Wine country · FOOD & DRINK

The 15 Best Food & Wine Tours

272 tours  ·  from $11 a head

Wine without food is a tasting; with it, it is lunch. These 15 pair estates with markets, cheese rooms and long tables, priced, timed and clear about how hungry to turn up.

Florence: Chianti Wineries Tour with Wine Tasting - First winery: a closer look at small-scale production
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Florence: Chianti Wineries Tour with Wine Tasting

1.Chianti Wineries Tour with Wine Tasting

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 10,071 reviews · 5 - 5.5 hours · from $41Our pick

Travel from Florence to two Chianti wineries by comfortable GT bus, meet local producers, walk through vineyards, and taste three to four wines at each stop. Guides such as Ana, Alex, Martina, and John add local context, while cheese, salami, olive oil, bread, and balsamic vinegar round out the tastings.

“Both wineries were beautiful and had excellent tastings. Both also offered the option to ship wines if you decided to purchase any. Emma and the driver (sorry I forgot his name) made the trip fun and informative. Both of them handled traffic well and kept us on schedule.”

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Porto: Cálem Cellar Tour, Interactive Museum & Wine Tasting - The museum starts the lesson with sights and smells
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Porto: Cálem Cellar Tour, Interactive Museum & Wine Tasting

2.Cálem Cellar Tour, Interactive Museum & Wine Tasting

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 4,113 reviews · 1 hour · from $23

Visit Cálem Cellars in Vila Nova de Gaia for a 15-minute interactive museum visit, a 30-minute guided cellar tour, and a Port tasting. Tours run in English, Spanish, French, and Portuguese. The standard tasting features Fine White and Special Reserve Tawny.

“Very interesting and informative and a guide with a sense of humour”

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Porto: Cálem Cellar Tour, Fado Show & Wine Tasting - Arriving at Caves Cálem
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Porto: Cálem Cellar Tour, Fado Show & Wine Tasting

3.Cálem Cellar Tour, Fado Show & Wine Tasting

★★★★★★★★★★4.4 · 3,530 reviews · 1h 15m · from $33

Visit Cálem’s cellars with an English-speaking guide, learn how port is made, then taste a white port and special reserve during a 45-minute Fado performance. Guides such as Nikita and Felipe have been praised for keeping the short tour lively, though large groups can make listening harder.

“Great and enthusiastic tour guide. Really interesting and fado was beautiful”

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Porto: Taylor's Port Cellars & Tasting - Walking Through the 300-Year-Old Cellars
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Porto: Taylor’s Port Cellars & Tasting

4.Taylor’s Port Cellars & Tasting

★★★★★★★★★★4.6 · 3,374 reviews · 1 day · from $29

Explore Taylor’s Port cellars in Vila Nova de Gaia with an audio guide in 13 languages. Follow the story of Port, the Douro Valley, and Taylor Fladgate at your own pace, then taste Chip Dry, LBV, and 10-year Tawny in the garden. Plan on about two hours.

“The self guided tour means you can visit at your own pace. our visit including the tasting took 2 hours. We also really enjoyed the tasting. This is lead at your table by a member of staff so feels very personal. Like the tour it all depends on your interest as to how long it takes”

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Toledo Tour & Vineyard Walk with Wine Tasting from Madrid - Walking Toledo’s old town and Jewish quarter
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Toledo Tour & Vineyard Walk with Wine Tasting from Madrid

5.Toledo Tour & Vineyard Walk with Wine Tasting from Madrid

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 2,546 reviews · 8 hours (approx.) · from $133Top rated

Travel by air-conditioned bus from Madrid to Toledo for a guided walk through the old town and Jewish quarter, then visit an 18th-century vineyard near Bargas. Taste three wines with Iberian meats and Manchego cheese. Guides including Antonio, Laura, and Christina bring the day to life, but Toledo time is tight.

“Very informative, great history in Toledo the wine experience and information was not only informative but very educational . Our guide was Antonio , he was great !! He is Very knowledgeable, friendly , constantly give you information , showing , explaining. He definitely made the experience enjoyable, and worth it .”

