Ukraine Wine Tasting & Winery Private Tour

Kate Dobromishev
11 min readJan 5, 2019

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Tell us the dates of your arrival in Ukraine and the desired duration of the Tour (how many days you want to spend in Kiev, Lviv or Odessa).

Contact: info@guideme.com.ua

Here you can see the best variant of travel in Ukraine. You can also choose it, the prices of this Package around Ukraine are given below.

Highlights

  • Visit 5 cities of Ukraine: Kiev, Lviv, Mukachevo, Beregove, Odessa.
  • Tasting of Ukrainian wines with professional sommeliers, visits to private wine cellars, large wine factories, the best wine bars of the capital of Ukraine.
  • Sightseeing and historical excursions, visiting castles, fortresses and UNESCO sites.

12 Days, 11 Nights in Ukraine. From €1075

Ukraine Wine Tasting & Winery Private Tour is designed for true connoisseurs of wine; during this tour we will share the secrets of the most important wine regions of Ukraine. Discover different wine styles using local grape varieties with a growing number of quality wineries and proud winemakers. We will visit the ancient private cellars of Transcarpathian winemakers and modern factories in Western and Southern Ukraine. This tour is flexible and can be adapted to your interests.

TOUR PROGRAM

KIEV

Welcome to Ukraine!

Upon arrival to Kyiv airport, our driver will heartily welcome you and take you to a hotel in Kiev.

Check-in, free time to rest after the flight and avoid jet lag consequences.

Meeting group supervisor.

Kiev City Tour

Our acquaintance with the city starts with the sightseeing tour.

Private English-speaking guide will meet you in the lobby of the hotel.

During the 3-hour tour, we will show and tell you how the city of Kiev was founded since it is over 1500 years old. History, architecture and sights will fascinate you with its beauty. Kiev is like an unexplored gem — there are many beautiful places, beautiful nature, but not so many tourists compared to Paris or Barcelona. You will see such sights as St.Volodymyr’s Cathedral of the 19th century, the building of the National Opera House of Ukraine, where the Prime Minister of the Russian Empire was shot in the early 20th century, explore the surviving church of the 11th century — Kiev Sophia (UNESCO World Heritage site), get to know about Soviet architecture and monuments of the city. The icing on the cake is the St. Andrew’s church with its observation platform and the souvenir market — St. Andrew’s Descent. And of course you will see famous Kiev Golden Gate — the main historical entrance to the city.

Duration — 3 hours.

Wine Tasting in Kyiv

In the evening we invite you to try 5 different types of wine from different regions of Ukraine in one of the best Ukrainian restaurants in Kiev.

Professional sommelier will tell about the peculiarities of growing grapes in Ukraine, the production process and the quality of wine.

Duration — 2 hours.

Tour to the Kiev-Pechersk Lavra

4-hour excursion to Kiev-Pechersk Lavra (UNESCO World Heritage site), the oldest Ukrainian monastery and to the museum of the Second World War.

The guide will meet you in the lobby of the hotel; transfer to the starting point of the tour included.

Kiev-Pechersk Lavra is located on a hill with stunning view. The complex includes more than 20 churches and monastery where 200 monks live.

The catacombs are the special feature of the monastery; these are the caves where monks lived from the 11th century. Now the caves are a kind of cemetery for the mummified bodies of monks. In total, there are 120 mummies in the dungeons of the Kiev-Pechersk Lavra. Pilgrims from all over the world come to pray to these relics.

Warning: When visiting caves, women shall cover their heads; for this purpose, please take the scarf with you. People with claustrophobia are NOT recommended to visit the caves; the depth of the caves is 5–20 meters).

Duration — 2 hours.

Tour to the Museum of the WW2

The Museum of the Second World War where we will continue our tour is only 5 minutes walk from the monastery.

The museum is an open area where you will see exhibits of armored vehicles, weapons and fighters. You will also see the Motherland Statue — the highest monument of Ukraine and one of the 15 highest monuments in the world.

