Chianti Winery Visits and Tastings
Twenty cellar visits, 15 to 393 EUR, median 39 for about an hour and a half. None of the listings we opened includes the ride.
Fifteen of the 20 winery visits on this page cost 50 EUR or less, the cheapest is 15 EUR for fifty minutes, and all four listings we opened ask you to arrive at the estate on your own. That is the whole proposition: a cellar, a guide and four to eight wines at a price that is usually closer to the estate's own door than to a tour operator's. What the price leaves out is the road. This page is about the tastings that cost a median 39 EUR for about an hour and a half, what they include, how people actually get to them, and where the price jumps to 70 EUR and beyond because a meal or an unrelated activity has crept in.
The Chianti page reads two cellar-door prices from the estates' own sites, 27 and 50 EUR. The median here falls between them. For a day with transport included, see the half-day or full-day tours.
Cantalici Cellar Tour, Early-1500s Brick Kiln and Six Chianti Classico Wines
A guided walk through the vinification and aging cellars and an early-1500s brick kiln, ending with six wines, taralli, crackers and oil-dressed bruschetta.
Carus Vini Organic Winery near San Casciano: Private Chianti Classico Tasting with Platter
A private tasting of three to five organic wines at a small family winery in Chianti, with a barrel cellar visit and a platter of cold cuts, cheeses and bread.
Casa Sola Winery Visit in Chianti Classico: Family Boutique Estate and Wine Tasting
A single family estate, not a circuit of stops, told bottle by bottle from pruning to harvest, fermentation and aging. Guests meet at the winery itself.
Chianti Colli Aretini Vineyard Tour near a 1558 Villa: Olive Oil and Wine Tasting
The estate stands beside a villa built in 1558, and its history is told before the wine and oil are tasted. The cellar visit opens with a glass of wine.
Diadema Super Tuscan Tasting in Impruneta: Winery Tour, Olive Mill and Olive Oil
Tour the historic Diadema winery, see olives pressed with granite millstones, then taste five Super Tuscan wines and two olive oils on a panoramic terrace.
Greve in Chianti Organic Family Winery Visit: Vineyard, Olive Grove and Cellar Tasting
Sangiovese, Syrah and Merlot grow on three hectares beside an olive grove. The cellar tasting comes with local cheese and Tuscan salami, after a vineyard walk.
Historic Cantalici Winery in Castagnoli: Chianti Classico Family Wine Tasting
A tasting of typical Chianti Classico wines at a historic family winery in Castagnoli, where each bottle carries the history of the family that makes it.
Montefioralle Family Winery near Greve in Chianti: Small Cellar Visit and Vintage Tasting
A very small family winery facing the old village of Montefioralle, where several vintages are usually poured so you can taste how aging changes the wine.
Organic Chianti Classico Farm Tasting: Small-Group Tour on a Terrace Above the Vines
A family-run organic farm with a tasting terrace facing the vines behind the wine, and groups kept small so there is time for questions and slow sipping.
Organic Winery Tour and 3 or 6 Wine Tasting between Radda and Panzano in Chianti
Organic vines and cellars are the focus, with bread, the estate's own olive oil and Grappa alongside the wines. Guests choose a tasting of 3 or 6 wines.
Perseto Chianti Classico Farm near San Casciano: Winery Tour and Four Wines with Crackers
A short winery tour past machinery and barrels, then four wines poured with Tuscan crackers at seated tables in a large tasting room near San Casciano.
Poggio ai Laghi Tasting near Monteriggioni: Chianti Wines, Olive Oils and Vinegars
One estate, three products: guided tastings of wines, olive oils including white truffle and chili, and vinegars made with balsamic and Valdelsa onions.
Private Grape Stomping at a Chianti Farmhouse: Meet in Castellina, Harvest and Tasting
Meeting at the company office in Castellina, guests pick or stomp grapes on a farm with a cellar dating to 1825, then taste four wines and grappa at lunch.
Private Grape Stomping on a Chianti Family Farm with Lunch and Florence Hotel Transfer
Barefoot grape stomping or picking on a family farm with a cellar dating to 1825, a home-cooked lunch, a stop in Castellina and hotel pickup in Florence.
San Giorgio a Lapi Morning Winery Visit near Siena: Four Wines and a Tuscan Lunch
A 10:45 a.m. start at a family winery near Siena, then four wines and a four-course Tuscan lunch under a white mulberry tree on a terrace above Chianti.
Siena Chianti Sunset at San Giorgio a Lapi: Winery Visit, Tasting and Terrace Dinner
A family winery between Chianti and the Crete Senesi: vineyard walk, 11th-century church, cellars, then wine and a Tuscan dinner on a terrace at sunset.
