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Wine Tour with Lunch in the Vineyard

from €145.00

A memorable tour for wine lovers! You’ll learn about Madeira unique terroir and winemaking processes combined with a sensory experience around wine tasting.

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  • Group Size Small Group
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All about the Wine Tour with Lunch in the Vineyard.

Join us and enjoy this wonderful full-day winery experience in incredible scenery. We will first take you to Madeira’s most important vine extension, where we plant the vineyard traditionally in a “Latada” (trellised vine) system. Here, we will visit two different wine producers and combine modernity with tradition: Madeira fortified wine and Madeira table wine. We will take you through the entire winemaking, including the history of the ageing process that made Madeira fortified wines so famous. Both visits end with a tasting of their wines. Our last stop will be São Vicente, the iconic village in the northern part of the island. We will visit the vineyards to understand how environmental factors such as soil, microclimate, and farming methods affect the character of Madeira wine. Afterwards, we will welcome you to experience our exquisite cuisine while enjoying the beauty of the vineyards. The 3-course lunch includes an aperitif and digestive. During this tour, you will discover Madeira wines and the Demarcated Region of Madeira and taste Madeira’s famous fortified wines, white, red and rose table wines, and local rum. Please note: since this booking requires confirmation, you do not need to pay at checkout. Reserve your seat now, and if we reach 4 adults paying, we will send an email 24 hours before the tour.

 

Please consult our FAQs section, where we have the answers to some of the most frequently asked questions.

The tour package inclusions and exclusions at a glance
What is included in this tour?Items that are included in the cost of tour price.
  • Professional and passionate Guide
  • All Taxes, Fees and Handling Charges
  • Hotel pick-up and drop-off in Funchal
  • Fully Air-Conditioned Vehicle

 

The Food and Drinks:

  • 4 Fortified Madeira Wine tasting
  • 8 Madeira table wine
  • 3-course meal
  • Aperitif
  • Digestive
What is not included in this tour?Items that are not included in the cost of tour price.
  • Hotel Pick-up and Drop-Off outside Funchal
  • Gratuities (optional)
  1. Meeting-point (Departure time) 09:00 - 09:30

    A member of our staff will pick you up at the indicated place and will be required to validate your voucher identification (You can present either a paper or an electronic voucher for this activity). The tour will begin when we finish collecting all tour members.

  2. When Thursday

    Year-round, except on holidays and Sundays.

     

     

  3. Duration 8 hours

    Tour starts at 9:00 and finishes around 17:00

  4. Departure Point and Time Confirmed by email

    You will receive an email with location details and a map.

    If you are staying in Funchal: you will be picked up at your hotel, Just email us informing us of the name of your hotel.

    IF NOT, the meeting point will be by the bus stop in front of the cable car station located in the historic centre, in Avenida do Mar, at 9:30 on Thursday.

  5. Requirements Punctuality

    Please, arrive 10 minutes earlier.

  6. Venues Destination

    São Vicente Vineyard, Calheta Vineyard Hotel and Rural property in Funchal.

  7. What do you need to bring? Don’t forget

    We recommend bringing a bottle of water and wearing comfortable shoes. Please bring curiosity and an appetite—You will get plenty of high-quality food to try and local drinks to sample. Also, bring a bag if you’d like to buy goodies to take home!

     

  8. Our expertise Why us?

    It’s easy to book. Our staff are qualified. We take you to various sites we know you will want to explore. Our fundamental principles are the comfort, safety, and flexibility of both our guests and personnel.

  9. Good to know Activity level

    The tour combines driving, stopping to visit the properties and sitting down to try lovely food and drink.

    There isn’t too much walking involved. The pace is leisurely.

    We adapted the tour to the current COVID-19 safety measures. We must use masks when appropriate, and every establishment we visit has a hand sanitiser.

  10. Hotel Drop-off (Return time) 17:00
  11. Please Note The order of the itinerary as shown above may be subject to change and/ or affected by local conditions.