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Porto: Burmester Cellar Tour with Tasting & Pairing Options - What the Burmester story adds to the visit
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Porto: Burmester Cellar Tour with Tasting & Pairing Options

6.Burmester Cellar Tour with Tasting & Pairing Options

★★★★★★★★★★4.4 · 1,534 reviews · from $25

Visit Burmester Cellars in Vila Nova de Gaia for a one-hour guided tour of Port production and history. Guides including Hugo, Bruno, and Fernando bring the cellar to life before you taste two or three Ports. Choose the premium option for chocolate pairing.

“It was very informative and fun at times. The port tasting was not the best as the Ruby and Tawney ports were not as good as we expected. We did however ask for a sample of something older and better. This we were given and it was so good we bought a bottle!”

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Adelaide: Barossa Premium Wine Tasting tour & Winery Lunch - Kies Family Wines and a close look at a working winery
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Adelaide: Barossa Premium Wine Tasting tour & Winery Lunch

7.Barossa Premium Wine Tasting tour & Winery Lunch

★★★★★★★★★★4.8 · 1,452 reviews · 8 hours · from $126

Spend eight hours exploring the Barossa from Adelaide with a friendly English-speaking guide such as JR, Russell, Baden, or James. Visit Kies, Turkey Flat, and Rosenvale, enjoy a regional platter lunch, stroll Tanunda, and stop at Menglers Hill and Seppeltsfield’s Date Palms.

“James was an amazing tour guide! He kept the whole group laughing with his great sense of humour and made sure everyone was involved throughout the day. His energy and friendliness really brought the group together, and he created such a fun, relaxed atmosphere. Overall, it was a fantastic day – highly recommend!”

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Medoc or Saint Emilion Wine Tasting and Chateau from Bordeaux - The Médoc route along Bordeaux’s Castle Road
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Medoc or Saint Emilion Wine Tasting and Chateau from Bordeaux

8.Medoc or Saint Emilion Wine Tasting and Chateau from Bordeaux

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 1,415 reviews · 4 hours 30 minutes (approx.) · from $114

Leave Bordeaux at 2 p.m. in a small air-conditioned minivan for Médoc or Saint-Émilion. Expect château visits, guided wine lessons, local cheese and charcuterie, and three to five tastings. Guides such as Mélanie, Thibault, Nina, and Axel are praised for making Bordeaux wine easy to understand.

“The tour was great. We really liked our tour guide. She was very knowledgeable and very funny and did a great job. We enjoyed all the wineries that we visited.”

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Cape Town: Full-Day Winelands Tour with Wine Tastings & Food - Leaving Cape Town for Paarl
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Cape Town: Full-Day Winelands Tour with Wine Tastings & Food

9.Full-Day Winelands Tour with Wine Tastings & Food

★★★★★★★★★★4.9 · 1,288 reviews · 9 hours · from $121

Spend nine hours with African Story Wine Tours visiting four wineries in Paarl, Franschhoek, and Stellenbosch. Your guide, often Basil, Bruce, Donovan, Jose, or Nick, handles the driving while you taste wine with cheese and chocolate, enjoy lunch, and take in mountain views.

“Great trip! Lots of wine tasting. Lunch was very good with more wine! Our guide Jose was very knowledgeable and passionate about wine and was friendly and funny. Great trip and good value for money”

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Saint-Émilion: Grand Cru Classé Winery Visit and Tasting - Seeing the modern side at La Croizille
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Saint-Émilion: Grand Cru Classé Winery Visit and Tasting

10.Saint-Émilion: Grand Cru Classé Winery Visit and Tasting

★★★★★★★★★★4.6 · 1,118 reviews · 1 hour · from $23

Visit Château Tour Baladoz and La Croizille near Saint-Émilion with a guide such as Sara, Thomas, or Isabella. See classic cellars and modern equipment, learn about Bordeaux grapes and aging, then taste three wines, including Saint-Émilion Grand Cru.

“Thomas was an extremely friendly and informative guide. Really interesting and fun tour.”

