Wine Tour in Puglia
GRAND TOUR BLOG | 25 May 2020
Wine Tour in Puglia
Tastings in the Apulian cellars
The tasting tour it is aimed at both Italian and foreign tourists. They will savor i fine wines Puglia with outbuildings and connected…the organoleptic properties will tickle the taste buds of whoever wants “approach” to these excellent wines.
The Puglia offers excellent wines but also many attractions to visit for which “Wine Tour in Puglia” will give you the opportunity to be fascinated by such beauty.
The tour in five stages
Here are the stages that will brighten your days:
- First step: Lucera. They will taste 3 friends coming from the native vines: Nero di Troia e Falanghina accompanied by appetizers.
- Second stage: Trani ed Castel del monte. Visit to a farm that produces wine and oil where the degustazione of 4 friends including also the Moscato di Trani Passito wine doc accompanied by local snacks (olive, bruschetta with Evo oil produced on the farm and almond cantucci). In this area the most important wines are the Bombino, the Nero di Troia and the Moscato di Trani. We will also stop in Castel del monte octagonal shape built Federico II of Svevia (it is part of the Unesco Heritage) ed a Trani where you can visit the Cathedral Romanesque style located on the sea;
- Third stage: Alberobello and Valle d'Itria. A Locorotondo and Martina Franca there will be a guided tour of an 18th century farmhouse, to the cellar and to the suggestive native vineyards: Verdeca, Fiano Minutolo e Bianco d'Alessano of which there will also be tasting. Stop at Alberobello (city of trulli) recognized as a UNESCO World Heritage Site;
- Fourth stage: Lecce and Salento. A Lecce food and wine stops with tasting of 4 friends
- ed oil accompanied by local meats and cheeses, a hot plate and appetizers (grilled vegetables and olives). at a Masseria a Torre Santa Susanna. There will be a guided tour of the vineyards and cellars. Lecce, city of Baroque, it is to be discovered as it is rich in Roman history: lie there’Amphitheater, the Basilica of Santa Croce and the Duomo located in one of the most beautiful squares in Italy, Otranto (Cathedral) it's at Castro (beautiful seaside area), Galatina (Basilica of Santa Caterina d'Alessandria), Gallipoli (bathing area in);
- Fifth stage: Manduria and Matera. Manduria is the city of Primitive: award-winning wine for its quality and its properties. The guided tour will be at the Cellar and the Museum of Primitive Wine Civilization with tasting of 4 friends of own production (Primitivo di Manduria DOC, DOCG / Negroamaro IGT) always accompanied by cheese,salame, tarallini and almond paste sweets). The Museum of Primitive Wine Civilization it is located in the cisterns of the cellar: tells the peasant civilization of Salento to the present day with the cultural evolution also applied to the production of wines. We will visit Matera (from the 1993 is part of the UNESCO World Heritage Site and elected European Capital of Culture for the 2019. E’ call City of the Sassi for the historic center consisting of two districts: Sasso Barisano and Caveoso and Civita.
