About This Experience

Aglianico del Vulture, grown on an extinct volcano in Italy's wildest wine region: this private tour from Matera crosses into Basilicata's Vulture country with a sommelier driving, six guided glasses, and the operator's trademark promise to put you among the vines and inside the barrel rooms. The framing earns its confidence: this is not Chianti, this is not Montalcino, this is Vulture, and almost nobody you know has tasted it at the source. Monte Vulture's ancient volcanic slopes grow Aglianico of remarkable depth, the south's answer to the great Nebbiolos, in a region where wine tourism remains blissfully embryonic. Your driver-sommelier leads the immersion the operator insists on: walking through the vineyards, touching the grapes, standing in cellars as an oak barrel is opened to smell wine that is not ready yet, and tasting wines in their birthplace, six guided glasses that trace Aglianico del Vulture from youthful to profound. Matera makes the perfect launch pad: the stone city of the Sassi, Basilicata's world-famous cave dwellings, sits an easy private drive from the Vulture's slopes, and pairing the two, one day among the caves, one among the volcanic vines, is the itinerary this corner of Italy deserves. The vehicle is air-conditioned with WiFi and bottled water, all fees and taxes are included, and lunch remains your own delicious problem, with the sommelier's local counsel solving it reliably. Your private date is secured online through Wine Trails in two minutes, instantly confirmed and booked direct with the operator, free of middleman markup. The drive itself deserves billing: Basilicata's high, empty landscapes between Matera and the Vulture rank among southern Italy's most cinematic, and your sommelier narrates them like a local, because they are one. October visits catch the Aglianico harvest at altitude, the region's most dramatic fortnight. Basilicata is Italy's last quiet region, and the Vulture is its finest secret: volcanic soil, a noble grape and cellars where visitors still surprise the hosts. Six glasses deep with a sommelier, you will understand why collectors whisper about Aglianico del Vulture, and why they would rather you did not.

Highlights

• ✓Private transportation
• ✓Air-conditioned vehicle
• ✓WiFi on board
• ✓Driver / Guide (expert sommelier)
• ✓Guided wine tasting (6 glasses of wine)

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Cancellation Policy

Free cancellation up to 24000 hours before. 100% charge within 24 hours of start time.