Wine Tasting FirenzeHistoric Cellar Wine Tasting in Florence
A vaulted cellar opposite the Mercato Centrale, three or seven Tuscan wines and an hour of your day — this is the shortest wine tasting compared on this site, and the only one that needs no vehicle at all. My Green Tour runs it for $86.88 per adult, with bruschetta, pecorino, cacio, salami and prosciutto poured alongside the wines and a specialist working the table through what changes between the glasses. It holds 4.6 from 31 reviews. As wine tasting Florence city centre goes, this is the least demanding version of it — see how it sits against every wine tasting in Florence we compare.
About This Tasting
A vaulted cellar in front of the Mercato Centrale, San Lorenzo
1 hour
Three or seven glasses, your choice at booking
Bruschetta, pecorino, cacio, salami and prosciutto
4.6 from 31 reviews on GetYourGuide
$86.88 per adult, read in August 2026
Listing at a Glance
The same fields appear on every tasting page here, read from the operator's own GetYourGuide listing in August 2026. Prices, availability and terms are set by the operator and confirmed at checkout.
- Tour name Florence Wine &Food: Taste Tuscan Flavors in Historic Cellar
- Operator My Green Tour srl
- Booking platform GetYourGuide
- Product ID 495832
- Starting price $86.88 USD per adult
- Price last checked August 2026
- Rating 4.6 out of 5
- Review count 31 reviews
- Review source GetYourGuide verified bookings
- Duration 1 hour
- Where it goes Florence, San Lorenzo
- Departure times Several starts daily; check availability for times
- Tastings One seated tasting, 3 or 7 glasses
- Wines poured 3 or 7 glasses
- Food included Bruschetta, pecorino, cacio, salami and prosciutto with the wines
- Extras Wine shipping offered at the end, optional
- Transport None — the tasting is in central Florence
- Pickup / meeting point No pickup — you go to the cellar; the meeting address depends on the option booked
- Expected return One hour after the start time
- Group size Small group; the listing also sells a private option
- Guide language English, Italian
- Minimum age None stated; alcohol is served, so under-18s are at the host's discretion
- Difficulty None — seated indoors
- Wheelchair access None stated
- Tips Not mentioned on the listing
- Cancellation Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start time
- Reserve now, pay later Yes — no payment at booking
- Weather Indoors, so weather changes nothing
- Good to know A wine shipment is offered at the end; buying is optional and reviewers mention it
- Closest alternative here Wine windows walk
Check Dates and Availability
Live dates and prices from GetYourGuide. Free cancellation up to 24 hours before the start.
Quick answer One hour, two pour sizes, and the reason it costs more than a Chianti half-day
The historic cellar tasting is a seated hour in a vaulted room in front of the Mercato Centrale, in the San Lorenzo quarter of Florence. You choose three glasses or seven; both come with Tuscan food — bruschetta, pecorino, cacio, salami, prosciutto — and a wine specialist explains the region, the grape varieties and what to notice as the glasses progress. Nothing about the tasting leaves the city, so the hour it takes is the whole cost in time. The listed price is $86.88 per adult, and the meeting address depends on which of the two options you book.
Key takeaways
- The seven-glass option is the reason to book this rather than a wine bar — it is a structured flight, not a pour
- No transport, no pickup, no countryside: the Chianti half-days are the opposite trade
- $86.88 buys an hour, which is more per glass than the coach trips — you are paying for the room and the attention
- Reviewers mention the wine shipment offered at the end; it is optional and nobody is obliged
- Rated 4.6 from 31 reviews — a small sample, so read the free-cancellation window as part of the deal
What Is Actually in the Glasses
Three or seven, and why the choice matters
The two options are not the same experience at different lengths. Three glasses is an introduction: a comparison you can hold in your head, usually spanning the styles Tuscany is known for. Seven is a flight, and it is where the hour earns its price — enough glasses to put an Annata beside a Riserva and taste what two extra years of maturation do to the same grape.
The listing does not publish a fixed wine list, which is normal for a cellar pouring what it has open. If a specific appellation matters to you — a Gran Selezione, a Vin Santo — ask at the start rather than hoping. What is guaranteed is that everything poured is Tuscan and that someone talks you through it.
If the label language is unfamiliar, the three tiers of Chianti Classico are worth two minutes before you sit down: 12 months, 24 months and 30 months of maturation, and a 90% Sangiovese minimum on the top tier.
The food is not a garnish
Bruschetta, pecorino, cacio, salami and prosciutto come with the wine, and this is the practical reason a tasting beats a wine bar for a first evening: seven glasses on an empty stomach in a Florentine August is a bad plan, and the plates are timed to the pours.
It is not dinner. Think of it as the aperitivo that lets you eat later, which is how Florence eats anyway — kitchens are busy from eight.
Who This Suits, and Who Should Book Something Else
Book it if the clock is the problem
Two nights in Florence and a museum list is the classic case. A Chianti half-day costs five to six and a half hours; this costs one, and it can sit between the Accademia and dinner without rearranging anything.
It also suits a first evening. Arriving travellers are rarely up for a coach at eight the next morning, and an hour on foot from most of the centre is a gentler introduction to Sangiovese than a bus.
Book something else if you want to see where wine is made
Nothing here is a vineyard. There are no rows of vines, no cellar master, no view over the hills — the room is historic and the wine is real, but the estate is somewhere else.
If that is the point of the trip, the 4.5-hour small-group trip to two estates is the shortest version of the real thing, and the wine-windows walk is the other city option, which trades the seated flight for the streets.
What Travellers Say
Short excerpts from verified GetYourGuide reviews of this listing, with the month they were left.
The wines were round, lively, great. Our server was just fantastic.
All our questions were answered and we learned so much. Excellent value for the money.
Questions About This Tasting
How many wines are poured on this tasting?
Three or seven, depending on the option you book — the seven-glass version is the full flight and the reason to choose this over a wine bar. Both come with the same Tuscan food.
Where exactly does the historic cellar tasting meet?
In a vaulted cellar in front of the Mercato Centrale in San Lorenzo. The listing states the meeting point varies with the option booked, so the exact address arrives with your confirmation.
Is food included, or should I eat first?
Included: bruschetta, pecorino, cacio, salami and prosciutto, served alongside the pours. It is not a meal — treat it as the aperitivo before a late Florentine dinner.
Is there any pressure to buy wine afterwards?
The listing offers shipping and reviewers mention arranging a case, but it is optional. Nobody has to buy anything to enjoy the hour.
Does this tasting suit someone who does not drink much?
Yes — take the three-glass option. Seven small pours still add up, and this is a seated tasting where nobody is counting how much of each glass you finish.
Page last reviewed August 2026. Price, rating and review count read from the listing on August 2026. Prices, availability and terms are set by the operator and confirmed at checkout.
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