Follow a Natural Tuscan Wine Road

Colline Lucchesi, Chianti and Montalcino

This exclusive “short break” has been specially tailored for a group of eight wine connoisseurs who wish to understand more fully the meaning of natural and organic wines. You will learn about wines that are not only produced organically, but also made using natural yeasts that respect the wine’s physical parameters during the vinification process. In the course of the sojourn, you will visit six excellent wine producers in Tuscany (in the areas of Colline Lucchesi, Chianti and Montalcino). Jérome Van der Putt, the expert guide who has been selected for this tour of wine producers in Tuscany, will accompany the entire trip.

During this trip you will receive in-depth instruction on grape growing and winemaking generally, as well as the differences between conventional/industrial wine and wine that’s "as natural as possible". Visits to the wine producers will focus not simply on tasting, but will offer the chance for open discussions about the vinification process and its impact on the characteristics of each wine.

Accommodations are lovely and characteristic of the simple yet elegant style of these fine producers.

Dates: Oct. 26, 2010 through Oct. 30, 2010 - 8 spaces left for this date.

Price: $2900 per person, with a minimum of 8 travelers. The trip can operate with fewer clients but the price will differ.

Meals: Four breakfasts; two lunches at wineries that include wine; two dinners, including one Michelin two-star restaurant, that do NOT include wine. Wine tasting and instruction at six prestigious boutique wineries included.

Activity Level: This journey includes some walking on uneven ground at wineries and at the Sant'Antimo monastery.

Guides: Jerome van der Putt

This trip includes a visit to the stunning Abbey of Sant’Antimo (www.antimo.it), still a working monastery and home to one of Italy’s finest Romanesque churches.

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