Wine was consumed in Etruria during banquets and funerary celebrations, and there are numerous testimonies about the methods and types of containers used.
The route unfolds between the archaeological evidence to discover the ancient tradition, and the vineyards and wine cellars that today produce wines of excellent quality, in the area's thousand-year-old tradition.
From the National Etruscan Museum of Tarquinia, whose collection preserves numerous objects related to the storage and transport of wine, its use and consumption, to the Leopardi tomb, to the Monterozzi necropolis, with scenes of a banquet, in which the game of kottabos is also recounted, which consisted of a competition between diners in throwing the last drops of wine from a cup towards a saucer placed at the top of a pole.
There will be two stops at prestigious local wineries for a visit to a vineyard and cellar led by an oenologist and tastings of DOC wines, including Giacchè, an excellent wine made from an indigenous grape variety.