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Italy and Wine offers a selection of wine tours throughout the country where you can sample some of the best wines made. Our aim is to take the hassle out of your vacation to Italy enabling you to enjoy our fantastic wines without having to worry about driving.

Vittorio has a background in wine tasting, and food & wine journalism and has extensive wine knowledge, and contacts at all these local wineries.

Vittorio personally guides each wine tour, providing an unobtrusive commentary, plus he provides detailed written tasting notes and information on all wines and wineries.

Mario Piccinin

Mario is a certified Italian Sommelier (AIS) and Master Cheese Taster (ONAF). His background also includes a degree in the Science of Food Production from the University of Bologna. Mario, a native of Milan, has lived in the Veneto for 35 years, and his grandmother was from the Canareggio sestiere of Venice.

He is an experienced wine educator, and particularly enjoys the wine tasting seminars he regularly organizes for the U.S. diplomatic corps in Italy. In the past Mario led a seminar on Italian wine and food for the undergraduate students of Boston University studying in Padova. He also works as a travel consultant, specializing the wine and food of the Veneto, Friuli and Trentino Alto-Adige.

Davide Cellamare

"Italy is the best land for wines". Davide tells to everybody. He is an official italian wine tester with many years of activity. He's a professionist of the sector and he likes staying with people.
Some months ago he became oils tester and he also teach how to taste it. Wine and oil are his very true love. He says: "A bottle of wines is like a very good friend: he doesn't leave you in any time".

Lisa Cesaretto

Is a young tourist consultant, she lives in Veneto and knows every little thing about the surroundings.
After having earned a degree in Tourist Sciences she improved her knowledge of foreing languages and worked as a museum-expert operator and as a tourist guide.
She now creates tailor-made itineraries even about no-conventional touristy places and particularly loves getting in touch with “friends” coming from all over the world fascinated about Italy.
She says: “I love my land and I’m glad to work "cheek to cheek" together with people who require my assistance, I’m happy to share with them my deep love for its unique history, fine arts and good cooking!”

Lives in Florence since 1998 and works as a freelance interpreter and translator from Japanese into Italian and vice versa.
The first approach to the world of wine was the participation of ‘course of formation for technical operator of enoturismo (wine tourism)’ in Siena in 2002. This experience gave her an urge to know more about wine and now she frequents a professional sommelier's course.
Italy is a fantastic country to visit. It is a pleasure to her to assist people in enjoying the trip with smile.