Top San Gimignano Food & Drink

Sip on wine in San Gimignano during a Tuscan wine and food tasting. Try varietals such as Brunello di Montalcino, Vernaccia, and Chianti Classico, and learn about the distinct Tuscan winemaking regions as you drink. The tasting session is complemented by your choice of food. Select a winemaker option to include some light snacks, or upgrade to include a light lunch or dinner.

Step into the kitchen and prepare a delicious Tuscan meal during this 3-hour hands-on cooking class. Learn to make a 4-course seasonal Tuscan meal with your chef from start to finish such as homemade pasta, truffle lasagna, crostinis, steak, and tiramisu. Also enjoy a tasting of a variety of local wines, olive oils, and vinegars to get a well-rounded look at Tuscan cuisine.

Tuscany is Italy’s gastronomic heartland and a cooking class is the perfect way to discover the region’s rich culinary traditions. On this 3-hour small-group cooking class, pick up tips and techniques from a local chef; create traditional recipes such as antipasti, bruschetta, and pasta dishes; then tuck into a delicious homemade lunch or dinner, accompanied by Tuscan wines.

The ideal treat for wine aficionados, this special tasting excursion gives you exclusive access to San Quirico Winery, overlooking the stunning hill town of San Gimignano. Sample five organic labels, including Chianti and Vernaccia, and enjoy a tasty market lunch composed of local meats, cheeses, and breads. Small-group tours also included a guided visit of the winery’s cellars and a behind-the-scenes look at the winemaking process.

Get out of restaurants and cooking classes and into the outdoors for a truffle hunt. With this tour, a guide and truffle-hunting dogs take you to look for white and black truffles while teaching you to identify the trees they grow on. After the hunt is complete, have a lunch of traditional Tuscan food products, and taste local wine, olive oils, vinegar, and truffle oil.

Set on a pretty hill just 2 miles (3 kilometers) from the heart of San Gimignano, San Quirico Winery is the ideal spot to discover the magic of Tuscan wine on a private tutored wine tasting. Tour the cellar, learn the basics of winemaking, then sample four delicious vintages alongside bruschetta, salami, and cheese.

Visit a family-owned winery in San Gimignano for a tour of its prestigious vineyards, followed by a tasting session and lunch. Owned by the esteemed Giachi winemaking family, the Tenuta Torciano estate is dedicated to the production of the vernaccia grape, which is then turned into San Gimignano’s famous wine. Visit the estate’s unique spiral vineyard, sample several varietals of Tuscan wine, then take a seat for a 4-course lunch of local specialities.

San Quirico Winery is a family-run winery located in the Tuscan Hills, just outside of San Gimignano. On this tour, gain an insight into Tuscany’s winemaking heritage as you tour the winery and vineyards, then enjoy an expert-led wine tasting. Sample a selection of three red and white wines, accompanied by regional specialties such as bruschetta and olive oil.

Experience the food and culture of the Italian countryside by joining this family-style cooking class. By taking a class in a Tuscany home, you can learn to make traditional family recipes that you can’t find if you take a cooking class in an Italian city. Plus, sharing conversations over dinner gives you the chance to get to know a local Italian family.

San Quirico Winery is a family-run winery located in the Tuscan Hills, just outside of San Gimignano. On this tour, gain an insight into Tuscany’s winemaking heritage as you tour the winery and vineyards, then enjoy a gourmet wine-tasting lunch. Sample a selection of five red and white wines, accompanied by regional specialties such as bruschetta, Tuscan soup, cold cut meats, and cheeses.

Enjoy a celebratory evening in Tuscany with a four-course dinner and wine tasting at the atmospheric Torciano Wines Private Reserve. Stroll around the property while admiring the vineyard-draped hills and olive groves, then snack on an appetizer of Tuscan cheeses, salami and Bruschetta. Eat a delicious dinner of truffle lasagna, Tuscan ribollita, roasted meat, and roasted potatoes. Then, enjoy dessert and a tasting of select current and vintage reserve wines.

Guided tour of the farm structures: vegetable garden, orchard, vineyard, olive grove, vinsantaia, historical cellar, collection of tools from the farming world. Tasting of 3 wines of your choice from our production: - "Casa Lucii" DOCG Vernaccia di San Gimignano; - "Vigna Cellori" DOCG Vernaccia di San Gimignano selection; - "Mareterra" DOCG Vernaccia di San Gimignano reserve; - "Spicchio" IGT rosé Tuscan; - "Fuscelli" DOCG Chianti; - "Senarum" DOCG Chianti Colli Senesi; - "Serafo" DOCG Chianti Superiore; - Purus" IGT Rosso Toscano: without sulphites ; - "Arturo" Tuscan Red IGT - Curato" DOP Vin Santo del Chianti - IGT award-winning extra-verigne olive oil from Tuscany The tasting is accompanied by a taste of our organic extra virgin olive oil, cheese and cold cuts produced by local farms and accompanied by vegetables from the garden and finally will be served as dessert DOC Vinsanto del Chianti 2006 and Tuscan Cantuccini.

