EXPERIENCE FRASCATI WINE
Choose from our most beloved Food & Wine Tours in Frascati!
Discover all the best Frascati has to offer from its charming city center, beautiful views and vineyards, an historic family-run winery, and fresh local cuisine. This half-day tour from Rome will stimulate your senses and rejuvenate your spirit. Frascati is an easy 25 minute train ride from Rome and is part of the Castelli Romani or ‘Roman Castles’.
Tour the historic center of Frascati before learning how to make traditional Italian pizza with a Master Pizzaiolo! Prepare yourself for an immaculate feast with various local starters, traditional Roman pasta, you own pizza, all while you enjoy our three Frascati wines, followed by limoncello! Frascati is an easy 25 minute train ride from Rome where you can still find a ‘slice’ of authentic Italian life!
During the summer months, Frascati opens its traditional Wine Taverns called ‘Fraschette’ which serve Frascati wine by the liter. Have dinner in the piazza outside of the Fraschetta with jug wine and artisanal foods. Sip wine in the vineyard at sunset. Rome can get quite hot in the summer, but the weather is always a bit cooler and breezier in Frascati which is at an elevation of 1100 feet! Take the train from Rome and find the ‘real’ Italy you’ve been looking for!
Make Frascati the backdrop for your event! From team-building activities in the vineyard, to private winery tours for your wedding party, let us help you plan your dream day! We can organize transportation from Rome, tours in both Rome and Frascati and hotel packages at many of the beautiful 3 and 4 star hotels of Frascati or Rome.
TAKE A BREAK FROM ROME
Half-Day Food & Frascati Wine experiences in Roman Wine Country. Cooking Classes in the Frascati Historic Center.
AN ANCIENT TRADITION
Old Frascati Food & Wine brings you authentic Frascati culinary traditions and the wines of a small family-run winery in the heart of Frascati DOCG country. This winery’s mission is to elevate Frascati Superiore DOCG for the modern pallet while remembering the wine’s ancient origins. Frascati wine was the wine of the Ancient Romans. The vineyard is located in a gorgeous valley where winemaking artefacts dating back to 1000 B.C. have been discovered, all with spectacular views of Rome in the distance. The winery is run by the 6th and 7th generation of winemakers who can’t wait to share their winemaking tradition with you!
FARM TO TABLE
Things move at a slower pace in Frascati. Nowhere is this fact better represented than in the the way food is produced and prepared. Porchetta is cooked in a wood burning oven for over 8 hours. The olive oil is extra virgin and cold pressed. The pasta is all hand-made. Our wine is still made with ancient techniques first used by the Romans. Here, the local baker, winemaker, tavern owner, and restaurant owner all value organic and locally sourced products. Not because its trendy, but because it’s tradition!
OLD WORLD CHARM
The Ancient Town of Frascati sits on the rim of a dormant volcano. Its rich volcanic soil was much sought after by the Etruscans, Ancient Romans, the Vatican State and most recently by Romans on weekend get-aways. Wine has been produced in Frascati for thousands of years. Frascati wine is known as the ‘Golden Wine of the Romans’, the ‘Pope’s Wine’ and the white wine of Rome. Each stone building, cobblestone street, and ancient church tells the story of the centuries of people who have called Frascati home.
ABOUT US
Old Frascati Food & Wine is a cultural association based in Frascati, we work with local vintners, artisans, chefs, historians and sommeliers to show you the best that Frascati has to offer! We have several food and wine tours that we have created with our collaborators to give the perfect experience for visitors. We are all very passionate about our town’s heritage and love to share it with the world! Frascati is a unique town that has a rich tradition of farm to table cooking and winemaking. We bring you to the oldest family-run wineries in the region, a generations old family operated bakery, wonderful local restaurants, and a charming historic town in the Roman Countryside.
GUEST REVIEWS
This tour is about as good as it gets! A personal, not overly commercial and special tour. A perfect 25 minute train excursion to Frascati out of busy Rome. Lovely spending my day with the charming locals. The highlight of my latest Rome trip!
Timothy Clark
London, UK
I can’t recommend this tour enough! It’s a very enjoyable getaway from the hustle and bustle of Rome. Just a short train ride away but worlds away from the hectic city. I discovered amazing wines and amazing people in Frascati!
Elissa Martis
St. Petersburg, Florida
I’ve been to Rome a couple times and this stands out as one of the most authentic (and favorite) experiences so far. It’s very refreshing to get out of the city and into the countryside to experience a more laid back tour. Frascati is near Rome and has beautiful views and vineyards.
Jos Giezeman
Copenhagen, Denmark
EAT, EXPLORE AND EXPERIENCE
Experience the best of what our local community has to offer.
BOOK YOUR TOUR!
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We keep our groups to a 12 person maximum so book in advance and let us know if your dates are flexible.
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Our Classic Half-Day Wine Tour
MORNING
Our Classic Half-Day Wine Tour is available EVERYDAY year-round in the AM and includes lunch.
The cost for the AM tour is 65€ for adults and 40€ euro for kids under 16.
AFTERNOON
Our Sunset Wine Tour is available Tuesdays, Thursdays & Saturdays (April-October) and includes dinner.
The cost for the PM tour is 75€ for adults and 45€ euro fo kids under 16.
Pizza Making and Wine Tasting Tour
AFTERNOON
Our Pizza Making and Wine Tasting Tour is available TUESDAYS, THURSDAYS AND SATURDAYS in the PM and costs 65€ for adults and 40€ euro for kids under 16.
Paola’s Sensual Cooking Class
MORNING
Paola’s Sensual Cooking Class is available on Wednesday and Saturday in the AM and costs 75 euro per person. (Max 8 people per group).
I loved this tour!! Would really recommend, only a half hour “train ride from Rome it is easy to book and a great day trip from Rome. Dominique met the group at the train station so no worries about getting lost and you get an interesting tour around the town and plenty of great food and wine. What’s not to love!”
Our tour was fantastic and well organized from start to finish! We enjoyed learning about the history of the vineyard and tasting the beautiful wines. We also loved the experience of learning about Frascati and the culture within the town. I would highly recommend this tour to anyone.
Was a great experience of the beautiful small town of Fascati and the amazing Red, White & Dessert wine. Daniella was our tour leader & she was great. If traveling from Rome, take the public train it’s comfortable & clean! You can purchase the wine produced from this vineyard at the end of the tour, so take some extra cash because you will buy a bottle or two to take back for sure 🙂