Quick Details
Adult & Children
Ages 11+
€ 160.82
Children
05-10 years old
€ 80.94
About This Cooking Class
A hands-on cooking class exploring the history of wheat, flour, and pasta—starting with a historic winery visit, fresh milling, and ending with a wine-paired tasting. A premium morning or afternoon experience in the Tuscan countryside.
Is wheat a seed or a fruit? Why does commercial dry pasta often taste bland? What’s the difference between ancient and modern grains?
This experience is built for curious travelers who want real answers—and real flavor—through a practical, delicious class.
You’ll uncover:
- Ancient vs modern grains (and why it matters)
- Flour quality: what to look for and what to avoid
- Gluten: what it is (and what it isn’t)
- The craft behind pasta with real texture and taste
This experience begins with a guided introduction to a historic winery setting, then moves into a full hands-on workshop.
What you’ll do
- Start with a short tour of a historic winery
- Learn the truth about wheat, flour, gluten, and ancient vs modern grains
- Mill fresh wheat and understand what makes flour “good” or “bad”
- Make three types of traditional pasta with your own hands
- Enjoy seasonal farm snacks before class, paired with wine
- Finish with a tasting paired with our wines
What happens during the experience
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Meet & greet + seasonal farm snacks with wine
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Milling session: fresh wheat milling and flour tasting/analysis
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Cooking class: make 3 traditional pasta styles
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Final tasting: enjoy your pasta with a wine-paired tasting
What’s included
- Historic winery tour (intro)
- Seasonal farm snacks + wine before class
- Wheat milling session + flour learning
- Hands-on cooking class (3 pasta types)
- Seated tasting paired with wines
Transportation
- Not included
Meeting point
- After booking we will send all the details of the farm, location (meeting point) and contact.
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Q1: How long does the experience last?
A: The full experience lasts about 4 hours, including the winery intro, milling, pasta making, and the wine-paired tasting.Q2: Do I need cooking experience?
A: Not at all. The class is designed for beginners and food lovers—everything is guided step by step.Q3: What will we cook?
A: You’ll make three traditional pasta types, using freshly milled wheat and hands-on techniques.Q4: Is this experience suitable for kids?
A: Yes. Children aged 5–10 are welcome with a dedicated price.Q5: Can you adjust the schedule?
A: Yes. Arrival and departure times can be adapted to your preferences and the season.Q6: What about gluten intolerance?
A: This class explains gluten and flour in detail. However, the experience involves wheat and flour in the environment—please contact us in advance to discuss sensitivity levels.
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We experienced the cooking class with Mauro and it was truly one of the highlights of our trip to Tuscany. Mauro is extremely knowledgeable and inviting, and clearly very passionate about everything he does. He gave us a super interesting tour through his mill, showed us where he stores his grapes, and explained his process of producing wheat. We then had a cooking class which was both so fun and charming as well as enlightening. Mauro, also an excellent chef, then cooked the pasta we made with three different sauces, all of which were delicious and better than the last, and all served with their estate grown wine. We sat outside and enjoyed the beautiful Autumn views and took it all in. Truly so special and magical. I can’t speak highly enough about Mauro or this experience. We bought wine and pasta after to take home with us and would recommend this to everyone. A day we’ll be talking about for a long time to come. Thank you Mauro!!
– July 09, 2025 – Verified booking
We didn’t stay here but did a winery tour one day and took a cooking class on a different day. If you don’t do anything else while in this region you must take the cooking class. It was truly phenomenal! Not only did we enjoy learning about the farm-growing grapes, olives, wheat- but our host Mauro was was so welcoming! The food, wine and olive oil were all magnificent! Words can’t describe how absolutely perfect our day was!
– August 22, 2025 – Verified booking
Mauro was an amazing host! We loved touring the winery and wine tasting during our cooking class. We had such a fun time and hope to come back someday soon! Our best meal in all of Italy! 10/10 recommend this experience!!!
– September 20, 2025 – Verified bookingShare your experience
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