Pesto Class and Wine Tasting in Vernazza, Cinque Terre

4.8
(45 reviews)

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1 hour 30 minutes (approximately)
Offered in: English and 1 more

Learn how to prepare the most famous sauce in Liguria: PESTO!! We do everything by hand, with pestle and mortar, using only selected ingredients!

We will be in a typical cellar of the Cinque Terre, furnished with stone and wood, a dip in nineteenth-century Vernazza!

12:30 PEST CLASS
We will start with a wine tasting accompanied by focaccia, cheeses and extra virgin olive oils, prepare pesto in a mortar tasting the second wine, eat pesto gnocchi in a mortar with a third wine and finish with limoncino and chocolate!

15:00 OR 17:30 PESTO CLASS SNACK
We will start with a wine tasting, we will prepare pesto in a mortar tasting the second wine, we will eat pesto accompanied by focaccia, cheeses and extra virgin oils with a third wine and we will end with the shoe of bread in a mortar!

Example Menu

Starter

Tasting plate

Ligurian focaccia, bread, cheeses and oils

Main

Gnocchi with pesto

Served in a mortar

Dessert

Lemon and Chocolate

What's Included

Snacks
English and Italian speaking guide
Tips

Meeting and pickup

Meeting point

From the train station you have to head up the hill, Cinque Sensi is after only 20 meters on the left, in the Piazzetta dei Caduti, for any doubt contact us via whatsapp

End point
This activity ends back at the meeting point.

What to expect

We will learn how to make pesto with a mortar according to the ancient Ligurian tradition, we will taste 3 Cinque Terre wines and 3 extra virgin oils, accompanied by focaccia, and cheese, the pesto made by you will be used at 12.30 to season the gnocchi and we will end with limoncino and chocolate, while in the snack of 15 and 17:30 we will make a shoe with bread and focaccia!

Additional info

  • Infants and small children can ride in a pram or stroller
  • Public transportation options are available nearby
  • Infants are required to sit on an adult’s lap
  • Alcoholic beverages are reserved for those over 18 years of age. Minors may substitute with carbonated beverages.
Supplied by Vernazza Cinque Sensi

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