Lucie Price
Google
The wine tour and tasting was very disappointing. We chose to do this on a rainy day in Bol, but I imagine a lot of the magic (and what justifies the higher price point), would be enjoying the tastings with beach views.
Instead, we were stood inside and did not get a seat. We purchased the most expensive tasting but the tour guides barely spoke to us - they seemed to stand round everyone else giving them more detail on the wine they're drinking etc, but acted like we weren't there. Not sure if it's cause we looked a bit younger, or cause we're a queer couple, or something else entirely - but it didn't feel good.
We were walking to the bar to grab multiple glasses of wine at a time and drink it without knowing what it was etc. We may as well have saved the money and just bought the wines ourself.
Our tasting was at 5pm so by 6pm there was another tour going round and we felt hurried out and ended up gulping down the wine.
The tour itself was maybe 20 mins, in about 3 rooms. Some of which were really thin so we ended up so far away from the guide that we couldn't hear a thing he was saying.
It would make far more sense to tie the tour in with the actual wines we'd be tasting - explain them as we go so we can really appreciate what we are trying, rather than just seeing the machines that make them. And I'd suggest adding a cap to the people on a tasting, so everyone can have a more worthwhile experience.
In a perfect world, rainy days would also mean a discount, so we aren't paying a 'by the beachfront' premium, when it can't be used.
We spent about €77 on two tastings - not worth it and the whole experience put a dampener on our experience of Bol.
