Monferrato Wine Tour
Nizza Monferrato, Italy
Trip Type: Wine Tasting & Winery Tours
Duration: 4 hours
Meet your certified local guide and visit two wineries located in the Southern Province of Asti: a Barbera wine producer and either a Moscato passito one or a sparkling wine producer. Tastings of at least three wines in each winery are included. Along the way enjoy a panoramic drive over the UNESCO World Heritage hills as your guide will introduce peculiarities of the area. You can select Transport to be included or not: please refer to tour options.
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Meet your certified local guide and visit two wineries located in the Southern Province of Asti: a Barbera wine producer and either a Moscato passito one or a sparkling wine producer. Tastings of at least three wines in each winery are included. Along the way enjoy a panoramic drive over the UNESCO World Heritage hills as your guide will introduce peculiarities of the area. You can select Transport to be included or not: please refer to tour options.After meeting your certified local guide, you will be exploring the Southern Province of Asti and the Monferrato hills that have been recently listed as a UNESCO site for the historical value and beauty of the landscape. First, visit a winery producing, among other wines, the typical red 'Barbera Nizza' aged in oak barrels. Step into the cellars where the wine is produced and enjoy a tasting of at least three different wines.
On the way to the second winery the guide will explain the unique soil composition and other interesting facts of this corner of Piemonte. The second stop can vary according to availability: either a small family-run producer of Moscato passito wine (located in a superb location overlooking the hills and the town of Canelli), or a sparkling wine producer with a tour of the underground cellars excavated under the hill and listed as a UNESCO site for the charming architecture and hard work of men who created these artificial tunnels. Either way a tasting of at least three wines will be included. You can select Transport to be included or not.
On the way to the second winery the guide will explain the unique soil composition and other interesting facts of this corner of Piemonte. The second stop can vary according to availability: either a small family-run producer of Moscato passito wine (located in a superb location overlooking the hills and the town of Canelli), or a sparkling wine producer with a tour of the underground cellars excavated under the hill and listed as a UNESCO site for the charming architecture and hard work of men who created these artificial tunnels. Either way a tasting of at least three wines will be included. You can select Transport to be included or not.
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