Craft Breweries of Piedmont & Lombardy

Italy has always been known for incredible wine and food, but for beer? Not so much, until now. There is country-wide interest in craft beers and home-brewing and the northwest – Piedmont and Lombardy, specifically – has emerged as the hub of Italy’s beer culture. Brewers here use both local and imported products to flavor their beers – chestnuts, local grapes, Venezuelan cocoa beans, and other exotic products all contribute to some amazing artisanal beers. Our week-long tour will be all about the beer, the people behind the beer, and the food that goes with the beer.

We’ll arrive in Milan and have one day to decompress with a tour and tasting at local brewery Birrificio Lambrate, one of the first craft breweries in Italy and a remarkably fun place.

Afterward, we will leave Milan and spend a six days exploring the beer culture in Piedmont, accompanied by Paolo Ferrero, a local food expert and cookbook author. Our itinerary includes:

• Tours, tasting and beer-paired lunches and dinners at several of the regions most well-known craft breweries
• A special tasting of cheese at Piedmont’s cheesemaker Arbiora, with beer pairings of course
• A bit of sightseeing, here and there, and a few stops for espresso in between
• Explorations of the beer and food scene in Torino, Piedmont’s capital. We will have our final two dinners in the city of Torino.

The tour will end in Torino, an easy spot from which to get to your next destination.

The breweries we will visit will include:¹

• Birrificio Montegioco
• Birrificio Citabiunda
• Birrificio Torino
• Le Baladin
• Birrificio Grado Plato.

What’s included:

• Seven nights’ accommodation
• Seven breakfasts, five lunches, seven dinners
• All entry fees and tasting fees
• Transport from Milan to Torino and everything in between.

What's not included:

• Airfare
• Transfer into Milan on the first day
• Transfer out of Torino on the last day
• Wines and other beverages that are not host ordered
• Travel insurance.

^*Price per person $2995 based upon double occupancy. See Upcoming Tours for our next available tour dates.

To reserve your spot, e-mail Bookings@GrapeHops.com or mail deposit of $500 to GrapeHops PO Box 893 Milltown NJ 08850.

^*2011 prices. Subject to change.

¹These breweries are on our current itinerary, but are subject to change