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Saint Emilion Half-Day Trip with Wine Tasting & Winery Visit from Bordeaux - Inside the grand cru château
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Saint Emilion Half-Day Trip with Wine Tasting & Winery Visit from Bordeaux

11.Saint Emilion Half-Day Trip with Wine Tasting & Winery Visit from Bordeaux

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 1,034 reviews · 4 hours (approx.) · from $133

Travel from Bordeaux in an air-conditioned eight-seat minivan to a Saint-Émilion grand cru château, taste local red wines, and walk through the UNESCO-listed village. Guides such as Guy, Luigi, Mathis, and Dulce add wine knowledge and local stories, though free time in town is brief.

“Our tour guide, Ugo, was very knowledgeable, friendly, and entertaining! Having a small group made it wonderfully intimate.”

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From Mendoza: 3 Wineries, Olive Oil Factory Tour & Tasting - The 2 p.m. pickup from Mendoza
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From Mendoza: 3 Wineries, Olive Oil Factory Tour & Tasting

12.3 Wineries, Olive Oil Factory Tour & Tasting

★★★★★★★★★★4.6 · 901 reviews · 6 hours · from $34

Spend six hours in Maipu visiting an artisanal winery, an industrial cellar, a sweet-wine producer, and an olive oil factory. Guides such as Dolores, Rosio, Maru, and Alejandro explain the process in English and Spanish. Tastings, transport, and entrance fees are included.

“I very liked it, it was a nice experience. Very different wines and a lot of intresting informations. The english of the guides was very good as well”

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From Adelaide: Barossa to Hahndorf Wine Tasting and Lunch - Maggie Beer’s Farm Shop and the first taste of the region
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From Adelaide: Barossa to Hahndorf Wine Tasting and Lunch

13.Barossa to Hahndorf Wine Tasting and Lunch

★★★★★★★★★★4.6 · 877 reviews · 8 hours · from $114

Travel from Adelaide or Glenelg into the Barossa Valley and Adelaide Hills with an English-speaking guide such as Deep, Peter, Geoff, or Waz. Taste wines at Chateau Tanunda and Kies Family Wines, enjoy lunch, browse Maggie Beer’s Farm Shop, then wander historic Hahndorf.

“We started with a quick stop at Maggie Beer’s shop. Nice to grab a coffee to go and some cheese and crackers for dinner. We were able to walk around the pheasant area to see the birds there. We stopped at the chocolate shop to grab dessert. We went to Chateau Tununda for our first wine tasting, then on to Kies for lunch, followed by a wine tasting. We bought a bottle of wine to go with our cheese & crackers for dinner. We finished the day with a stroll up & back of the main street in Hahndorf, some of us buying little mementos we found along the way.…”

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From Florence: Private Chianti Hills Tour with Tasting - The ride from Florence into the Chianti hills
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From Florence: Private Chianti Hills Tour with Tasting

14.Private Chianti Hills Tour with Tasting

★★★★★★★★★★4.3 · 809 reviews · 6 hours

Spend six hours in Chianti with a guide and minivan, stopping at two wineries and a wine shop in Radda. Taste six local wines with olive oil, cheeses, bread, and cured meats, then stroll Radda’s lanes. Hotel pickup may be requested in central Florence.

“It was fantastic. We had a great time. The wine were great, the views, Marina and Luigi... Overall a wonderful time discovering Chianti and its wine.”

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Madrid Countryside Wineries Guided Tour with Wine Tasting - Starting at Plaza del Conde de Casal
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Madrid Countryside Wineries Guided Tour with Wine Tasting

15.Madrid Countryside Wineries Guided Tour with Wine Tasting

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 740 reviews · 6 hours (approx.) · from $175

Travel from central Madrid to three family-run and historic wineries in the Vinos de Madrid region. Taste more than 10 local wines, including tempranillo and malvar, with Iberian ham, cheese, and winery-made dishes. Guides such as Ismael, Antonio, and Muna add lively wine insight.

“Our guide was excellent and gave detailed answers and interaction with everyone in the group. His English was perfect and he took time to ensure we had an outstanding experience.”

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