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Venice: Prosecco Wine Tasting & Lunch in Veneto Wineries

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Two Wineries, One Afternoon: How to Taste Real Prosecco Without Leaving Venice

You leave Venice in a private minivan and spend the day at two prosecco wineries in the Veneto region, tasting their top varieties and learning how they're made. Lunch is a 2-course meal at a local trattoria or winery restaurant, included in the price. The driver handles all transport and timing, returning you to Venice by early evening. No entry fees to arrange, no public transport to navigate, no group of strangers at the tastings.

Step-by-step itinerary

Depart from Venice
Drive to Prosecco wine region
Visit first winery
Visit second winery
Enjoy 2-course lunch at local restaurant
Drive back to Venice
Tour ends in Venice

The Experience

The drive out of Venice takes about an hour, and somewhere around the halfway point—past the lagoon and into the flat green stretch of the Veneto—you realize you've left the crowds behind. Your driver knows the back roads. The vineyards start appearing in patches, then they fill the whole horizon, and suddenly you're pulling up to the first winery and the day shifts from sightseeing into something slower. This is the prosecco region, and it doesn't look like you'd expect: no dramatic hills, no stone villages perched on cliffs, just orderly rows of vines and the kind of light that makes you squint.

The first tasting happens in a room that smells like fermentation and oak, and the winemaker—or someone who works there—walks you through what you're drinking: how the grapes are picked, why the bubbles matter, what separates a decent prosecco from the stuff that tastes like sweetened air. You taste three or four varieties, and your palate adjusts faster than you'd think. By the second winery, you're actually noticing the difference between them. The second stop is usually a bit more relaxed, maybe with a view of their own vineyard from the tasting room, and by then you've stopped trying to sound knowledgeable and just started enjoying it. The whole wine portion takes about three hours across both locations, with the drive between them built in.

Lunch happens at a rustic trattoria or sometimes at one of the wineries themselves—it depends on the day and the season. Two courses, local food, nothing fancy, and the kind of place where the wine list is short because they know what grows around them. You're eating with the prosecco still on your tongue, which is the whole point. After lunch there's usually a bit of time to walk around if you want, or just sit, and then the drive back to Venice takes you through the same vineyards in the late afternoon light. You're back in the city by early evening, and the canal-side crowds feel louder than they did that morning.

The whole day is private—just your group and your driver, no other tourists rotating through the tastings, no bus schedule to chase. That matters more than it sounds. Groups stay under eight people, so there's actual space to move around at each winery, and the driver handles all the navigation and timing, which means you're not checking maps or worrying about train schedules. If you have dietary requirements or want to skip a tasting or linger longer somewhere, you just say it.

What’s included

Round-trip private transport in an air-conditioned minivan.
English-speaking driver for the full day.
wine tastings at two prosecco wineries in the Veneto region.
2-course lunch at a local trattoria or winery restaurant.

Good to know

Easy physical levelPublic transport nearbyNot for pregnant travelersNot for heart conditionsNot for back problemsInfants must sit on laps

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Is this one for you?Book this if you want to taste prosecco at its source without arranging your own transport, managing winery reservations, or navigating the Veneto on public transit—the private driver and fixed itinerary handle all of that, leaving you free to focus on the wine and the day.