Our vehicle will have a clear card (a banner) with the company logo on the windscreen and, in case of being a group, the name of the group printed on it.

Our Tourist Guide will also have a list with the passenger’s name.

Your confirmation email will have the exact meeting point details along with a map, and emergency phone number.

 

Yes, we offer child-friendly options for children. All alcoholic drinks will be replaced by fruit juices, local sodas or water and the food prepared specially for them.

In Portugal, it is forbidden to sell alcoholic drinks for persons under the age of 18.

 

This tour is not recommended for people with reduced mobility.

For other tours, it depends on the degree of difficulty, and an adult guardian must always accompany them.

On the Madeira Food Tour, we can accommodate wheelchairs. There is a small step into the biscuit shop, but we can manage it. The other venues are accessible, or else we have a table outside.

Please email us, and we will be happy to tell you if we can accommodate you.

If you have any dietary requirements, let us know in advance, and we will do our utmost to get all the chefs and venues to accommodate you.

We are flexible to cater for dietary restrictions and preferences, allergies and food intolerance.

Yes. If you have any specific allergies/intolerance, please indicate these in the Booking Notes section when booking, or fill in the contact form below, and we will do our best to accommodate your requirements.

Yes, private tours are available for all tours listed on our site. Please, get in touch for any further information about any listed tours.

Besides our tours for mainland travellers, we also offer great value options for people who travel by cruise ships. You can chose one of existing tours or create your own customised itinerary. Get in touch to arrange your tour!

Food & Wine full-day tours:

We will pick you up and drop you off at any hotel in Funchal and Caniço. For hotels outside Funchal, the meeting point will be in Funchal.

Food & Wine half-day tours:

The meeting point and end of the tours are in Funchal city centre. In this case, we will not do pick-ups or drop-offs.

Yes. Our tours run every day, but there are limits on some special dates. Our Madeira Food tour and Walking City Tour do not run on public holidays. This is because the market and some businesses do not open these days. If possible, we will try to arrange another day of touring in the same week.

Any of our private tours can be customised to suit your preferences. Please get in touch to let us know what you would like to see and do, and we will do our best to arrange it.

No, we offer tours in Portuguese, English and French. Additionally, we offer tours in German, but it is convenient to inform in advance for availability.

Please get in touch as soon as you become aware you may be unable to make your tour so we can try to accommodate you. If you are unable to make your reserved tour and we have spaces on the tour for the following day we will happily change your booking free of charge. Please see our Policy for further details.

If you need to change or cancel a booking or amend your details, email or give us a call.

One of the great things about Lux Madeira is that we have no minimum requirements for our tour to run, so we will still go ahead if just one person has booked. The size depends on the number of bookings, but you can always choose to upgrade to a private tour.

The recommended size for our Food & Wine Tours: 1 up to 10 participants.

We will make every effort to try to re-schedule your tour if you are unable to make it. In the instance you wish to cancel your tour all together, please see our Cancellation Policy for details on refunds

Prices for all our shared services are quoted per person, except in the case of our private services

If you are happy with the service you receive, it’s customary to tip your driver and Tourist guide. This is entirely at your discretion.

Madeira weather in coastal areas is temperate and mild with no great extremes-although the temperature can drop the higher you go on the island so, whatever time of year you visit, be sure to bring warm clothes when visiting the mountains. Obviously, rainfall is higher in the winter and you’ll probably need to pack a rain coat or umbrella. Madeira’s average temperatures range from 18C in winter to 25C in summer, with sea temperatures being nearly the same due to a warm Gulf Stream that surrounds the Island all year round, 18C to 22C. Madeira island holidays are the ideal getaway all year round!

The dress code for our tours is comfortable and casual. Dressing in layers gives more comfort as you can shed and add items when the climate varies. Consider packing.

  • Comfortable walking shoes
  • An all-weather coat 
  • Comfortable clothing.

Tours operate rain or shine, but in the case of inclement weather, your Tourist Guide will modify the tour so more time is spent indoors. It never hurts to have an umbrella on hand.

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