From Taormina: Mount Etna Food and Wine Tasting Tour

About This Experience

This is the food-led Etna day, and the one this site features on its homepage: a six-hour small-group tour that collects you at your Taormina-area accommodation, drives inland through the lava-stone villages of the east coast, and puts you at two family-run properties on the volcano's slopes with five glasses of Etna wine between them.

The first stop is a working winery. You are handed a welcome glass, walked through the cellars, and then seated for a tasting with cold appetisers: organic cheeses, salami, artichokes and other preserves from the estate. The second stop is a farmhouse with a terrace over the vineyards, where the cooked lunch happens: seasonal pastas, a run of Sicilian starters, dessert, and a homemade limoncello to close.

Everything is in the price. Pick-up and drop-off, an authorised local guide, an air-conditioned minivan, all five wines, all the food and water. Nothing is settled on the day except a tip if you want to leave one.

It costs more than the half-day tastings from Taormina because it is a different product: two properties rather than one, a full lunch rather than a plate, and a guaranteed small-group departure that will not be cancelled for lack of numbers. If you want to eat well on Etna rather than tick the volcano, this is the tour to book.

Highlights

• Five glasses of Etna wine across two family-run properties on the volcano's slopes
• Guided cellar visit at a working winery, then a tasting with cold Sicilian appetisers
• Cooked organic lunch on an open-air terrace above the vineyards, with dessert and limoncello
• Door-to-door pick-up and drop-off in the Taormina area in an air-conditioned minivan
• Guaranteed small-group departure with an authorised local guide

What's Included

• ✓ Pick-up and drop-off at your Taormina-area accommodation
• ✓ Air-conditioned Mercedes minivan
• ✓ Authorised local guide
• ✓ Guided cellar visit (optional)
• ✓ Wine tasting: five different glasses
• ✓ All food samples and appetisers
• ✓ Lunch with organic Etna products at a farmhouse
• ✓ Dessert and homemade limoncello
• ✓ Water

Not Included

• Tips

What to Bring

• A layer for the terrace: the estates sit well above the coast and the afternoon breeze is cooler than Taormina

Good to Know & Caveats

• Vegetarian and other dietary requirements are available on request; flag them at the time of booking.
• This is a guaranteed small-group departure, so it runs even with low numbers.
• The cellar visit is listed as optional within the itinerary; the two tastings and the lunch are not.
• Six hours with two long table stops: arrive hungry and do not book a big dinner for the same evening.
• You see Etna from the vineyards; the tour does not climb to the craters.

Meeting Point

Pick-up and drop-off at your accommodation in the Taormina area.