Tuscany Reveals Stunning New Wine Tours for Even the Most Traveled Connoisseurs

Custom tours offer food and wine lovers exciting choices in historic settings; Private tastings of ¡°Super Tuscan Wines¡±, truffle hunting and sleeping in castles

If you haven¡¯t looked at Tuscany recently, look again. The most expensive wines at a recent auction were Tuscan ones and even Sting is looking to produce wine here. This hot wine tour destination is dripping with luxury, the best wine and gastronomic delights.

Custom wine tours in Tuscany allow one to taste some of Italy¡¯s finest wines, including: the Brunello wines of Montalcino, Chianti, the ¡°noble¡± wines of Montepulciano and of course the Super Tuscans of Bolgheri and Maremma. Six bottles of 2001 Masseto Tenuta dell¡¯ Ornellaia recently sold at auction for €3.953,40, putting Tuscany on the map again for wine aficionados.

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Tuscany also offers something mouthwatering sensations for Foodies on private, chauffeured culinary tours. Fresh Pecorino and Ricotta cheese, extra Virgin Olive Oil, Wild Boar sausage and Tiramisu tickle the taste buds. Cooking classes, chocolate tasting and cheese making define ¡°La Dolce Vita¡±.

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Wine tours in Tuscany are best done over the course of a week or even weekend, but if you only have a day to spend, consider a tasting tour of Chianti Classico with lunch at a local Trattoria or visit the birthplace of Super Tuscan Wines in Maremma with lunch in an 800-year-old converted olive mill.

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Spa weekend anyone? Here Tuscan wine tours begin and end with relaxation, good food and good wine. With Olive Oil-infused spa treatments, wine tasting in an ancient abbey and sleeping in a restored castle, custom tours offers wine lovers, couples and bachelorettes a new way to sip the weekend away under the Tuscan sun.

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Sample Tours in Tuscany:

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Wine Connoisseurs- http://www.cellartours.com/italy/wine-tours/luxury-tuscany.html

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Spa & Wine Weekend- http://www.cellartours.com/italy/wine-tours/luxury-spa-weekend-tuscany.html

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Culinary Tour in Tuscany- http://www.cellartours.com/italy/culinary-tours/luxury-tuscany.html

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About Cellar Tours

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Recommended by Forbes Traveler, the Wall Street Journal and Travel & Leisure, Cellar Tours is the premier provider of private, chauffeured luxury tours with a food and wine focus in Ireland, Italy, Portugal and Spain. Operating since 2003, Cellar Tours offers exclusive Mercedes chauffeured, custom-designed vacations, events and incentives related to food and wine. We are proud members of Slow Food, ASTA (The American Society of Travel Agents), UNAV (Travel Agency Association in Spain), and the IACP (International Association of Culinary Professionals). Visit http://www.cellartours.com as well as our pages on FoodBuzz, Facebook and Twitter.

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