the sauce, and the winery explains what you're drinking.

A hands-on cooking class in San Gimignano where you prepare bruschetta, handmade tagliolini pasta with homemade sauce, and a traditional Tuscan dessert, followed by a winery tour and tasting of three premium Chianti wines. The class runs three hours with a live guide in English or Italian, and includes all ingredients and the wine tasting paired with your meal.

The experience

You arrive at the kitchen and start with three types of bruschetta: fettunta with garlic and extra virgin olive oil, seasonal vegetable bruschetta, and the classic tomato version. Then you move to the pasta station and craft handmade tagliolini by hand, learning to pair it with either a rich pomarola sauce or a seasonal vegetable sauce made from farm-fresh ingredients. For dessert, you choose between ricotta cream with Vinsanto wine or pane, vino e zucchero: a modern take on a rustic Tuscan treat (a kid-friendly strawberry jam version is available too).

After the cooking portion wraps, you walk into the vineyard and cellars to learn how Chianti and other Tuscan wines are made. A guide walks you through the winemaking process, then sits you down for a tasting of three premium wines, each one paired with the dishes you just cooked. The whole experience runs three hours and includes a live guide who speaks English or Italian.

Public transportation stops nearby if you're coming from elsewhere in Tuscany, so you don't need a car to get there. Everything (ingredients, instruction, the wines, the tasting) is included in one price.

What’s included

• Hands-on instruction in making bruschetta, handmade tagliolini pasta, and traditional Tuscan dessert.
• all ingredients and kitchen equipment.
• a winery tour of the vineyard and cellars.
• a guided tasting of three premium Chianti wines paired with your meal.
• a live guide in English or Italian.

Before you book

Days and timesNext departure: 16 May 2027

Book up to10h before

AgesAdult (9 and older) · Child (4 to 8 years) · Infant (under 4): free

GroupUp to 14

Live guideEnglish 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.

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Good to know

Public transport nearby

Operated by Cesarine: Cooking Class

Is this one for you?The guide speaks English or Italian, so you need to follow one of those languages comfortably. If you speak neither, this class won't work for you. If you do, a three-hour afternoon with your hands in the dough and a glass of wine in front of you is the way to understand how Tuscan food and wine actually fit together.

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Top questions

What languages is the tour guided in?

Live guide in English and Italian.

Can children come?

Yes. Ticket types: Child (4 to 8 years); Infant (under 4): free.

Can I do the cooking class if I've never made pasta before?

Yes. The class teaches you to craft tagliolini by hand from scratch, so no prior experience is needed. The guide walks through each step of bruschetta, pasta and dessert preparation.

What happens if I have a dietary restriction or allergy?

The class includes seasonal vegetables and offers a kid-friendly dessert option with strawberry jam instead of Vinsanto wine, but the reference material does not detail how other allergies or restrictions are handled. Contact the operator directly before booking to confirm what adjustments are possible.

Do I get to drink the wines during the tasting, or just taste them?

The tasting includes three premium Tuscan wines paired with your meal, so you're drinking them alongside the food you prepared, not just sampling small pours.

Is the winery tour part of the same location, or do we travel somewhere else?

The winery tour and cellars are part of the same experience after the cooking class ends, so you stay in one place and walk into the vineyard and production areas from there.

How long is the whole thing from start to finish?

The entire experience (cooking class, winery tour, and wine tasting) runs three hours total.