Azienda Agricola San Quirico — Attraction in San Gimignano

This was a memorable experience for all the wrong reasons. We arrived on a Saturday and were not greeted with a smile or a welcome. We tried our best at the little Italian that we know, and were responded to with the word 'English'. After a awkward entrance, we then entered inside the winery where we received no information on the tasting or prices. We went for the tasting of 3 red wines for 10€ per person. We received no information on any of the wines without us asking questions, to which the answers were all very bland and not with any interest of providing us with more information. We sat in awkward silence as we drank 3 incredibly acidic (and in our preference, bad) wines. No tour or information about any of the vineyard or winemaking procedures. We left feeling that we wasted 20€ for 2 people. Would...

Raffaella gave us an excellent experience today!! We first looked at the vines and grapes. Then we went inside to see how they make the wine and bottle it. Along the way, she shared with us an amazingly high level of information, at each step. There were definitely many new things that we learned! Then, after we went through these processes, we entered the tasting room, to begin tasting. She expertly explained about each wine, from the first through the last. We have been to many, many wineries & this clearly was our best wine tasting experience, all due...

Booking the tour was very easy via the website. The friendly, english speaking hostess showed us around the buildings, explained the wine making process and pointed out the vineyards and which grapes are grown. Then we tasted 2 white and 2 red wines which came with some bread, chease and salami to pair with the wines. The Vernaccia Riserva 'Isabella' and Chianti Colle Senesi were our favorites. The wines are very tasty and affordable, We left again after one hour with a couple of bottles and some olive oil. Recommended if you like an informal /...