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Food and Wine Tours in Tuscany for vegetarians!

My husband and I are very interested in a food and wine tour in Tuscany. We are foodies and this would definitely be one of the highlights of our vacation. Here's the catch though... I am vegetarian and he is not! This will be a little tough for us, but I think we will manage and still have a great time.

Currently, I am looking into food and wine tours from WalkaboutFlorence. However, I noticed that they do not accommodate vegetarian diets.

Do you know of any food and wine tours that accommodate vegetarians? Thank you!

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I did the "Chianti Wine and Food Safari" with WalkaboutFlorence in July, 2015 and had a fabulous time. Wonderful wine at three vineyards, and delicious food at a restaurant in the Chianti countryside (where we were told "George and Amal dined here twice recently..."). AND: I am an ovo-lacto vegetarian! When I booked the tour, I made a note in the message that "I do not eat meat or poultry, but am sure that with the bread, cheese, and wine, I will be very happy!" Well, lo and behold, when our group arrived at lunch, I discovered that they DID make a special meal for me, and it was delicious! While I was surprised, the tour leader (who was delightful, magnificent!) said: "We just don't want to get besieged with lots of special requests for meals, but we do what we can, when we can..." So, I don't think that that was a promise to create a vegetarian meal for everyone who asks, but, you could gently inquire (say: "Jane from New Orleans told me of the wonderful veggie meal she had on your great tour this past summer...") and see what happens!
Another thought: Book a tour with ToursbyRoberto, in which you will likely go (as I did, 3 summers ago) to lunch at a carefully chosen great village restaurant, where Roberto will order food that the participants pay for, together. There was plenty of fabulous lacto-vegetarian food for me and my sister, at that meal. You could talk with Roberto beforehand about being sure that your palate will be happy with the offerings he plans...

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Jane,
Thank you so much for your kind response. I am also a lacto-ovo vegetarian, so this is great! I was looking at the same tour and was discouraged, because of the no veggie options, so I am very happy to see this! I'll make sure to be really nice to them when writing about my special request.

Again, I appreciate your response!

Have a wonderful evening

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sgandhi, glad to help! That's what so marvelous about this forum: people really helping people. I hope that you have a glorious and very delicious trip to perhaps my favorite "neighborhood" of the world!