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Montevideo: Full-Day Wine Tasting and Vineyard Tour

1. Montevideo: Full-Day Wine Tasting and Vineyard Tour

Enjoy an education experience, learning about the Tannat grape from a winery expert and guide. Discover the difference in winemaking styles from a small and big winery. Meet your guide and explore two wineries in the Montevideo area. Tour the cellars, and stroll the vineyards and you take in beautiful scenes and learn about the winemaking process. Perfect for honeymooners, couples, families, or wine lovers who want to learn about Uruguay and the wines of the region. As one of the smallest producers of wine in South America, these wines make a big impression, especially those of Tannat. Admire the big, bold, and robust wines, full of flavor and complexity.

Montevideo: 1.5-Hour Winery Visit with Tastings

2. Montevideo: 1.5-Hour Winery Visit with Tastings

In the past few decades, Uruguayan wine has emerged quietly and steadily onto the world wine market. Get to know the history of wine production in Uruguay and enjoy tasting 3 types of local wines with appetizers. Begin the tour with hotel pickup in Montevideo and travel 40 minutes in a comfortable, air-conditioned van to Winery Carrau. Admire the old colonial house and explore the beautiful surroundings on a 45-minute guided tour where you will learn about the family's winemaking tradition that stretches back more than 265 years. Following the tour, taste 3 different wines paired with appetizers. Next, browse the wine cellar where local wines are available at excellent prices. The total time of the excursion is 2.5 hours and at the end of the tour, hotel drop-off will be provided.

Montevideo: Tannat Wine Experience in Canelones

3. Montevideo: Tannat Wine Experience in Canelones

Escape Montevideo to sample fine wines in the countryside, and learn about the Uruguayan wine industry at a small family winery that is now more than a century old. Taste a variety of wines, including the Tannat grape. Located in the heart of the Canelones wine region, surrounded by lovely rural landscapes. On arrival, feel welcome by a winery expert, who will take you to the vineyards, cellar, and winery. Browse the grouns and ask your guide anything as you go. Enjoy this educational experience, perfect for meeting like minded travelers. Taste new and interesting wines with empanadas or cheeses, depending on the winery, in a fun and interactive experience.

Montevideo: Wine Tasting & Countryside Lunch Experience

4. Montevideo: Wine Tasting & Countryside Lunch Experience

Taste the wines of Uruguay on this trip to Montevideo. Tour a winery, join a tasting, then head to the vineyards to savor a lunch paired with wine. This is a fun day out making, perfect for making new friends with fellow wine and food lovers. If joining the tour in a group of four people or less, you'll be picked up in a private car and your tour will be private. If in a larger group of 5 or more people, you'll get a shared transfer in a van and your tour will also be shared. You will be picked up at your place of residence and get to see the best parts of Montevideo on route to the winery. Depending on availability, your guides will select the best winery to visit for the occasion. Most of the wineries that you can visit date back to the early 1900s, with most having at least 4 generations of history. Upon arrival at the winery, meet a winery guide who will take you through the vineyards, winery, and cellar so you can get an educational look at the winery and winemaking. The highlight of the day is a gourmet wine-paired lunch. Taste some delicious wines including Tannat, Uruguay's flagship grape, which can produce big, bold, robust wines.

Visit 2 Brew Houses in Montevideo!

5. Visit 2 Brew Houses in Montevideo!

After hotel pick–up, visit 2 breweries in Montevideo to sample very tasty artisanal beers in a fun environment. The purpose of this beer experience is to introduce you to Uruguayan craft beers, while you get to know best parts of Montevideo. Breweries tend to open in the evening, so your tour starts at 6:30pm and lasts up to 3.5 hours. Stop at each brewery for at least 1 hour to sample and enjoy your beers. Your guide will let you know when it's time to move onto the next brewery. After your adventure the driver will drop you off at your hotel in time for dinner. 

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What people are saying about Montevideo

Andres was an excellent guide on our wine tasting experience! He used to be in the wine business himself and was very knowledgeable about the industry. The food was excellent and we highly recommend the tour!

Our guide Migel was wonderful! Very informative and flexible. Such a pleasure. The wine and food were FANTASTIC. We had a great time!

Perfect winery, wonderful reception of owners, excellent wines and a superb lunch. It was a perfect and extremely pleasant day.

Our guide Atila was spectacular. The beers we had were delicious and the atmosphere was very pleasant! I recommend the tour.

It is a very traditional winery in Uruguay, the wines are very interesting and tasty.