Castello Del Trebbio

We came her on a day when the restaurant was closed, so we didn't get to try the food there, although the menu looks very enticing with many local Tuscan specialties. We joined the tour for €33 per person. The castle is beautiful, and our tour guide, who studied viniculture, was very knowledgeable about wine production as well as the colorful history of the castle and vineyard itself, and his passion really shone through his presentation. The format of the tasting is a little different. We arrived in the first room, and after some introduction, we got to taste a wine, then further along the tour, in another room, we got to taste something related to what he was talking about. Then finally we emerged into a large tasting room, where we enjoyed more wine along with some local delicacies. The salami, cheese, bread and olive oil are all from the area (hey we are talking about Tuscany!!), we even got the names of the shops from our tour guide so we were able to visit them and bought some goodies a few days later. I really enjoy the taste-as-we-go-along format, it allows me to spend more time with each individual wine, and drinking it as we listened to the tour guide talking about the product enables us to better appreciate it.