Private and Guided 3 Etna Wineries with Food & Wine

About This Experience

The private Etna day: your own car and driver-guide, three family-run estates on the volcano's slopes, ten wines with a sommelier at each stop, and food throughout, all included in a per-person price with nothing to settle on the day.

Pick-up is at your accommodation or the cruise port, and the route runs up through the lava-stone villages, citrus and olive groves to the first winery, a small estate where a sommelier explains the production process before pouring three Etna DOC wines with small bites. The second and third stops follow the same pattern with different wines and different kitchens, so by the end you have tasted white, rosato and red from three producers.

Because it is private, the pace is yours. Pick-up time, how long you linger at each table, whether you walk the vineyards or go straight to the glasses: all of it is agreed with the guide, in English, Italian or Russian.

Ten wines across roughly seven hours is a lot, and the food at each stop is there to keep it civilised. For a party of two or three who want the best estates without a coach, or a couple treating the day as the highlight of the trip, this is the tour to compare against the shared small-group options.

Highlights

• Three family-run Etna wineries in one private day, with a sommelier at each
• Ten different wines: whites, rosato and reds from volcanic soil, poured without limit
• Food tasting at every estate, from filled bread rolls to local cheeses and cured meats
• Private air-conditioned car or minivan with an English-speaking driver-guide
• Pick-up and drop-off at your accommodation or the cruise port

What's Included

• ✓ Wine tasting: ten different wines, unlimited quantity
• ✓ Food tasting at each winery
• ✓ Private driver-guide
• ✓ Hotel or port pick-up and drop-off
• ✓ Private tour for your party only
• ✓ Transport between the estates by private air-conditioned car or minivan

Not Included

• Gratuities (optional)

What to Bring

• Comfortable shoes for the vineyard walks
• A layer for the higher estates

Good to Know & Caveats

• The price is per person, not per vehicle. Compare it with the shared tours on that basis.
• Everything is included: food, wine and estate fees. Nothing is paid on the day except an optional tip.
• Three tastings in about seven hours is a lot of wine; eat properly at the first stop.
• The pace and the pick-up time are yours to set with the guide, because the car is private.
• Cruise-port pick-up makes this workable as a shore excursion; check your ship's all-aboard time against a seven-hour day.

Meeting Point

Pick-up at your accommodation in the Taormina or Catania area, or at the cruise port, by private air-conditioned car or minivan.