18 May 2025
This was a wonderful experience. When we booked it, we thought we might be put on a bus and sent to some big commercial winery. Instead, this tour was the exact opposite of that. It was a truly local experience. We were met by Paolo, a retired Venetian shop owner who lives in the area and knows it very well. He drove us about an hour into the beautiful countryside where we visited a small, family-owned, organic winery. There, the winemaker drove us up into his hillside vineyards to tell us about his sustainable farming practices and how he babies his grapes. Then, we drove back to his small production facility to learn about the winemaking process, and finally to his beautiful tasting room to enjoy several of his sparking wines and cicchetti. It was a wonderful experience with local people in an amazingly beautiful place. This excursion turned out to be a highlight of our vacation in italy.