Best of · DRINKING TOURS
Cheese does not need a whole holiday, it needs one good morning. These 15 drink and cheese tours are the ones that repay it, priced and timed.
Taste six Portuguese wines with local cheese and charcuterie while learning about Portugal’s regions, traditions, and tasting techniques in Lisbon.
“This was a great introduction to the wine regions of Portugal, and the surroundings, charcuterie, and company were great! The wines were also very good. I highly recommend this experience!”
Review of Amsterdam’s small-group evening canal cruise with wine, craft beer, cheese, city lights, and practical booking advice.
“Really intimate and beautiful. We did a canal boat ride during the day and the this one at night highlighted very different things which was great. Claas was a great host. The cheese was freaking amazing.”
Explore Hunter Valley wineries, spirits, cheese, chocolate, and craft beer on an 8-hour small-group tour with transport included.
“Great variety of Hunter Valleys wineries, distilleries and breweries. Grant was really friendly and punctual throughout the tour, would definitely recommend!”
Taste six Belgian beers with cheese in Bruges, learn brewing traditions, and enjoy a relaxed 90-minute evening at Bauhaus Bar.
“The beer tasting was a blast. Great selections, fun conversations, and we walked away knowing a lot more about beer! We weren't even huge beer fans going in, but the host picked such great beers that we would absolutely order them again.”
Taste 10 Dutch cheeses with wine or beer in central Amsterdam, learn the Henri Willig story, and save 10% on shop purchases.
“Great tasting and our tour guide was the grandson of the founder. The venue was super clean and easy to find.”
Taste Pheasant Farm wines, enjoy Maggie Beer's cheese platter by the dam, and browse the famous farmshop in a relaxed 45-minute visit.
“Liked friendly and knowledgeable staff. Surroundings are lovely and calming to sit for lunch Nothing to dislike.”
Taste Sardinian craft beer with aged cheeses, olives, and local bread in a private one-hour tasting near Cagliari.
“Super interesting activity! Just one warning: this experience is outside the city center and will require a car or expensive taxi. I tried the public transit route and due to a strike by bus workers (apparently quite common) got stranded trying to come back.”
Taste six Belgian beers with cheese and salami in Bruges, while a local guide explains brewing traditions, styles, and tasting tips.
“Really excellent guide - really informative about the beers we tried and a carefully curated selection. The cheese and salami, olives and melon were a lovely picky treat. I definitely recommend- you will not be disappointed.”
Review of Hahndorf’s small-group day trip from Adelaide, with Mount Lofty views, cheese, chocolate, lunch, wine, beer, and farm shopping.
“Awesome experience. 100% recommend!!! Would do again, lovely sums it up”
Review of Prague’s Czech garnet and goat farm tour, with 4x4 scenery, volcanic peaks, lunch, beer, and a mystery castle.
“Great trip! We saw places we would not see. The guide was awesome. We had a blast!”
Taste five Dutch craft beers with cheese, sausage, and local stories at Amsterdam’s ClinkNOORD, a relaxed one-hour tasting for beer lovers.
“Our guide arrived a couple of minutes after the event was supposed to start and she never really recovered. (apparently her bus was late, it happens) We tasted several good beers and had some nice snacks - but four of the five beers were from the same brewery and the guide didn't do much beyond serving us and reading the labels. She also didn't do anything to encourage the attendees to chat and mingle. The location was also odd - the basement cafeteria of a youth hostel - not a bad space exactly but it certainly didn't make you want to linger. Also wasn't ideal that the hostel folks were…”
Review of Amsterdam’s one-hour mystery craft beer tasting, with five Dutch beers, cheese, sausage, nuts, and a lively guide.
“Amazing tasting with local beers which the guide (Walther) also makes him self in his own brewery! How unique is that!! Best beer experience so far, Walther also has a brewery tour which i definitely want to try out next. All in all lovely experience, amazing beer and even better company to try it with! 10 out of 10 would recommend to do with friends or your partner when in Amsterdam!!!!”
Taste five Greek beers with local cheeses in Athens, learn brewing basics, and enjoy a relaxed evening near the Acropolis.
“Very educational. I thought I had a good knowledge of beer but turns out I knew very little. The guide was very helpful in pointing out the gaps and help me learn.”
Taste Tuscan cheeses, cured meats, artisan bread, and organic wines, bubbles, or craft beer in Florence’s Oltrarno district.
“Wine was great! Owners talked us thru the cheese, meats and wine. Busy place! People were.coming in for wine tasting and cooking classes.”
Taste Grunthal gin, beer, Hesketh wine, and five local cheeses in Hahndorf, then relax with food and river views.
“Yeah was alright. Thought it was going to be a little more higher end but it’s kinda like a family friendly kinda place. Great if you want to go with the family.”
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