50 Shades of Wine - Northern Italy Food & Wine Adventures

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Sunday 11 June 2023 - Friday 16 June 2023

(5 nights)

From £1,121.00

Listed by Spice Escapes

A Taste of Italy is yours to explore on this wonderful Wings Italy and Spice Escapes break.

This adventure is for foodies and wine lovers with authentic cuisine and accompanied by our Italian foodie aficionado's Claire and Andrea @ WingsItaly exclusively for Spice Escapes. The break is designed to give you a taste of Northern Italy’s food culture, sampling a wide variety of local cuisines and wines. Oltrepò is Italy's largest producer of Pinot noir, with approximately 300,000 hectares, making it the world's third largest producer .

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Includes

  • Flights and checked in luggage
  • Transfers
  • 5 Nights Bed and Breakfast at Villa Lomellini
  • Welcome Aperitivo & Dinner at Villa Lomellini.  
  • Cruise the River Po , aperitivo on board , evening meal in a local Restaurant
  • A full day at The White Horse Barn, food, with 50 Shades of wine workshop, three course lunch & evening meal, homemade Italian deserts
  • Exclusive Tour of Torrevilla Vineyard, followed by a 3-course dinner with wine tasting al fresco.
  • Day trip to Tornio - entrance to the Egyptian Museum, Superga and an evening meal with a glass of Barolo
  • Visit to a traditional Italian Market
  • Lunch in a traditional Italian Trattoria with wines
  • 7 Meals combination of lunches & evening meals with wine and water as outlined above.
  • All transport and escorted Wings Italy throughout 

Extras

  • Single supplement
  • Personal travel insurance
  • Drinks & some meals
  • Optional excursions
  • Personal extras
  • Covid testing as applicable at the time of travel

As always, it’s a journey of discovery, new places, new regional foods and seeing REAL ITALY.

If you are looking for a spontaneous adventure set within a real Italian village, eating and drinking where the locals eat, slow living, eating pasta al dente, Pasta Nonna, rustic food, gooey cheeses and local wines... All with a native Italian, then this is for you!

Northern Italy Fooddrink venue kitchen
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Location & Itinerary

Claire at Wings Italy told us that this region isn't your picture-perfect Italy - it doesn’t attract perfectionists but this is where the beauty and uniqueness of the region lie. The various towns are truly Italian, roads are often lined with scraggly farmland and here there are 60 million olives trees dotted across the landscape, which is in deep contrast to the manicured hills of Tuscany! 

Unpaved streets, its rural and as Claire says she has yet to see this elsewhere in Italy; it’s simple and has an unconditional warmth and atmosphere.

Gastronomical delights from famous Cheeses, Pasta Dishes, Risottos , designed to bring you closer to Italy’s food culture through busy markets, home cooking and dining only where the locals go!  

You will also have the opportunity to prepare classic Italian dishes with cooking lessons and wine tasting. 

On this 5-night , 6-day tour you will be hosted by Claire and Andrea @ Wings Italy, spending one day at Wings Italy food and wine workshop at the White Horse Barn, you will also be joined by other local cooks and wine experts, tasting a wide selection of local Oltrepo Pavese wines and of course accompanied by great Italian cuisine.

You will get to see Certosa di Pavia monastery and complex, enjoy a private cruise on the River Po, take a private tour of Torrevilla Vineyard - an iconic world recording breaking vineyard once hosting the largest process of vertical wine production (you have to see it to understand it). Visit towns, villages and markets experiencing real Northern Italy .

In addition, you will visit the neighbouring region of Piemonte, the city of Torino - famous for Fiat cars, chocolate and Barolo wine and here you will have the opportunity to visit one of the largest and oldest Museums of Egyptian artefacts in the world, also stop off to visit Superga.

Workshop - Food and Wine Day at The White Horse Barn will include a three course lunch, evening meal, Aperitivo, wine tasting, unlimited tea and coffee tea, interactive cooking lessons and, depending on the weather, if you bring a bathing costume a dip in the swimming pool.  

NB - the River Po evening sunset cruise is dependent on the river conditions, recently droughts have caused river levels to be low. If this has to be cancelled an alternative event will be offered.

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Travel & Stay

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Villa Lomellini is situated in the hills of ‘Oltrepo Pavese”, a region full of vineyards, hills and medieval villages. The Villa is set in acres of private grounds, and has a rich history. Villa Lomellini is owned by the Roman Catholic Church and Spice can confirm that special permission has been granted to open the Villa exclusively for us. Whilst a monastic centre , Villa Lomellini has a reception which is open from early morning to 23.00hrs and a cash bar service is available at certain times.

Http://www.villalomellini.it/index.php/en/

Please note we will always endeavour to accommodate all special requests; however, the hotel management are responsible for allocation of all the rooms. 

Getting There

Provisional flight information

11/06/2023 London Gatwick to Milan Malpensa Dep: 1120 Arr: 1425

16/06/2023 Milan Malpensa to London Gatwick Dep: 1840 Arr: 1935


11/06/2023 Manchester to Milan Malpensa Dep: 1150 Arr: 1500

16/06/2023 Milan Malpensa to Manchester Dep: 1715 Arr: 1825


11/06/2023 Birmingham to Munich Dep: 0700 Arr: 0950

11/06/2023 Munich to Milan Malpensa Dep: 1055 Arr: 1200

16/06/2023 Milan Malpensa to Zurich Dep: 1450 Arr: 1545

16/06/2023 Zurich to Birmingham Dep: 1725 Arr: 1810

Availability & Pricing

Northern Italy Food and Wine Adventures - 50 Shades of Wine

TypePrice
Own flight without transfers£961.00Sold Out
Gatwick£1301.00Sold Out
Manchester£1301.00Sold Out
Birmingham£1516.00Sold Out

Northern Italy Food and Wine Adventures - 50 Shades of Wine - Accommodation

TypePrice
Place in a Twin Share Room£0.00Sold Out
Place in a twin share room (female only)£0.00Sold Out
Place in a Single Room£160.00Sold Out

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Passport validity

For UK passport holders your passport must be:

  • Issued less than 10 years before the date you enter the country (check the ‘date of issue’)
  • valid for at least 3 months after the day you plan to leave (check the ‘expiry date’)

You must check your passport meets these requirements before you travel. If your passport was issued before 1 October 2018, extra months may have been added to its expiry date.

Travel Insurance

Please ensure that you have adequate personal travel insurance to suit your requirements in place before you travel. Spice Escapes have arranged a scheme with Staysure who are fully authorised and regulated by the FCA (firm reference number 663617) full details of which can be found on the FCA website www.fca.org.uk. For an instant online quotation please click here.

Global Health Insurance Card

A UK Global Health Insurance Card (GHIC) gives you the right to access state-provided healthcare during a temporary stay in the European Union (EU).

UK-issued European Health Insurance Cards (EHICs) are still valid and offer the same cover as GHICs in the EU.

Once your EHIC has expired, you’ll be able to replace it with a GHIC.

NB – A GHIC/EHIC is not a replacement for travel insurance!

The latest FCO travel guidance for Italy

https://www.gov.uk/foreign-travel-advice/italy

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Host & Everything Else

In June, Italy’s Mediterranean climate sees the beginning of a warm, dry summer across the country. In the north of the country temperatures are usually slightly cooler than the south, but with sunshine across every region this is the perfect time of year to visit. There’s still a chance of rain showers in June, so make sure you pack wisely and bring a light jacket.

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