Terre di Perseto Cellar Visit and Chianti Classico Riserva Tasting with Pecorino Cheeses
Two IGT Toscana wines, a Chianti Classico and a Riserva, each explained by the host and paired with two sheep's-milk pecorinos, plus a look at the cellars.
Terre di Perseto Winery in San Casciano: 4 Wines, 2 Olive Oils and Bruschetta Tasting
A winery and olive oil tour outside San Casciano, then four wines and two extra virgin oils on bruschetta at seated tables in a dedicated tasting room.
The Countess's Lunch at Poggio ai Laghi: Guided Chianti Tasting with Oils and Vinegars
A seated winery lunch led by a wine expert, with the estate's best wines, olive oils and vinegars served alongside the meal in the Chianti countryside.
Wine Tasting on a Panoramic Terrace near Siena: Family Cellar and Tuscan Dishes
The setting is a terrace under an old white mulberry tree, and the wines are poured by the family that makes them. Typical Tuscan dishes are served alongside.
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Fifteen under 50 euros: what the money covers
The cheap end of this page is a real market. A handful of family estates account for most of it, and they sell short slots of time: fifty minutes, an hour and a half, sometimes two. Inside that slot the pattern is consistent. A guide walks you through the vineyard or the cellar, then you sit down to a flight of wines with something to eat. The flights run from four wines to eight, and the food is oil, cheese and cured meat.
The chart below shows how tightly they cluster. The exceptions are at the top of the range, where the prices are for meals.
| Estate | Length | Price | What the listing includes |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cantalici, Castagnoli | 50 minutes | 15 EUR | Tasting of 4, 6 or 8 wines by option, olive oil, snacks |
| Carus Vini, classic tasting | 2 hours | 20 EUR | Classic wine tasting, booked as a private visit |
| Terre di Perseto, four wines | 1.5 hours | 28 EUR | Four Chianti Classico wines and a visit to the winery |
| Montefioralle Winery | 1.2 hours | 35 EUR | Tour and wine tasting in the village above Greve |
| Villa La Ripa | 1.5 hours | 38 EUR | Vineyard tour, wines and extra virgin oil |
| Casa Sola Chianti Winery | 1.5 hours | 45 EUR | Guided tour, tasting, snacks and parking |
| Brogioni, Greve | 1.5 hours | 50 EUR | Vineyard, olive grove and cellar, then wine with cheese and salami |
The chart has a tight cluster and two kinds of outliers. Inside the cluster, from 15 to 55 EUR and 50 minutes to two hours, sit 15 of the listings. Above it, at three hours and 75 to 95 EUR, sit two Siena listings that add a meal. Far above, at four and five hours, are two private days at 319 and 393 EUR, and those are grape-stomping experiences at a farmhouse, not winery visits. The page lists them because they are in Chianti and they involve wine.
A cellar tour at 30 euros
The cellar is the one thing a tasting room cannot fake. A 30 EUR listing from the estate that also sells the 15 EUR tasting is a one-hour tour of the cellar and a tasting of six wines. At Casa Sola the guide follows the wine from pruning through harvest, fermentation and ageing, and explains what makes one vintage different from the next. It is a lesson you get at a producer, not from a bottle.
It is also the reason for the structure of these listings. A tour operator sells a day; an estate sells an hour of its own time. You are paying for the person who made the wine to talk about it, and the price reflects how many guests share that hour.
Getting there when nothing includes the ride
All four winery visits we opened for this page list the estate itself as the meeting point, and none lists transport as included. The listings say how you are expected to arrive, and they are frank about it.
| Estate | What the listing says about arriving |
|---|---|
| Casa Sola Chianti Winery | Directions by car from the Florence-Siena expressway: exit at San Donato, follow San Donato/Castellina for 4.5 km, turn at the Cortine sign and continue 2.8 km. Parking fees are included in the price. |
| San Giorgio a Lapi, Siena | The winery recommends a taxi for guests coming from Siena without a car. Arrive 10 minutes before the 6:30 pm start. |
| Azienda Agricola Brogioni, Greve | Gives the distance from Florence as about 30 km and a 75-minute drive from Florence airport. |
| Cantalici, Castagnoli | Meet at the reception of the winery. |
The practical reading is that these are car visits, and the car introduces a question the tour formats solve for you. A flight of four to eight wines in small pours is not a night out, but the person who drives home should know the Italian rule: 0.5 g/l, and zero for drivers under 21 or licensed for less than three years. The Vespa, Fiat 500 and e-bike page sets out the figures. For everyone else, a taxi back to Siena or Greve is cheaper than the penalty.
