Tacama Winery Don Manuel Tour: Premium tasting with sommelier

The tasting happens underground, in a historic cava built into the vineyard itself.

The Don Manuel Tour at Tacama Vineyard in Ica is a three-hour winery experience that takes you through the oldest vineyard in South America, including its historic and modern spaces, ending with a premium tasting led by a sommelier in an exclusive underground cava paired with a carefully selected board. The tour includes pickup and return transport, a guided walk of the winery, and access to the cava, minimum age 18. Live guides speak English and Spanish.

Step-by-step itinerary

Visit Tacama Winery and tasting

• Tour Tacama vineyard and winery
• Learn about wine history
• Enjoy premium tasting with sommelier
• Taste wines in underground cava
• Sample pairing board with tasting

The experience

What makes this different from a standard winery visit is where the tasting happens: an underground cava built into Tacama itself, where a sommelier leads you through high-quality wines and piscos while you work through a pairing board designed to match each pour. The tour opens with a walk through the vineyard and its spaces (both the century-old sections and the modern ones), so you understand what you're tasting before the cava experience begins. Transport picks you up and brings you back, and the whole thing runs three hours.

The sommelier guides the tasting, not a general tour guide, which changes the pace and the depth of what you learn about each wine. The pairing board is part of the experience, not an add-on: it's built into the tour structure. You'll move through the winery at a sensory pace, not a sightseeing one, and the cava itself (underground, historic, exclusive to this tour tier) is the centerpiece moment, not a bonus room tacked on at the end.

What’s included

• Premium wine and pisco tasting led by a sommelier in the underground cava.
• pairing board matched to each tasting.
• guided tour of the historic and modern vineyard spaces.
• pickup and return transport from Ica with assistance throughout.

Before you book

Days and timesTuesday to SundayDeparts at 09:00

Book up to2h before

AgesAdult (18 and older) · Under 18: can't be booked

GroupUp to 15

Live guideEnglish and Spanish

Meeting point and pickupHotel pickup included.

Cancellation and refundsFree cancellation up to 24 h before the start. After that, no refund.It may be canceled due to bad weather. If that happens, you're offered another date or a refund.

Prices and times updated 9 days ago

Good to know

Low physical effortPets welcomePublic transport nearby

Operated by Guia2 Perú

Is this one for you?Three hours is long enough to move through the vineyard, the cava and the tasting without rushing, but short enough to leave the rest of your day open: ideal if you're splitting time between Ica's other attractions or heading elsewhere on the South Coast.

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Top questions

What languages is the tour guided in?

Live guide in English and Spanish.

What happens if it rains?

It may be canceled due to bad weather. If that happens, you're offered another date or a refund. Free cancellation up to 24 h before the start.

What's the difference between the Don Manuel Tour and other tastings at Tacama?

The Don Manuel Tour is the premium tier at Tacama. It includes a sommelier-led tasting in the underground cava with a pairing board, plus a full guided tour of the vineyard's historic and modern spaces. Other tastings at the winery may not include the cava access or the sommelier instruction.

Do I need wine knowledge to join this tour?

No. The sommelier leads the tasting and explains what you're tasting as you go. The tour is designed for anyone who wants to learn, whether you're new to wine or already familiar with it.

What exactly is in the underground cava?

Tacama's underground cava is a historic storage space built into the vineyard where the winery keeps and ages its wines. During the Don Manuel Tour, you taste premium wines and piscos there with a sommelier and a pairing board. It's the exclusive part of this tour tier.

Is pickup from my hotel included?

Yes. The tour includes pickup and return transport from your location in Ica, plus assistance throughout the three hours.

What's the minimum age for this tour?

You must be at least 18 years old to join the Don Manuel Tour.