Is Chianti Wine Country Day-Trip worth it as a couple?
Worth itAs a couple
As a couple, Chianti Wine Country Day-Trip works.
The romance is real — cypress ridgelines, long cellar lunches, golden September light — but the day lives or dies on which cellars you choose, not on 'going to Chianti.' Aim for the Chianti Classico heart between Greve, Panzano and Castellina, and steer toward small family estates that take guests by appointment rather than the bus-coach tasting barns. Build the day around Panzano's Antica Macelleria Cecchini — Dario Cecchini's near-theatrical butcher shop and meat lunch — and two appointment-only family wineries, and it becomes the best day out from Florence. Book the cellars, not just the region.