At the end of the tour we will take you back to the hotel or to any other place you choose.

Duration — 2 hours.

Kyiv Wine Tour

In the evening we again invite you to taste Ukrainian wine.

Meeting with a guide in the hotel lobby. The tour of Kiev Wine Bars includes visiting 3 venues; in each we will taste several more types of Ukrainian wine. This tour is more entertaining, not informative, and it does not include accompaniment by a professional sommelier.

Duration — 3 hours.

Free day in Kiev

Picnic on the Beach with Wine

Hotel check-out. As an option, we may suggest visiting the Mezhyhirya Residence.

Duration of the excursion — 4 hours
Link to Tour in Mezhyhiria (tour price is not included).

As a compliment from the company, at sunset we offer a picnic on the beach near the Dnieper River (summer time). Picnic includes: sun beds + basket with wine and snacks.

Night train Kyiv-Lviv.

4 Days, 3 Nights in Kiev

LVIV

Arrival to Lviv

Lviv City Tour

The guide meets you in the hotel lobby. Highlights: Market Square, Golden Rose Synagogue, Book Flea Market, Dominus Church and Monastery, Lviv Opera, Potocki Palace, Lviv Statue of Liberty.

Duration — 3 hours.

Wine Tasting in Lviv

We invite you again to enjoy this beautiful drink. Meeting with the guide in the hotel lobby in the evening.

Discover different wine styles using local grape varieties with a growing number of quality wineries and proud winemakers.

Duration — 3 hours.

1 Day, 1 Night in Lviv

Hotel check-out, transfer by car/van Lviv-Schönborn palace-Mukachevo-Beregove.

The 6th day promises to be especially rich with impressions and includes:

Visit to Schönborn Castle

One of the most beautiful castles in Ukraine. Schönborn is a very ancient Austrian dynasty, many of whom belonged to the Roman Catholic clergy. In total, the castle has 365 windows, 52 rooms and 12 entrances. The design of the building is based on figures of astronomical year. Also in the palace there is a secret room, where they found a dead count and a nearby note: “You can have a lot of money, but have no benefit from it”…

Mukachevo Tour

Excursion in the amazing city of Mukachevo. The history of this city dates back to 1120 years as part of 20 states. It is less than 60 km from Mukachevo to borders with Poland, Slovakia, Hungary, and Romania. The oldest operating clock in Ukraine is on the bell tower of the church in Mukachevo. The oldest brewery in Ukraine is also in Mukachevo. You will learn about other peculiarities of this charming city during a tour with a private guide.

Wine & Whiskey Tasting

Tasting of exclusive drinks: wines, whiskey, rum, and also cheeses in the secret cellar of Mukachevo.

Transfer to Beregove, hotel check-in.

BEREHOVE

After breakfast at the hotel, we invite you to enjoy the thermal waters of the recreation complex. The thermal waters of Transcarpathia are famous for their healing properties.

Private Wine Cellars Tour

Tasting the best wines of the Beregove region. For centuries, Transcarpathia has been considered the sunny land of gardens and vineyards. In the XII century these were the monks of the Jesuit Templar Order who were the first to cultivate grapes in Transcarpathia. In the early 1700s, there were more than four thousand hectares of vineyards. Here grapes are grown not only on thousands of hectares — each house owner has his own small grape mini-oasis. During our wine tour, we will visit three such private wine cellars, where hospitable owners offer us up to 7 types of wines in each of the 3 locations. Wines such as “Leanka”, “Riesling”, “Muscat”, “Tamyanka”, “Isabella”, “Kagor”, “Saperavi”, “Black Doctor”, “Tokai Furmint” and others are most often offered for tasting.

Chizay Winery Tour

Tour to Chateau Chizay Winery. Get ready to the tour of the enterprise, visiting the wine storage, where you will learn how to produce wine in the modern world, visiting the museum of winemaking and viticulture, and tasting the wine with a professional sommelier.

We will also go to the valley of Chizay (5 km) and go up to the vineyards. The tour finishes with a colorful and tasty lunch on a fire in the gazebo among the vineyards.

