Wine Tour of Veneto
WINE TOUR OF VENETO REGION
If you’re looking for a unique luxury travel experience that goes beyond the traditional Veneto Region wine tasting, consider scheduling a wine tour in the Euganean Hills, near Padua, during your visit.
Join a fun and truly memorable small-group one day tour of the Colli Euganei wine country, lead by a professional sommelier and a professional cook, both English speakers.
Romena Brugnerotto, sommelier and professional certified tour leader
Monica Cesarato, Venetian cook
You’ll visit three charming wineries, taste some typical local Venetian dishes cooked by your own personal cook, and then listen to your own professional sommelier and food guide telling you stories and tidbits of local history, culture and wine making.
These luxury tours are sure to entertain you with a very approachable and easy-going style. Discover and savor new experiences while tasting some of the world’s most celebrated wines.
Our Private or Join in Wine Tours are a great solution for intimate parties from 2 to 12 guests. You’ll get a dedicated car or van with your own driver, a tour leader who is also a professional sommelier and a private cook.
The Euganean Hills
The Euganean Hills, a group of mountain reliefs of volcanic origin, arise, on the central Venetian plain, a few kilometers southwest from Padua, almost unexpectedly and isolated, as if they were, almost, an archipelago.
The English geologist John Strange, in fact, around 1770, defined them just like this: “they arise isolated, like rocks in the sea”.
From any direction you arrive, in fact, these hills amaze for their sudden “rise”, on the “sea” of the Po Valley, with their particular geometric profile: the hills, almost perfectly conical, have isolated peaks, alternating with gently rounded slopes.
Euganean Hills
The unmistakable geometry of the landscape, with the conical shape that refers to the antiquity of the volcanic origins, to the eruptions of 40 million years ago, the uniqueness of the natural environments, but also the richness of the artistic, historical and cultural heritage make the Euganean Hills a place to visit in its entirety.
Here, you will find enchanting corners of unspoiled nature and a precious biodiversity heritage; in fact, on the Euganean Hills, the first Regional Park of the Veneto region was born and there are numerous sites of naturalistic interest, in which more than 1400 botanical species are concentrated.
Among woods, hills, vineyards, olive groves, the heritage of the Euganean Hills is enriched with monuments such as Villas, Castles, Abbeys and historic villages.
Immersed in the Euganean Hills, a district of 15 municipalities, stands out: 15 wonderful villages, in which nature and history meet, among which: Arqua’ Petrarca, Lozzo Atestino, Abano Terme and Monselice.
The Euganean Hills, for their beauty, have also inspired important writers, poets and artists, the likes of Petrarch and Foscolo, who, over time, have left, in these places, works of inestimable value.
Moreover, the Euganean Hills also offer the opportunity to take food and wine tours, tasting the best wine excellences and local culinary specialties.
The Wines of the Colli Euganei
The Euganean Hills are famous for the production of excellent wine and, in fact, are placed in a territory between the 40th and 50th parallel, near the 45th, defined the “parallel of the wine”, for the equidistance both from the North Pole and the Equator, in an area that acts as a watershed, therefore, between the too cold of the North and the too hot of the South.
Wines of Veneto
Due to the favorable climate and the particular morphology of the place, they produce wines with an inebriating fragrance and an unmistakable flavor.
The numerous wineries of the Euganean Hills give life to excellent wines, including many labels with prestigious awards and certified denominations.
Among the excellences, the Fior d’Arancio D.O.C.G. of the Euganean Hills (conquered in 2010), the jewel in the crown of Euganean wine production. But the range of white and red wines is truly vast and can amaze even the most demanding wine connoisseurs.
Rosso dei Colli Euganei, Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Raboso, Marzemino, Corbinello and Novello, and then, Bianco dei Colli Euganei, Moscato, Serprino, Pinot Bianco, Chardonnay, Tocai Italico, Garganega, Glera, Chardonnay, Manzoni bianco, Pinella, Carmèner, Moscato bianco, Moscato giallo, to name a few of the excellences of this territory.
Touring the wineries with a cook and a sommelier
In the Euganean Hills the vineyards gently degrade on the hills to the edge of the woods: producing wine has always been an art, supported by the favorable nature, the morphology of the vines and the climatic factors.
Here the natural reality that is handed down and the advanced technology that is constantly renewed, give life to the wines guaranteed by the Consortium for the Protection of Wines of the Euganean Hills.
cicchetti in the Euganean Hills
Along the Euganean Hills Wine Route you can stroll through the vineyards and chat with the winemakers to get some information about the winemaking: welcomed in the cellar you will discover the secrets of the wine production and then dedicate yourself to tasting it, rediscovering the aromas and flavors of the vineyard in the glass.
And in each winery, as well as tasting a range of local wines, you will be savouring a speciality prepared by your own Venetian cook to match the wines you will be drinking on.
After a quick visit to a local castle and the vineyards, at the first winery you will be served a selection of Cicchetti, the typical Venetian aperitif style snacks paired with a selection of white wines.
At the second winery, after a stroll through the vineyard and the cellar, you will sample a selection of three wines and then you will be delighted by a lovely risotto, prepared with season and local ingredients paired with an award winning red wine.
Risotto in Colli euganei
In the third winery you will taste a delicious local dessert, matched by a selection of local dessert wines.
The producers will introduce you to the world of wine tasting: you will use your sight, smell, taste and we will help you pairing it all with food, giving you some suggestions to make a good impression with friends once you go back home.
The Euganean hills are an area of Italy where the food and wine tradition is combined with the gentle hilly landscape. Here, you can spend moments of tranquility, tasting fine wines, exquisite local products and dishes prepared with care according to ancient local recipes.
Tour information – Luxury Wine tour of veneto
Price:
Price: Euro 350.00 per person, minimum 4 people
If you are only two people and no tour is running (that means you will have a private tour), the cost will be Euro 500.00 per person
For group bookings:
for 5 people : Euro 350.00 per person
for 6 people : Euro 250.00 per person
for 7 people : Euro 250.00 per person
for 8 people : Euro 250.00 per person
for 9 people : Euro 250.00 per person
for 10 people : Euro 250.00 per person
The price includes:
*private Mercedes car or minivan with AC from Venice bus station for all tour.
*travel insurance
*3 wine tasting per cellar
*a sommelier
*a cook
*lunch (a course in each winery)
Not included:
Pick up from Venice hotel (ask for a quotation)
*tips
Other information:
*tour is available from Monday to Friday
*tour is available on request
*single partecipant can join only existing booked tours, if available
*minimum age 18
*not suitable for children
*not suitable for vegan people
*Due to uneven surfaces, this tour is not recommended for those with walking disabilities or using a wheelchair
*A moderate amount of walking is involved
*during the grape harvest there will be some restrictions
*comfortable shoes required
* report any special dietary requests
Meeting Point
Departure point: Tronchetto Bus Terminal, at the entrance of People Mover- Venice
Departure time
9 am
Duration
8/9 hours (approx.)Return details
Return:
at original meeting point at approximately 6pm
Payment information:
Tour must be fully prepayed.
50% of penalty will be charged if cancelled within 15 gg before the tour.
To request availability, for booking & payment or for more information, fill the form below or send an email to info@monicacesarato.com