Venetian Wine & Prosecco Tasting Experience
Description
Experience an authentic Italian wine tasting just a few steps from St. Mark’s Square, inside the elegant and historic atmosphere of Trattoria La Colomba. During this relaxed guided experience, you will taste 4 carefully selected Italian wines, served in a balanced progression from fresh and sparkling to richer and more structured. Begin with a glass of Prosecco, continue with a refined white wine from the Venetian hills, enjoy a delicate rosé, and finish with a full-bodied red wine. Each wine is paired with traditional Venetian cicchetti, the small local bites that Venetians love to enjoy with a glass of wine. The pairings are designed to highlight the aromas, texture, and character of each label, giving you a real taste of the Venetian aperitivo. A Wine Expert will guide you through the tasting in a simple and engaging way. You will learn how to recognize the main aromas, understand the differences between the wines, and discover why each bite has been chosen to match the glass.
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Enjoy your Italian Wines Tasting in San Marco area.
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Important Information
- Public transportation options are available nearby
- Not recommended for pregnant travelers
- Not recommended for travelers with poor cardiovascular health
- Suitable for all physical fitness levels
- This activity is allowed only to over 18 years old. In Italy it is forbidden to drink alcohol until 18 years old.
- Unfortunately, this activity is not fully accessible for wheelchair users of with walking disabilities.
- In case of any kind of food intolerances or allergies, please communicate immediately to the waiters!
- On certain dates, most travelers staying outside of Venice who are planning to visit for the day will be required to pay a €5 access fee. For further details (including exemptions) and to learn what days this fee is applicable, please visit: https://cda.ve.it
- The customers health is the most important matter for us, the tour operates in according to the Covid-19 National directives in order to guarantee the experiences in a safe environment.
- All customer touchpoints are frequently cleaned, and the tour will leave with small groups.
- We only ask the kindness to bring the own mask in case you need to wear it.
Reviews(22)
They were surprised to see us, did not read the comments I had put on the booking about a food sensitivity and we had 1 pairing of prosecco, plus wine, not as advertised. Only first serving of prosecco was served with the snack. The wait staff ignored us after providing our last sample of wine. We wished we had the experience that some had written in the reviews.
Quant wine shop with a personal wine tasting and cheese plate. Our host was wonderful and very accommodating . We had 6 bottles shipped to USA for very reasonable price
Very personal experience. Highly recommend this tour. The shop operator was very knowledgeable about Prosecco and walked us through each tasting.
The wines was delicious and the waitstaff were very kind. The restaurant was clean and quit. We had a great time
This was fun! The vibes were good, but without the other reviews, we would have had a really hard time finding it. It's in the Serafina rooftop bar - which nowhere in the description does it say that. Because we went at a slower time, we had the whole rooftop to ourselves! But the tasting was a bit more laid back than we were expecting. We only got 1 appetizer (which the description says we should've gotten 2) and we explicitly picked the prosecco tasting and what we were given was not prosecco - don't get me wrong, it was still fun and we went with the flow but it wasn't exactly what we paid for. The guy serving us was also really nice and gave us good info on the wines we tasted.
The place was hard to find at first. The map takes you to the side of a public building, but it’s actually a restaurant/bar about 10 meters away. When we got in there (not sure if it’s the right place) the waiter who greeted us was super confused before some other man came over and took us to the rooftop bar. No views of Venice from the rooftop as it’s covered over in the winter. The wine tasting was more like here are 3 glasses of wine and some nibbles. Not a “traditional” tasting session, and not all local wines either. But it was good value for money for 3 large glasses of wine and the local snacks. Just don’t expect a classic wine tasting experience, more a voucher for some drinks and nibbles in a restaurant.
Do not book with this tour or this group!! Frauds! They never showed up to the tour meeting spot. I was there 5 minutes early, as suggested by their virtual robot assistant on Viator and was given two addresses, one right next to the other, and the host was nowhere to be found! Viator would not provide direct contact for the host and couldn’t even reach them! And then they rejected my refund request! Outrageous! I will be reporting this as fraud to my bank as well.
This tasting took place at a very quaint, quiet rooftop bar. However, it was not a guided tasting in any way, and though we requested Prosseco, that wasn't available. We had a good time and stayed for dinner but we didn't learn anything about Prosecco.
The Vendor does not provide what Viator states in description for this tour. My tour description stated “tasting glasses (plural) of different sparkling wines” as well as “two local finger foods”. We received 1 Prosecco tasting and 1 bruschetta finger food. When we showed the vendor our booking reference and description that included multiple wines and multiple foods, he told us that in his system we booked “ 1 Prosecco tasting and 1 finger food”. He didn’t think it was his fault that the descriptions didn’t match. We paid $43 per person for a taste of Prosecco and a little piece of bruschetta. You can easily get this at any bar in Venice for $10-$15 per person or less. Viator needs to fix their description for this experience so that it matches what the bar actually offers. We’ve used Viator many times across many countries, and this was our first bad experience where we did not receive what we paid for.
Such a fantastic wine tasting. The sommelier was knowledgeable and attentive. He also went out of his way to bring me appetizers that suit my diet since I don’t eat pork.