When the tasting becomes a meal
Four of the 20 include a meal, and they are where the price leaves the cluster. Poggio ai Laghi sells a 70 EUR lunch, 1.8 hours, with a wine tasting paired to its signature cuisine. A Siena winery sells a three-hour lunch with tasting at 75 EUR, and the same winery's sunset dinner, with four wines and four courses on a terrace, costs 95 EUR. The fourth is a private grape-stomping day with lunch at a farmhouse.
These are the cheap meals of the page. A shared half-day tour with lunch costs 91 EUR at the very least, and the Siena lunch is cheaper than that. If you want a meal with a producer and you have a car, this is the best-value way to have one.
A meal at the estate costs about twice a tasting and less than the cheapest half day with lunch. The difference is that you bring yourself.
What arrives with the wine
The tasting is rarely only wine. The listings mention cheese, cured meats, extra virgin olive oil and aged balsamic vinegar, and some add flavoured oils or a pairing of two cheeses with four wines. A 37 EUR listing from one estate is four wines with two Tuscan cheeses; a 36 EUR one is four wines with two olive oils. At that scale the food decides the value.
Ask what is on the board before you choose. A tasting of wines with a bread-and-oil accompaniment and a tasting with a proper plate of cheese and salami can cost the same, and only one will replace lunch.
How small these estates are
The estates on this page are small, and some of the listings say how small. The Brogioni winery in Greve describes itself as one hectare of olive grove and three of vines, planted with Sangiovese, Syrah and Merlot. Two other listings call their wines organic. On the Consorzio's own figures, roughly 7,000 hectares of DOCG vineyard are shared among some 480 producers, which averages about 15 hectares each, so a three-hectare estate is a fifth of the average and is poured by the people who farm it.
That size is what the 39 EUR buys: a tasting poured by the people who farm the vines, with no tour operator between you and the cellar. It also means a small cellar takes a small booking, which is why the listings cap a party at 10 to 15.
The two that are not tastings
The grape-stomping listings are the least usual products on any of the five Chianti pages, and they are included because the category is broad. One is a four-hour private day at a Chianti farmhouse for 319 EUR; the other is a five-hour private day from Florence for 393 EUR. Each has 11 reviews and rates 4.9 or better. Both include lunch and both are private. If that is what you want, book them; if you came for a tasting, skip them.
One estate, a fifth of the reviews
Casa Sola holds 183 of the page's 1,083 reviews, which is 17%, at a rating of 5.0. That is a low share: the leading operators on the other four Chianti pages hold 19%, 29%, 53% and 64%. Fourteen operators share the page, and none of the others is above 13%. The only sizeable listing rated below 4.6 is the Montefioralle Winery tour, at 4.2 on 103 reviews, which at 35 EUR for 1.2 hours is no dearer than its neighbours. The other low rating is the Poggio ai Laghi lunch at 4.3, on only 16 reviews.
Two conclusions. First, the tastings are very consistently well reviewed, weighted at 4.81. Second, the rating carries information mostly in the exceptions: look at a listing that falls below 4.6 and ask why.
Questions about Chianti winery visits and tastings
How much does a winery tasting in Chianti cost?
The median listing is 39 EUR for about 1.5 hours. Fifteen of the 20 cost 50 EUR or less. The cheapest is 15 EUR for fifty minutes, and meals at an estate run from 70 to 95 EUR.
How many wines do I taste?
Usually four to eight. One estate offers 4, 6 or 8 wines depending on the option you book, another tastes four wines with cheese, and a 30 EUR cellar tour pours six.
Can I visit without a car?
It is hard. The listings we opened meet at the estate and include no transport. One winery near Siena tells guests without a car to take a taxi, and another gives driving directions from the expressway.
Is there a minimum age?
Alcohol is served only to guests aged 18 and over in the listings that state a rule. Children are welcome at some estates, so ask.
Should I book ahead?
Yes. These are sold as fixed slots with a start time, such as 6:30 pm, and the listings cap a booking at 10 to 15 guests. The Chianti page notes that at least one estate requires a booking and does not refund it.
Is it cheaper than a tour?
Per person, yes: 39 EUR against 124 EUR for a half day. The half day includes the transport and a second stop, so the comparison is fair only for those who have a car.
Want the ride included?
The half-day tours from Florence take you to two estates for a median of 124 EUR.
Data verified on. Prices, hours, inclusions and reviews read from 20 listings on 30 September 2026. Directions and meeting points from the listings; door prices from the Chianti page.