• 9.00 am Departure for Montepulciano from Villa Le Fonti
• 10.00 am - 12.30 am Visit and wine-tasting in Montepulciano
• 1.00 pm - 3.00 pm Lunch and stop at Pienza
• 3.00 pm - 5.30 pm Visit and wine-tasting at Montalcino
• 5.30 pm Departure for return trip to Villa Le Fonti

Full-day tour with visits to wine cellars, wine-tasting and lunch in a typical tuscan restaurant, visit to Pienza.

Montepulciano is a little town of the Siena province and it's home to one of the most famous and interesting italian wines: the tuscan wine known as "Nobile di Montepulciano".
This fascinating tour begins in the heart of the historic centre of the town placed in the middle of the tuscan hills. It includes wine-tasting and chances to sample some of the typical products while taking a pleasant stroll along the streets of the historic centre or going underground to visit a wine cellar located inside an ancient Etruscan tomb. We will be sure not to miss the spectacular wine cellar called "Redi" which is one of the largest and most mysterious in Italy; so it's a forced destination during this tour for make more rich and suggestive your tuscan holiday! Some other wine producers nearby that we may visit for a tasting include "Avignonesi", "Ercolani", "Contucci" and "Poliziano".
We will stop for lunch in Pienza, a rare example of Renaissance town planning. Pienza is defined the "ideal town", the "utopia town" and it represents nowadays one of the most concrete method construction through which in Renaissance age they tried to realize a model of life and an ideal government on earth, working out an idea of town able to give concrete answer to the desire of civil, pacific and laborious coexistence between man. It was the "utopia of civitas" vainly pursued by ancient time man. Pienza is even famous for the production of the one-of-a-kind cheese known as "pecorino di Pienza".
In the afternoon, as we make our way toward Montalcino, the tour will stop off for a wine-tasting of the famous "Brunello" wine at "Casanova de' Neri", the leaders in the production of the celebrated and important world-class tuscan wine known as "Brunello di Montalcino".
A visit to the fortress of the town and different characteristic wine cellars will finish off this day's tour in Tuscany.
As an alternative to Montalcino, it is possible to visit the estate of the "Biondi-Santi" whose founder is known as the father of "Brunello". There you can taste a vintage wine produced on the premises; it will be a particular experience during your holidays!

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