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Veneto: Amarone Cooking and Tasting Experience in a Villa
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Veneto: Amarone Cooking and Tasting Experience in a Villa

By Wine Experience Tours Europe
6 out of 10
Free cancellation available
Price is €1,400 per adult
Features
  • Free cancellation available
  • 8h
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  • Instant confirmation
  • Selective hotel pickup
Overview
  • Discover the secrets of cooking with Amarone wine in one of the top properties of the Valpolicella Valley
  • Taste the best Amarone wines with private sommelier tastings
  • Learn the fundamentals of fresh pasta-making in all its different forms
  • Set off for a full-day wine and cooking experience
  • Learn about the local tradition of pairing Amarone wines with your favourite foods

Activity location

    • Lake Garda
    • Brenzone sul Garda, Veneto, Italy

Meeting/Redemption Point

    • Lake Garda
    • Brenzone sul Garda, Veneto, Italy

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Veneto: Amarone Cooking and Tasting Experience in a Villa
  • Activity duration is 8 hours8h8h
  • English
Language options: English
Starting time: 09:30
Price details
€1,400.00 x 1 Adult€1,400.00

Total
Price is €1,400.00

What's included, what's not

  • What's includedWhat's includedTransport in private, luxury vehicle (Mercedes E-class, Tesla E-class, luxury minivan)
  • What's includedWhat's included English-speaking chauffeur
  • What's includedWhat's included Private tour of the Valpolicella winery
  • What's includedWhat's included Private tour of the villa
  • What's includedWhat's included Cooking lesson with Italian chef
  • What's includedWhat's included Gourmet lunch featuring traditional meals paired with wine
  • What's includedWhat's included Private wine tasting with sommelier

Know before you book

  • Not suitable for: People under 21 years
  • In accordance with EU regulations about consumer rights, activities services are not subject to the right of withdrawal. Supplier cancellation policy will apply.

What you can expect

Head off on a beautiful journey into the countryside of northern Italy and discover the best food and wine the region has to offer, served in one of the most sumptuous Renaissance surroundings. At one of Verona’s most distinguished villas, encircled by the vineyards of Valpolicella, you will not only taste the gourmet delights of this top Italian kitchen, you will get a chance to cook them. See the ancient, well-stocked cellars and taste Amarone, the rich, dry red wine made from partially dried grapes.

Start with a guided tour of the best Valpolicella wine cellar before moving onto Amarone vineyards, owned by one of the most renowned wine makers in Italy and set in the beautiful rolling hillsides surrounding Verona. Here you will learn all about the characteristics of the various grape varieties and the viticulture behind Valpolicella wine. Then, continue to one of the finest examples of Renaissance buildings just 30 minutes from Verona.

The villa is famous for its magnificent fireplaces, featuring stone-carved recherché creatures that are both a wonder and a mystery to behold. The villa’s architecture is typical of sixteenth-century Italy, symmetric but versatile, and designed to revive the Golden Age. While there, you will learn how to cook some of the dishes traditionally served in this region, as the villa’s head chef takes you through a late-morning cooking class entitled, “The Pearls of our Cuisine: Pasta and Amarone.”

Learn the fundamentals of fresh pasta-making in all its different forms and find out about the delicious sauces and condiments that traditionally accompany it. You will also be shown how to make braised beef with Amarone and, to top it all off, the chef will introduce you to sbrisolona, the delectable, crumbly Italian sweet. The chefs of the villa will do their best to please you with fine, traditional cuisine complemented with the best local wines.

Taste several kinds of Amarone and learn to recognise it by its slightly spicy bitterness, which is reminiscent of roasted almonds. Indulge in the gourmet lunch before the monstrous fireplaces in one of the spectacular halls of the villa. Finally, digest your meal with a stroll in the idyllic and mesmerising landscape surrounding the villa. Gaze out onto the vineyards that spread out for miles under the Italian sun, as they have done for hundreds of years.

Location

Activity location

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    • Lake Garda
    • Brenzone sul Garda, Veneto, Italy

Meeting/Redemption Point

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    • Lake Garda
    • Brenzone sul Garda, Veneto, Italy