"Wine, Ferraris, and Hot-Air Balloons The true character of the Montepulciano terroir takes center stage at this noted winery, which, since 2009, has been adhering to organic and biodynamic methods. During a visit to the facility, there are lots of ways to experience the richness of the landscape—from tasting wines made from estate-grown grapes to floating in a hot-air balloon over the vineyards. The classic tour and tasting includes a visit through the two main vineyards and the winery, including the drying rooms, aging cellar, and barrel tunnel, as well as a lesson in biodynamic viticulture. Other tours are available that include activities like a wine-paired lunch, cooking class, hot-air balloon ride, or even a drive through the countryside in a Ferrari. Whichever you choose, you'll savor glasses of beautiful reds (including Vino Nobile di Montepulciano), sweet Vin Santo, and bracing grappa."
Pretty nice and quiet winery.
Sitting inside so there’s no view while tasting the wines. The staff was very proffesional, explained nice about the wines and winemaking process.
Wines at all the price levels.
I recommande to take a bottle and skip the wine tasting.
Nadav Biran
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Great experience of tour & wine tasting. We tried luxury editions of biodynamic wines with great home made breads. The whole experience isn’t cheap, as well as the wine, but personally we were looking for high-end wine choices.
Robert Muscat
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I was familiar with winery & its wines before visiting but nevertheless thoroughly enjoyed my visit with lunch and tasting. The tour is very detailed and not rushed at all, well done to our host, Marina, who was very well informed. The lunch was excellent and abundant and paired with many of their superb wines!
Rebecca Tofari
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Absolutely amazing afternoon spent at Avignonesi for my 40th birthday. Food and wines were divine and service impeccable. Couldn't have asked for a more picturesque location.
Veronica Toriello
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I had an amazing tour and tasting experience. The guide shared the knowledge and passion of the winery history. We also got to taste their best wine. Such an interesting and rich winery. Thank you very much✨✨
Kelly McColl
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We had a lovely experience with Priscilla! We booked a tour and tasting, and she was so kind and knowledgable. I was drawn to this place for its commitment to sustainability (and I love biodynamic winemaking!). As a Biology teacher, I was even more excited to learn that Avignonese participates in research! I loved learning about the experiments in their circular vineyard, La Tonda, and their findings in vine training and plant density. The vineyards and winery are beautiful and the wines are stunning. These facilities are quite large in terms of production scale, but that doesn’t take away from their charm. The Vin Santo and In Grande Annate were our tasting highlights!
Kiersten Grey
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We had a great visit to this beautiful winery. I would highly recommend it for a visit. We had a private tour, got to see some of the wine making process which was very interesting. Then we had a tasting which was 4 of the wines, all were delicious and were the top of the line wines. The only reason I did not give a 5 star was the price - it was over 100 euros for the tour and tasting which was a little pricey.
Irina Ponomarenko
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The place is picturesque (hence 2 stars), but the wines taste very "constructed" and are overpriced (as is the tour + tasting combo at 55 Euro). No discounts for the wine industry, even for those who buy their wines. Skip this tourist trap if you are a serious wine lover or wine professional.