Combine your San Gimignano sightseeing with a taste of the local terroir on this organic winery visit. Go behind-the-scenes at the family-run farm and vineyard, tour the facilities, and then indulge in a generous wine tasting. You’ll also sample locally made olive oils, and enjoy a classic Tuscan feast of bruschetta, pasta, and more. Choose from lunch or dinner tours to best suit your schedule.

Enjoy a celebratory lunch in Tuscany with a four-course meal and wine tasting at the atmospheric Torciano Wines Private Reserve. Stroll the property while admiring the vineyard-draped hills and olive groves. Snack on an appetizer of Tuscan cheeses, salami and Bruschetta before a delicious lunch of truffle lasagna, Tuscan ribollita, roasted meat, and potatoes. Then, savor an after-lunch treat of Cantuccini with dessert wine and a sampling of reserve wines.

San Gimignano, with its rural, hillside atmosphere, is a great place to sample Tuscan food and wine. This tour pairs Tuscan wine tasting with an elaborate Truffle-based meal at a family-run olive farm and vineyard. The meal is led by one of the farmers, who explains the characteristics of the wines and their organic production. The farm is within walking distance from the center of San Gimignano, so you can walk right over.

Discover the art of pasta making and other Italian cooking techniques at a 2-hour class in Tuscany. Visit a winery and learn to create three varieties of pasta plus other Tuscan classics, with guidance from a chef. Then, savor your creations for lunch or dinner. Afterward, enjoy an estate tour and tastings of 15 home-made winery products, including wines and olive oils. Choose a lunchtime or evening class, with no hotel pickup or drop-off included.

Visit an organic winery for an exclusive private tour complete with a balsamic tasting and light lunch. Walk from the San Gimignano town center to explore a family-run farm where both grapes and olives are grown. Taste several organic wines alongside a light lunch including bruschetta, pasta, and a range of pecorino cheeses.

Take a private pizza-making class in Tuscany and learn to make delicious and traditional Italian pizza. Follow the instructions of your chef and learn how to prepare this world-famous dish learning traditional Italian techniques. Then sit down to the friends of your labor and sample a variety of regional wines, olive oils, and vinegars to complement your delectable pizza.

Tuscany is famous for its fine wines, UNESCO-listed landscapes, and historic cities, and this day tour from San Gimignano ticks off all three. Enjoy wine tasting in the Chianti wine region; explore historic Montalcino; and sample the famous Brunello di Montalcino wine. Tour includes hotel pickup and drop-off.

Tuscany is home to some of Italy’s most renowned cuisine and this tour is adapted for those with special dietary requirements. Enjoy a guided tour of the Tenuta Torciano Vineyards in San Gimignano, then visit the winery restaurant for a delicious 4-course lunch, accompanied by a wine tasting. Choose from a vegan, vegetarian, or gluten-free menu, depending on your preferences.

It is an authentic experience of a family vineyard where you can understand the wine making process, enjoying the final products. An interesting visit of our small family vineyard with history about the property and grape varietals, olive orchards and wine cellar visit. Introduction on the Italian wine regulation followed by lunch with local products, wine tasting of 3 different wines produced at the estate and a dessert wine to finish.

If you have fallen in love with handmade Italian pasta in Tuscany but don’t know how to recreate this crowd-pleaser at home, learn the secrets to making fresh pici, tagliatelle, gnocchi, and traditional sauces during this Tuscan cooking class. Visit your host’s vineyard and olive grove, enjoy a wine tasting and sample of extra-virgin olive oil, and end your class with lunch or dinner in the rustic family kitchen to enjoy what you’ve prepared.

On this insider’s introduction to San Gimignano, you’ll explore the Tuscan hilltop town on foot, discovering medieval-era landmarks. Highlights include panoramic views of the surrounding countryside from the Torre Grossa, Renaissance-era frescos in the Church of St. Augustine, and a peek at the town’s original walls. You’ll also have the chance to partake in a local wine tasting.

This experience is a full immersion in the wine and Evo oil world, the focus is not the food but what we produce with so much passion. Relax in our garden watching the city of San Gimignano from an amazing perspective, taste our organic wines and olive oils paired with some homemade simple snacks.