This Half-Day Cooking Class includes one intensive, morning 10 AM or afternoon 4 PM, cooking session with instruction and practice with our chef, three course lunch or dinner following the lesson including selected wines, all food ingredients, taxes.

Enjoy a fantastic creative experience in the kitchen of a Renaissance Villa, you will learn to cook Tuscan style, our chefs will guide you in preparing a complete Italian/Tuscan meal while learning the techniques of homemade pasta, such as ravioli, tagliatelle and gnocchi. Then, according to the season, you will learn the art of making sauces such as fresh basil pesto, tomato and basil, meat sauce with porcini mushrooms and sweet onions, meat or duck sauce and much more. Our chefs will teach you the secret of making the most delicious tiramisu you will have ever eaten.

Some of our menus (subject to change):

• Pasta - Crostini toscani, Gnocchi alla pommarola, Saltimbocca alla romana, Biscottini di Prato.
• Classic - Home made pasta - Lasagne - Tagliatelle - Ragu Bolognese - Basic Tiramisu.
• Vegetarian – Risotto milanese, Parmigiana, Torta della nonna. (vegetarian menu)
• Seasonal – Bruschetta, Pici all’aglione, Guinea fowl with green olives, Panna cotta.
• Fish – Riso or Spaghetti al nero di seppia (squid ink), Guazzetto di pesce (fish soup) Cannoli Siciliani.

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The 2 day intensive cooking course is for people who want to live a deeper and more detailed kitchen experience. Spend two days learning to prepare speciality dishes from Tuscany in Italy.

During the class you’ll learn to cook a number of basic and advanced Italian dishes as well as secret techniques that make Italian cuisine so rich and delicious. Attending such cooking class enables you to learn how to prepare multi-course Italian meal. You can choose to have lessons in the morning 10AM or in the afternoon 4PM.

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Off road wine tour is a new way to visit the Chianti Valley.
3 wine cellers, Vintage SUV, typical tuscan lunch and 15 wine tastings, honey tasting, olive oil tastings, professional tour guide..
ALL INCLUDED!

You will start your adventure jumping on a Vintage SUV from the 80's. 
Your english speaking tour guide will introduce you to the Chianti region and its exclusive wines, driving throught the most beautiful off roads
First stop will be a wine celler tour and the tasting of 7 wines in one of the most popular Cantina in the area, surranded by old wooden barrels.

The second stop will be a medioevel celler , with beautiful views and thousands of pictures opportunities, you will taste another wines.

Our tour leader will take you in a family winery to get in touch with the real Italian culture chatting with owner and his family you will discover all the secrets af a long and happy life. In this place you will taste a typical tuscan lunch. This will be a delicious picnic in a beautiful spot organized by your expert tour leader  (special meal on request), wine is included and of course we are talking about Chianti Wine!

Then we will drive back, going through hills in an untouched landscape , traveling on off roads breathing the Chianti atmosphere.

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By learning from the real Tuscan cuisine you will take home the secrets of Tagliatelle with the meat sauce, the authentic tomato Bruschetta and the famous Tiramisù.

Highlights:

• Private tour for couples or small groups
• Pick up from your hotel in greve in Chianti
• Cooking Class + Food tastings
• Full tuscan Lunch 
• Wine tasting and winery visit
• Drop off to your hotel
• About 4 hours experience
• Languages: English + French on request

Discovering Tuscany is a job for all senses, especially taste. Culinary tradition is king in Italy, and especially here, and a major part of the cultural experience of visiting the region. High-quality local products create a deep bond with this area's identity and through these cooking class you, as well as Tuscans, will have the opportunity to go deep down the roots of Tuscany and learn the secrets of this cuisine, with a course held in a charming farm in the countryside of Chianti area.

You will also master the art of pairing each past with its most suitable sauce. You will learn how to create desserts such as tiramisu. Your cooking class will end with a deserved tasting, where students will sample first hand all the delicious dishes prepared during the course of the day. And that's not all. Every dish can be accompanied by excellent local wine. Would you like to be lead and taught how to choose a good wine to be paired with food? This tour can also include a visit to a winery that produces high quality wines meeting an expert local guide who will explain what is involved in the wine making process, including anecdotes and interesting news.

Once back at home, you'll know to surprise everybody with your food-making and wine-pairing new skills!

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Visit a small family winery, where products are organic, the company's coverage is 1 hectare of olive grove and 3 of Sangiovese, Syrah and Merlot wines. The visit starts from the vineyard next to the winery with an explanation of the history of Chianti Classico, and then moved in the olive. Subsequently, you will be made to access the cellar, where you will learn all the processes of production of the Chianti Classico wine.

The tour starts with a visit of the vineyard, where the history of the Chianti Classico will be explained, then visit the olive oils and afterwards head inside inside a cellar where there will be a wine tasting combined with local products such as cheese and Tuscan salami.

You will taste 4 types of red wine:
- Chianti Classico
- Chianti Classico Riserva
- Supertuscany IGT
- Syrah or Another label or available at the time

Other products that will be available to taste are extra virgin olive oil, extra virgin olive oil with white truffle, cooked grapes juice, cream of dark cacao with 12% of extra virgin olive oil and you may try creams for body, face, hands with extra virgin olive oil and Chianti Classico inside.

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Come and experience our fun and innovative wine tasting lesson and discover beautiful Tuscany's art, history and, of course, great wines! You will taste and analyse 3 of the most famous Tuscan wines, selected from niche producers, organic wines and renowned wineries for a complete cultural experience. An experience lasting 50 minutes, right in the historical centre of Greve in Chianti, created by real Tuscan wine experts!

The workshop will be guided in English, by an experienced wine and history teacher, accompanied by a fun presentation. 
You will be invited to get involved in the workshops, performing sensory analysis step by step of 3 of the most important Tuscan wines.
We will offer you also 2 special food pairings with Tuscan specialties.

Anyone can join our workshops, no special preparation or ability is required. 

You will immerse yourself in authentic Tuscan culture, having fun learning curious historical anecdotes. Thanks to our collaboration with local history experts, we will offer you a different point of view from the classic tour guide stories. 

You will learn few but essential rules, and you will build basic skills to analyse and to judge wine, guiding you with confidence in the complex world of Tuscan Wines Lists. 

During the workshop experience you will taste: 

• Vernaccia di San Gimignano (white wine)
• Chianti Classico (red wine)
• Bolgheri Rosso (red wine)
• 2 food pairings with Tuscan specialities

Wine Lovers Academy is located in an historic building in the centre of Greve in Chianti. 
After the Workshop you can enjoy our Wine-bar with open-air terrace to enjoy the best of the Chianti life-style!

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