Food Valley Tour: Wine, Cheese & Vinegar Tasting

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Embark on a unique gastronomic journey in the heart of Emilia’s Food Valley to discover the production phases of wine, Parmigiano Reggiano, and traditional balsamic vinegar. Enjoy guided tours, food and wine tastings, and a delicious lunch based on typical products.

Duration: 7 hours

Cancellation: 24 hours

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Highlights

4 Madonne Caseificio dell’Emilia - Enjoy a guided tour showcasing the production of Parmigiano Reggiano cheese, complete with tastings of different ages and other regional cheeses.
Gavioli Antica Cantina - Experience a guided tour of a historic local winery, featuring the production of traditional local wines. Explore the Historical Museum…

What's Included

Guided tour and tasting at a Parmigiano Reggiano producer
Guided tour and tasting at a traditional balsamic vinegar producer
Guided tour and tasting in a cellar
Private visits or in a small group
Departure and return to the hotel from Bologna or Modena
Private vehicle and driver available
Typical 2-course lunch

What's Not Included

Gratuities

Additional Information

Embark on a distinctive culinary adventure in the heart of the Food Valley, exploring the production stages of three esteemed products and their significance in Italian culture: wine, Parmigiano Reggiano, and traditional balsamic vinegar from Modena.
Enjoy three guided tours featuring food and wine tastings directly from the producers, culminating in a…

Location

4 Madonne Caseificio dell'Emilia

Strada Lesignana 130

Cancellation Policy

For a full refund, cancel at least 24 hours before the scheduled departure time.

Customer Ratings

4.6

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Fei_h

Jan 11, 2026

Enjoyable informative experience for families - We had a wonderful experience learning about parmasen cheese production at an organic factory. Lovely to see the cows and to see the many many wheels of parmasen, including those that get rejected. Learnt so much. We also visited a balsamic vinegar producer that kept to the traditional ways. Great to see the storage and sample vinegars with different foods too. Finally a visit to an organic winery with lunch was the perfect ending to the day. Our driver Francesco was lovely and we never felt rushed. We travelled with our kids 7, 11yo and they loved asking questions and the tour guides were great with them. Highly recommend!

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Rickw4s

Nov 11, 2025

Enjoyed and learned a lot - Good experience. Learned a lot about how Parmesan is made. I now understand some (but not enough) about how Balsamic vinegar is made. Tastes were helpful (although wish they were slightly larger helpings would have been useful. But those are nitpicks. Good tour.

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Marna_m

Aug 19, 2025

Great experience - This was the highlight of our trip to Italy. Our driver Francesco was friendly and helpful. Our tour guides at all three locations were great and lunch was delicious with plenty of wine!

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Michael_b

Dec 7, 2024

To Do IT ! Great... - To Do IT ! Great Experience ! The stops the tour provided were fabulous. The Parmesan Cheese Factory was sensational. The Winery tour was very interesting The BEST was the Balsamic Factory tour which included lunch...Bravissimo!

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Michael_h

Oct 3, 2024

Excellent excursion around Modena - Really enjoyable experience that took us all over Modena. Expensive but worth it. The guide at the balsamic factory was particularly engaging and friendly.

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Northstar42163950057

Oct 11, 2023

Fun and comfortable - The Giacobazzi tour and tasting were excellent. The vehicle was a comfortable size for us 4 brothers.

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Dawn_d

Oct 1, 2023

Fun time - Great trip to see how parmesan cheese and balsamic vinegar is made. The wine tasting was great as well.

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Deborah_j

Aug 28, 2025

Amazing day in the food valley region of Modena - It was so much fun. Each stop offered more than expected. Everyone we encountered was friendly, enthusiastic and passionate about sharing their knowledge with us. From our driver Francesco to Flower at the dairy farm and Julia at the winery, we could not have felt more welcome. Our host at the balsamic vinegar stop was also amazing but his name escapes me at the moment. The lunch he served was outstanding and he was an incredibly kind and gracious host. I would definitely recommend this tour

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Luisa

Oct 11, 2024

Worth a try - The tour was nice esp. the time at the Parmigiano factory. The facilitators at all events were very friendly and accommodating. They were serious about their product and its quality. Nice to know there are people who still value quality over quantity. Tour was also educational.

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Allison_f

Oct 14, 2023

Overpriced tour with rude driver - We had a rocky start to our tour when we could not find our driver. I called the contact number given several times and received no response. Finally at 8:20 (our pickup was scheduled for 8:00) our driver calls very angry and we were able to find each other. He did not speak English and used a translator app to scold us for being late (even though we were not) and insisted we booked as a group of two people even though I showed him our reservation confirmation stating we were a group of 3. I should also add that we booked several private tours during our time in Italy and all other drivers entered our hotel to pick us up with no issue. He drove very aggressively and stopped to get gas even though he kept on saying we were late. We ended up going to a different dairy farm because we were late. It was a nice tour and then we resumed our original tour and continued to the wine shop. We arrived at our next destination on time but everyone else was late so we had to wait around for them for 20 minutes which seemed odd since us being late for the first portion caused our tour to change. The woman at the wine shop was very nice and knowledgeable but kept on having to stop midway during the tour to tend to customers. Our favorite part was our last stop which was the balsamic tasting and lunch. Overall this tour was very overpriced, the driver was very rude and it was not well organized.

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From $287

up to 10 guests

1 - Adult