Food and wine experience to taste the Apennines

A tasting tour to discover authentic flavors: you will see up close how Parmigiano Reggiano is made, the processing and maturing of this fine cheese, in a traditional cheese factory on the mountains; you will take part in a cooking class; you will have lunch with the excellences of the territory and you will discover the recipes of the mountain cuisine; you will watch the milling of grain in an old water mill and taste the delicacies freshly baked; you will end the day with a wine tasting experience of excellent organic wine in a local winery. A comfortable minivan, an expert tour leader will be part of your food experience, in which every dish excites your taste buds.

Parmigiano Reggiano cheese factory: we will need to leave early in the morning, but there is a good reason: the cheesemaker waits for us. He wants to show us how to make mountain Parmigiano Reggiano. With an expert cheesemaker, who describes us the cheese making process that allows to obtain the shapes, we will visit various areas of the diary. We will then taste the Parmigiano Reggiano cheese in different seasonings and combinations, accompanied by local cold cuts and local wine.

Cooking class: with an authentic cooking lesson, an expert chef will reveal us the secrets of the Apennine gastronomic tradition. After an introduction about all the stages of processing, let’s hold the rolling pin until we pull together the dough.

Lunch: after having seen the birth of many delicacies and having had an aperitif with cheese and cold cuts, it is finally time to sit down at the table. In a typical restaurant we can taste the real home mountain cuisine, with traditional specialties of these areas. Our tour leader will be able to explain us the traditional dishes, revealing us some secrets about the realization of these recipes. There will also be excellent local wine to accompany the whole meal.

Water mill: the day is still long and full of surprises. An old watermill is waiting for us now, a seventeenth-century building built with river stones, composed of four millstones. The water, taken from the stream, is collected in a reservoir and used, by means of turbines, for the movement of the millstones. We will relive the traditions, knowledge and flavors of the farming world: from flours to desserts, we will end the visit with a tasting of the miller’s bakery products.

Winery: if you visit Italy and you don’t take part of an aperitif, you are missing one of the quintessential cultural tradition, so before leaving let’s taste a series of wines accompanied with local products.  An expert enologist will be your guide in a farm. He will allow us to stroll through a vineyard, discover its history and visit the birthplace of our wines with a short summary about wines origin and their natural winemaking techniques.

Departure from the centre of Bologna 

• Meeting point at Enjoy Appennino
• Via Indipendenza 71 m/n

Program

• Departure: 8:00 a.m.
• Lunch: 1.00 p.m.
• Return: 6:00 p.m.

Included

• Free return transport from Bologna
• Professional tour leader
• Visit to the cheese factory with tasting
• Cooking class with an expert chef
• Lunch with local specialties and drinks
• Visit to the mill with tasting
• Visit to the winery with tasting
• Liability insurance and taxes

Languages

• Italian
• English
• Other languages (on request)

Price

• Adults: € 149.00
• Children 4 – 12 years: € 69,00
• Children under 4 years old: Free of charge

 Notes

• Tour available on the days listed on our website;
• Departures on other dates available on request;
• Children under 4 years of age travel for free and share the tasting with the parents;
• In case of bad weather, failure to adhere to a minimum number of participants or every condition that make it impossible for the activities to be carried out properly, the staff reserves the right to cancel the tour, giving timely notice to the participants and guaranteeing a full refund or issuing a voucher that can be used to participate in the next tour or for the purchase of an alternative tour;
• Prices may vary in case of on requests departures or specific needs; for more information and detailed quotations, please contact the staff of Enjoy Appennino.

Reservations and cancellation policy

• The tour will be set up upon a minimum number of participants. The amount will be subject to pre-authorization and will be charged upon final confirmation of the tour. An email will follow with the voucher and the receipt;
• If you cancel at least 2 days in advance of the scheduled departure, there is no cancellation fee. If you cancel later, you will be charged the entire price of the tour.