From Rome: Pasta Masterclass & Wine Tour in the Vineyard

About This Experience

This is the Minardi family's cooking version of their Frascati day: about 4 hours at the farmhouse, a short drive from Frascati station, with a hands-on pasta class, a wine tasting, a walk through the old vineyards and a lunch of the pasta you made. It costs from $100 per person and holds a 4.9 rating from 183 GetYourGuide reviews. Groups are capped at 15, the class runs in English, and a licensed wine taster leads the tasting.

A member of the team meets you at Frascati station and drives you about 5 minutes to the farmhouse. In aprons, you make three local pastas from scratch with the chef: ravioli with a local filling, fettuccine and maltagliati. The tasting that follows covers the family's Frascati Superiore DOCG whites and Vagnolo, a red IGP made from 100% Cesanese grapes, served with their own extra virgin olive oil, cheese and wine jam. Then you walk the old vineyards and cellar.

Lunch opens with a spread of seasonal local food, followed by the three pastas from the class, with Frascati wine and water on the table. The chef can adapt the meal for vegetarian, vegan or gluten-free diets if you say so when you book. Afterwards you are dropped in Frascati center, with time to look around the town before the train; the operator says trains run about once an hour.

The train from Roma Termini is not included; Trenitalia's regional fare is €2.10 each way, and the operator suggests the 9:49 a.m. departure (9:54 a.m. on Sundays). Saturdays work differently: you take the 10:14 a.m. train to Tor Vergata, the second Frascati station, and the team meets you there, while the ride home still leaves from Frascati station. Choose this one if you want to cook; the family's half-day tour swaps the class for a guided walk through Frascati.

Highlights

• Make ravioli, fettuccine and maltagliati from scratch with the farmhouse chef
• Taste Frascati Superiore DOCG and the Cesanese-based Vagnolo red
• Walk the old vineyards of a family-run farm
• Eat the pasta you made, with Frascati wine at lunch
• Small group capped at 15 people
• Vegetarian, vegan and gluten-free lunch on request

What's Included

• ✓ Pasta masterclass with an Italian chef at the farmhouse
• ✓ Tour of the vineyards and the old cellar
• ✓ Tasting of the family's boutique wines and extra virgin olive oil
• ✓ Chef's lunch at the farmhouse with more Frascati wine
• ✓ Car or minivan transfer between Frascati station and the farmhouse (about 5 minutes each way)
• ✓ English-speaking guide who is a licensed wine taster

Not Included

• Train ticket from Roma Termini to Frascati (€2.10 each way)
• Saturday train ticket to Tor Vergata station

What to Bring

• Train tickets for both legs
• Your booking confirmation

Good to Know & Caveats

• Suggested train: 9:49 a.m. from Roma Termini, or 9:54 a.m. on Sundays.
• On Saturdays, take the 10:14 a.m. train to Tor Vergata station (the board shows Cassino or Frosinone), then cross the platforms through the glass tunnel to meet the team.
• The return train always leaves from Frascati station, where you are dropped after lunch.
• Coming by car, taxi or Uber? Message the operator after booking and they send the farmhouse address.
• Tell the operator about vegetarian, vegan or gluten-free needs when you book.

Meeting Point

Outside Frascati train station if you arrive by train (Tor Vergata station on Saturdays). If you drive or take a taxi, the operator sends you the farmhouse address after booking.