Super Tuscan Sampler

Italy's Rising Star Dates: June 9 - 14, 2008

Price: $2795 per person

What's so super about Super Tuscans? Why does Sassicaia inspire such awe? Find out while exploring the Maremma coast, called "the Wild West of Tuscany." Then walk back in time to the medieval city of San Gimignano, home to Dante's Vernaccia wine. This tour also offers an fun cooking lesson, a look at olive oil production, some masterpieces of Gothic art, and gourmet wine dinners .

Highlights:
• Wine estates: Tenuta San Guido (Sassicaia), Grattamacco, Tua Rita & more
• Visit a boutique olive oil producer
• Enjoy a hands-on cooking lesson
• Visit the medieval towns of Volterra & San Gimignano

Tuscan Wine Treasures

A sampler of three top wine zones

Chianti, Brunello & Vino Nobile

Dates: May 19 - 24; June 23- 28; July 7 - 12; Sept 15 - 20; Oct 13 - 18, 2008

Price $2745 per person land only

Visit the ancient heartland of Tuscany and its three historic wine zones: Chianti Classico, Montalcino, and Montepulciano. Here wine has been grown since pre-Roman times. Today Tuscany leads the way in innovations in Italy's wine culture. Add glorious landscapes, Renaissance hill-towns, art treasures, and pecorino cheese, and you've got an epicurean delight.

Highlights:

• Wine estates: Castello Brolio, Rocca di Montegrossi, Casanova di Neri & more
• Hands-on cooking lesson
• Gregorian chants at a medieval monastery • Pecorino cheese tasting
• Siena & its monuments

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