407Reviews4Q&A
Reviews
Traveller rating
- 399
- 7
- 1
- 0
- 0
Traveller type
Time of year
Language
More
Selected filters
- Filter
- English
Popular mentions
This was our first trip back to Italy since the pandemic began, which included several days in Assisi. One of our specific goals on this trip was to support friends and acquaintances whose businesses have been severely affected by Covid, so we booked our third Gusto tour. As always, Mark provides an excellent tour and tasting experience. He is highly informative and personable, and it was a pleasure to see him again. The Gusto experience is based on visits to small producers, so you will taste wines you have likely never had before, and Mark made each of our three tours different. You can purchase wines if you wish, although there is no pressure to do so, and Mark can ship them to you at home--or just buy a few bottles to drink while you're in Italy (we did both). Highly recommended.…
Read more
Date of experience: September 2021
Helpful
Wine lovers have to do this tour! Mark is an excellent guide with a lot of humor. We enjoyed our tour with a variety of delicious food at small wineries in the Montefalco and Bevagna areas. The wines were great and we learned a lot. Thank you for this amazing day!
Read more
Date of experience: August 2021
Helpful
This tour for four of us to celebrate our friends silver wedding anniversary was just amazing from start to finish. It started with one message to Giselle to ask if something could be arranged in these post Covid times, she promptly replied with all the details and our tour was arranged. From the moment that Mark collected us and told us the aim of the day was to have fun to the moment he dropped us off and gave us each a custom made Gusto wine tours memento, FUN was exactly what we had!! On the way to our first cantina of the day Mark gave us a commentary on the history of wine making in Umbria and in particular the Montefalco region. Mark is very knowledgeable and humorous and gave us lots of details that we were learning for the first time. We visited 2 cantine in the morning, both very different but with excellent selections. Mark explained how to taste and smell the wines to get the best out of our experience and how the tastes differed after food. At the second cantina, we were lucky enough to see some of the grapes being harvested and put through the first of the machines. Then he took us to a small bed and breakfast - il grotto - for an amazing lunch. The food was absolutely delicious and it was no trouble at all to cater to our dietary requirements! After a leisurely 4 course meal with more wine we headed off to our final cantina. Here we were able to see the family hand picking the grapes and taste some straight from the vine and learn how to identify the different varieties by the colour and size of leaves etc. Then another selection of 6 wines to try before heading home. This was a fantastic day experience that we all thoroughly enjoyed and we came home with lots of new wines to enjoy at our leisure. If you are in the Montefalco area, this tour is not to be missed. Thank you so much Giselle and Mark!!…
Read more
Date of experience: September 2020
2 Helpful votes
Helpful
A birthday treat! Two of us went tasting with Mark who had adapted his transport and the style of the tour to comply with the Covid regulations. It was a great success. We visited two wineries, one traditional the other run by an energetic, enthusiastic and innovative young vintner. We were introduced to some exceptional wines and to food that brought out the subtle flavours in the wine and vice versa. A memorable occasion. Indimenticabili :-)…
Read more
Date of experience: July 2020
2 Helpful votes
Helpful
We took a Gusto Tour in late October and really enjoyed it. Mark is an excellent guide and is very knowledgeable about Umbrian wines. Mark took us to a variety of small wineries in the Montefalco and Bevagna areas. It was evident that he had a great relationship with the owners and wine makers which made the tour even more personal. The wines were all great and represented the BEST in the area! We had lunch at one of the wineries which was just amazing with a variety of delicious food. We appreciated how Giselle was always so prompt in answering all our emails too. They make a great team. We would highly recommend this tour if you are in the Montefalco area and love wine!!…
Read more
Date of experience: October 2019
Helpful
