Our food and wine classes
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Market Day Cooking Class
A relaxed, intimate, delicious class suitable for all ages and levels. We visit the local market to buy seasonal ingredients, bring them to enoteca kitchen and cook a long Italian lunch together.
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Food and wine workshops
5 day, seasonal, culinary workshops in San Miniato, Tuscany. Immerse yourself in the local produce and traditions: hands on cooking and visits to organic food and wine producers + artisans.
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Wine classes
Sommelier Marco Lami leads these fun, informative and delicious low intervention wine classes with paired foods, wine notes and more for an unforgettable experience.
Seasonal Culinary Workshops
Join us for one of our intimate, highly curated culinary workshop over 5 days where we focus on fresh, hyper-local, organic produce and low intervention wine; we meet Slow Food artisans, such as the 4th generation butcher or the brothers baking sourdough with ancient grains, we cook and eat together; you will learn all about natural wine, hunt for truffles with our tartufaio friend and his Lagotto dog. Depending on the season, we may taste artichokes out of the field or visit a cheesemaker or a beekeeper, but most importantly, we spend time cooking, drinking wine and eating together, while learning about local traditions. See here for more details and an example itinerary.
Culinary Workshops in 2025
Artichoke Workshop 7-12 April 2025
Midsummer Workshop 23-27 June 2025
Summer Harvest Workshop 7-12 July 2025 - sold out
Wine Harvest Workshop 8-13 Sept 2025
Autumn Workshop 13-17 Oct 2025
White Truffle Workshop 18-22 Nov 2025
Join a Cooking Class.
We run our popular Market Day Cooking Class with lunch on Tuesdays. We visit the local market, buy seasonal produce and then we prepare a hands-on Tuscan meal where vegetables are the star — we enjoy this all together with natural wines over a long Italian lunch. This is a very relaxed, delicious class suitable for all ages and levels of expertise. Read all about it in the Sydney Morning Herald. The class has a maximum of 8 places to ensure an intimate experience and is roughly 6 hours long (or as long as a long Italian lunch takes!).
We meet at 10:15am near the market.
We can also offer private, custom cooking classes for 4-10 people, with hands-on cooking, eating and wine (here is an example).
Kids 12 and under accompanied by an adult are free.
Please check our FAQ page for details on getting here, or email us at vino@enotecamarilu.com if you have other questions.
Upcoming guest workshops:
Beekeeper and cheesemaker, Mia LaRocca, will guide us on a one day beeswax workshop, below, and a three-day enfleurage workshop 21-24 May, 2025.
Beeswax workshop + honey and wine pairing, 15 December 2024
Wine Classes
Regional Italian Natural Wines
A class led by sommelier Marco Lami to introduce you to Italian regional wines and the world of natural wine. You will learn not only about the characteristics and differences of Italian regional wines but also about winemaking techniques, the differences between conventional and natural wine, biodynamic and organic winemaking, how to taste defects in wine and what they mean and more. Includes lunch and a fun and delicious class of about 2.5 hours.
150 euro per person
Vino Deep Dive with a Sommelier
An intimate and exclusive sommelier-led class takes you on a deep dive across Italy through wine, demystifying Italian wine over a 2 hour long class. Ask Marco anything you’ve always wanted to know about wine (this is open to beginners and experts). He will have you tasting many interesting, hard to find wines, all accompanied by delicious food.
250 euro per person
Eli, Buenos Aires:
“The experience in Tuscany was amazing for me. Just what I needed at this time in my life: disconnect a little from everyday stress and madness and connect with the things that make me happy, share good times with people, cook, drink and have a good time. Thanks you for the work, the love, the predisposition, the smiles, and the passion you put into this great experience. I will never forget it!”
“Thank you for an extraordinary day, it was just lovely. Your hospitality and passion for what you do shines in every detail. All of the guests were interesting and fun. Made for a memorable experience. We will visit again as soon as possible.”
Anna & Andrea, Melbourne:
“Our little family group of 4 were lucky enough to join one of Enoteca Marilu’s market day cooking classes in the atmospheric Tuscan hill town of San Miniato. Hosted by the delightful foodie icon and cookbook author Emiko Davies and her lovely husband ( & wine expert extraordinaire) Marco Lami, the experience was an absolute treat and a highlight of our 5 weeks in Italy. Emiko & Marco were generous, patient and marvellous company as they steered us through the simple pleasures- appreciation of local produce, what to look for at the market, pasta making, preparing multiple courses and gathering around a table together to share it all. Enoteca Marilu itself is atmospheric and classy- the perfect backdrop for this unique experience. The group we were in were all of different ages and experience levels and everyone had a wonderful time.”
“It was everything I expected and more. The food and wine was delicious, the company was lovely and you and Marco are such lovely hosts. Specifically it was also so wonderful to cook Italian food with Juno, and see her so eager to learn from you. Thank you so so much for letting her join us for this class. She has repeatedly stated this afternoon and evening that she loved it :)”
