Top 7 Wine Tours & Tastings in Basilicata, Basilicata

Discover Lucanian fine wines by visiting a beautiful winery in Potenza countryside. Walk through the vineyards and follow your expert guide in the cellar before enjoying a gourmet food tasting. Toast with fine wine in a familiar atmosphere.

Inclusions: Winery visit, 4-wine-tasting, food tasting, Snacks, Alcoholic Beverages

Exclusions: anything not mentioned in inclusions

Venosa was an important Roman city, its importance grew mainly thanks to the Via Appia and that allowed important trade. Nowadays Venosa is remembered also because here was born Horace Flacco, author of the famous "Carpe Diem". The guided tour will start from the Archaeological Park where you can visit the thermal baths, the domus, the SS. Trinity and the amphitheater. After the amphitheater the visit continues with S.S. Trinity composed of Ancient Church of the V / VII century restored by the Lombards and Normans. The tour of Venosa continues in the historic center with a visit to the 16th-century Aragonese castle Pirro del Balzo. Inside there is the national archaeological museum that contains mainly Roman finds. Not far away you will visit the so-called house of Horace, dating back to the II century BC, in reality recent excavations have proven to be parts of the thermal baths of a patrician house The tour ends with a tasting of the typical local wine Aglianico del Vulture DOC

Inclusions: Alcoholic Beverages, Licensed guide

Exclusions: Entrance tickets

Rapolla is a small town famous for its cellars dug in the volcanic tuff and for the thermal waters. Founded in the 5th century A.C. century by Greek colonists, in 1042 it became a Norman fortress and then became, in Roman times, an important crossroads for traffic along the Appian Way. The guided tour will take you through the narrow streets of the old town until the cathedral, from which you can enjoy the view over the entire valley and the many hypogean cellars that make up the well-known "Parco Urbano delle Cantine". In the Piano Castle district you will visit the remains of the city walls, while in Largo Castello you can admire the Clock Tower and some historical buildings. Here, in the area below you will walk next to the many cellars dug into the tufa still used for the conservation of the fine wine Aglianico Doc del Vulture. After, visiting the churches of San Biagio, the Church of Santa Lucia, the tour will end at the Cathedral dedicated to Santa Maria Assunta.

Inclusions: Licensed guide

Exclusions: Private transportation, Alcoholic Beverages

Explore Matera in the afternoon with a private tour including both the city’s landmarks and tasting of its food and wines. Visit different restaurants and food shops for tastings of authentic local food specialties and wines, and view important highlights such as the Church of Purgatorio, the Sasso Barisano and the typically furnished house-grotto. Your tour includes food and wine tastings, a 2-course dinner, and snacks. Get great views of the city at night Hear insightful commentary from the guide See more with a private guide who customizes the tour to your interests

Inclusions: Different tastings of local food and wine, Entrance ticket to Casa Grotta Museum

Exclusions: Entry/Admission - Museo di Palazzo lanfranchi

We offer the smallest size group tour on the market (max 10), with guaranteed departures of just 2 passengers.

Inclusions: Breakfast, Breakfast, Lunch, Breakfast, Breakfast, Lunch, Breakfast, Breakfast, Breakfast, 7 nights in exquisite 4 or 5 star accommodation, including 2 nights in a traditional Trullo house., Guided tours of Matera, Lecce and the UNESCO World Heritage city of Alberobello., Private cooking class to make traditional orecchiette., Guided tour and lunch with wine pairings at a local winery near Lecce., Visit the charming seaside villages of the Salento Peninsula., Private boat excursion in Santa Maria di Leuca., Excursion to Polignano a Mare., Guided tour of Castellana Cave., Entrance to Casa Grotta, Chiesa Rupestre, Basilica di Santa Croce & Duomo, Entrance to Trullo Sovrano & Castellana Cave., Private transportation, Airport transfers on arrival & departure.

Exclusions: Flights, Hotel City Tax, Lunch at Grotte Palazzese (optional)

This tour is suitable for enthusiasts who want to discover ancient autochthonous vines of Basilicata, some of which have recently been rediscovered: the Guarnaccino and the Grottino. The story of the organoleptic properties, the olfactory taste qualities of the wine, will be accompanied by a rich tasting paired with typical local products. A real discovery for those looking for local and niche products.

Inclusions: We will taste wines accompanied by small snacks of typical products

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An immersion in the heart of Basilicata, on the slopes of an extinct volcano, the Vulture, around which the region's best-known vine grows luxuriantly: Aglianico. The tour starts from Venosa, a delightful center with an ancient history. An important Roman colony, the citadel was an important Norman outpost in the 11th and 12th centuries. The visit includes the archaeological park, where traces of the Roman baths are still evident, the mammoth Incompiuta, up to the sixteenth-century castle of Pirro del Balzo. From Venosa we then move to a nearby winery to visit the vineyards and taste three labels of the delicious Alianico del Vulture. We will discover the phases of the harvest, the history of the company, and we will appreciate this full-bodied wine.

Inclusions: During the visit to the cellar, you will taste 3 labels paired with cold cuts, olives and typical cheeses

Exclusions: Entrance to the Archaeological Park of € 2.5 per person, Private transportation