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• The Slow Food Association tour (Montepulciano - Chiusi area)“Chi mangia e beve sano arriva lontano” (who eats and drinks healthily lives longer) Tour guided by the Slow Food Association for food and wine lovers to discover the typical products of the area. A whole day dedicated to food and wine connoisseurship wandering around the Val di Chiana and the Val d’Orcia: a tasting in a cheese factory and a tasting of typical cured meats from the area. A hand made “pici” tasting and a visit to a wine cellar with a tasting of Vino Nobile di Montepulciano.• Duration: above 6 hoursStarting time: 11.00am / Price per person: from 2 to 3 persons e 78.00, 4 or more persons euro 60.00 / N.B.: Interpreter on request / taxi service not included.• The tradition of “Cacio” Pecorino- Pecorino Cheese Guided visit – with transport in a minibus - to a cheese factory where the famous “cacio pecorino” is made. Tasting of three types of cheese made by an expert, in the traditional production manner; accompanied by a video showing the phases of manufacturing. The tour concludes in a wine cellar in Montepulciano’s historical centre, where it will be possible to taste Vino Nobile as well see the ideal combinations of the vine products of Montepulciano and our “cacio”. • Duration: above 2,5 hours / Time of departure: Morning at 10am - Afternoon at 3pm / Price per person: Min. 4 persons euro 33.00• Oil TourGuided tour in an olive press in the area, to see the various phases of the pressing (washing, crushing, separation, extraction), and the way this precious condiment, that is the base of Mediterranean food, is produced. The Olive Press operates from mid October to mid January. A guided tour in a winery, which produces both wine and oil; a panoramic walk in the olive grove and a wine and oil tasting.In the winter time there is no walk in the olive grove.Transfer by minibus.• Duration: around 3 hoursTime of departure: 10.00 am & 3.00 pm / Price per person: over 4 persons euro 24.00• Tracking down trufflesJanuary/April: truffle marzuolo or bianchetto in a private pine wood; June/September: the black truffle, called “scorzone”, in a private black-pine or oak wood; October /December: the “king of truffles”, the prestigious white truffle in a private wood of white poplars and oaks.The real protagonist is the dog with its amazing sense of smell. At the end a gift from the guide. • Duration: about 2 hours / Starting time: 6.00 pm summer - 11.00am winterPrice per person: euro 24.00 / Taxi service on request. / N.B. it is necessary to have boots and an anorak. |
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