Florence Food & Wine Tour: Tuscan Specialties & Wine Windows

Cross the Arno as the light turns gold and step into Oltrarno, the side of Florence locals kept mostly to themselves and follow the same aperitivo-to-dinner route locals have used for generations.

Visit a centuries-old fiaschetteria for local wine, a centuries-old wine window, one of the few in Florence still poured through exactly as it was during outbreaks of plague. Then a neighbourhood deli run by a man who's crowned himself King of Cheese, doling out his best pecorino and Parmigiano.

A proper Negroni lesson inside a historic wine shop, a slow-braised stew alongside a glass of classic Tuscan wine. Finish with gelato at the spot Florentines themselves voted their favourite.

6-7 stops and a small group, so nothing about the evening feels rushed.