The 8 Wine Tastings Worldwide Worth the Detour

1.Montserrat & Cogwheel Train, Gourmet Wine Tasting & Tapas/Lunch

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 6,290 reviews · 7 to 8 hours (approx.) · from $81Our pick

Ride the cogwheel train to Montserrat, visit its basilica, then enjoy Catalan wine, tapas, or lunch at a castle winery.

“We had an absolutely fantastic experience on this tour. Our tour guide, Judit, was AMAZING!! She was a wealth of knowledge, history, positive energy, helpfulness and humor. We had a day filled with fun and memories of the beautiful country of Spain.”

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2.City Train Tour, River Cruise & Wine Cellar

★★★★★★★★★★3.9 · 2,601 reviews · 3 hours · from $43

Review of Porto’s train, port cellar, and Douro cruise, with practical timing tips, value advice, highlights, drawbacks, and booking guidance.

“The activities were very fun and diverse; I would definitely recommend this experience to get a good taste of Porto! :)”

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3.Magic Train Tour and Port Wine Cellar with Tastings

★★★★★★★★★★3.9 · 730 reviews · 2 hours · from $24Best value

Review of Porto’s Magic Train Tour, including city sights, Real Companhia Velha cellar visit, two Port tastings, price, tips, and drawbacks.

“Excellent I can highly recommend, will be doing it again certainly”

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4.Montserrat with Winery, Lunch, and Train Options

★★★★★★★★★★4.8 · 525 reviews · 5 - 9 hours · from $63

Review of Barcelona’s Montserrat tour with monastery, cogwheel train, Catalan lunch, winery, wine tasting, and practical booking tips.

“Michaela was awesome and we really enjoyed her sharing and hospitality. The winery had really good wines too - only wish we did the lunch!”

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5.Pompeii Tour with Wine and Lunch by High Speed Train

★★★★★★★★★★4.8 · 485 reviews · from $239

Review of Rome’s Pompeii day trip by high-speed train, with guided ruins, vineyard lunch, four wines, practical tips, and honest value advice.

“everything went extremely well, our tour guides, Valentino and Ida, were superb and dealt with a transportation issue superbly. I would give them 5 out of 5.”

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6.Tuscany Comfort Day Tour from Rome with Wine & Lunch

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 313 reviews · 12 hours (approx.) · from $349

Review of the Rome to Florence and Tuscany day tour with high-speed rail, family winery lunch, wine tasting, and San Gimignano.

“This was our first trip to Italy - the winery was great with picturesque views, the tours of Florence and San Gimignano were lovely and the highlight of the tour was our guide Antonio. He was extremely knowledgable and answered all our questions. It was the perfect trip and we would highly recommend!”

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7.Douro Experience – Boat and Train Ride – Lunch and Wine Tasting – All Included

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 141 reviews · 6 to 8 hours (approx.) · from $175

Explore the Douro Valley by minibus, train, and boat with wine tasting and lunch, plus Porto pickup and a scenic day in Portugal.

“Excellent tour. Learned a lot would have preferred not to have. 45 min coffee break in midst of 3 hour tourn”

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8.Régua: Wine tasting at a Quinta, traditional lunch, cruise, and train ride

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 79 reviews

Taste Douro wines, enjoy a farm lunch, cruise from Régua to Pinhão, and return by train on this full-day valley tour.

“If you are looking for a tour from Regua, this is your answer. This was a fantastic tour. We were looking for a tour that left from Regua where we were staying, and could only find them leaving from Porto. Then we found this. It was an intimate tour with only 8 people. The tasting at Quinta dos Mattos was really great. They gave us more tasting than advertised and the surprise was a 40 year Tawny Port that was amazing. The lunch that followed at Quinta Da Laceira in Guiaes, Vila Real, was also really good with three course meal and two more wines. Following lunch we had a…”

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