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Сheck-out from the hotel and transfer to Lviv.

Night train from Lviv to Odessa.

2 Days, 3 Nights in Berehove

ODESA

Arrival to Odesa

Odesa City Tour

As Ukrainians say, Odessa is the pearl at the seaside. This city is the most popular holiday destination in the summer, as it is located on the Black Sea. It is the center of Jewish culture and of vibrant nightlife. The most famous attraction of Odessa is its Opera House, which is one of the most beautiful in the world. Among other sights of Odessa you will see: the monument to Duke, the Potemkin stairs, Primorsky Boulevard, the famous Deribasovskaya Street, etc.

Evening — free time.

Tour to Shabo Wine Factory

Meeting with the guide in the hotel lobby, transfer to the Shabo Wine Factory, which is 1 hour drive from Odessa. Tour of the factory with tasting (3 hours); tasting 6 samples of Shabo products.

You will definitely be impressed with majestic architectural complexes, unique objects of modern art, unusual landscape design expositions located on the territory of the Shabo Wine Culture Center: the only vine monument in Ukraine, the Trilogy of Vine art ensemble, Shabo Art Center gallery, multimedia sculpture Fountain of Dionysus, museum labyrinth, Georgian marani, two museum cinema halls, alpine garden, Shabo museum, etc.

Shabo winemakers keep no secrets from their customers. Therefore, the doors of all departments of the factory are open to the guests of the Shabo Wine Culture Center.

Visit to the Akkerman Fortress

After a tour of the winery, we will go to the Akkerman fortress. The medieval fortress Akkerman on the bank of the Dniester estuary is one of the largest and best preserved in Ukraine. The construction of the citadel dates back to the Genoese period of the XIII-XIV centuries. The main fortifications of the Belgorod Fortress were built during the period of Moldovan rule (XV century). The total length of the walls is 2 km. The height of the walls and towers ranges from 5 to 15m. 26 of its 34 towers are well preserved. In 1484, the fortress came under Turkish rule, a mosque was built (a minaret was preserved). The exposition of torture instruments was opened on its territory; siege weapons are displayed in the courtyard.

Hotel check-out.

Free Day.

Flight from Odessa.

3 Days, 2 Nights in Odesa

What Is Included?

This price is per person and includes:

  • English-speaking private supervisor during the entire trip — 24h/7 Customer Service Assistance,
  • Airport transfers, Train and Car/Van Transfers between cities,
  • Accommodation+breakfast (3 nights in Kyiv, twin room share),
  • Local English-speaking private guides during sightseeing tours,
  • 2 Private Kiev Tours, 2 Wine tastings in Kiev, 1 picnic in Kiev,
  • Accommodation+breakfast (1 night in Lviv, twin room share),
  • Private Lviv Tour, Wine tastings in Lviv,
  • Visit to Schönborn Castle, Private Muckachevo Tour, Wine tasting in Mukacheve,
  • Accommodation+breakfast (3 nights in Berehove, twin room share),
  • Wine Tasting in Berehove in private cellars, Tour to Chizay Winery,
  • Accommodation+breakfast (2 nights in Odesa, twin room share),
  • Private Odesa Tour, Tour to Shabo Factory and Visit to the Akkerman Fortress,
  • Entrance fees to all sites during the tours. All wine tastings.

12 Days in Ukraine, 11 Nights

What Is Excluded?

This tour does not include:

  • Flights to and from Ukraine,
  • Personal expenses,
  • Other expenses (or entrances) not listed in the program,
  • Tour to Mezhyhirya in Kiev (optional),
  • Meals (lunches and dinners) — the program of the tour does not mention lunches and dinners as they are not included in the tour price; however, we have reserved the time for these meals.

NOTE: The price of this Tour depends on hotel availability at the time of booking.

Information on prices:

https://guideme.com.ua/ukraine-wine-tasting-winery-private-tour/

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Kate Dobromishev
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