Culinary experience in Montepulciano
An interesting culinary experience in a farm on the Montepulciano hills
Montepulciano, Siena, Tuscany, Food tours, 2 - 6 people
The program:
- 9:30 Departure from your location by private Mercedes car or van with English-speaking driver
- 11:30 Arrival at the Agriturismo Le Stringaie, cooking lesson and lunch with wine – 3 hours in total.
You begin by making a type of homemade pasta (pici, tagliatelle, pappardelle, gnocchi or ravioli) with a special sauce. The sauces offered are generally: Aglione, Carbonara or Amatriciana or simply butter and onion.
Then, continue making a dessert (custard with strawberries or mantovana or yogurt cake) and going to the vegetable garden, to pick vegetables that are used in the cooking class. The flours are from Orcia valley.
We cook the seasonal vegetables, the pasta and we have lunch.
During the dinner we serve a bottle of wine, water, coffee and amaro.
- 15:00 Departure
- 16:30 You are back to your location
Day program (9:00-16:30) includes: private air-conditioned Mercedes car or van with English-speaking driver, cooking lesson, lunch with wine.
- 15:00 Departure
- 16:30 You are back to your location
Day program (9:00-16:30) includes: Private car or van with English speaking driver, guided visit of the cellars, cooking program, lunch with the wines produced by the winery.
Carl and Diana, USAI want to thank you and your team for what my wife just described as “a perfect day”. Transport from our hotel and back was seamless. Your choice of wineries, historical sites and restaurant could not have been better, and the people we came in contact with made us feel like we were guests visiting and not just tourists.