Vertraut von Weinliebhabern auf der ganzen Welt

The tour of the winery was rather short (way less than the two hours we thought to get), we got to taste some bottles, but for every other bottle tasting there had to be paid extra. The lady of the house was very entertaining in her stories (if you understand Italian), but we did our share of wine tasteries in the past and we have gotten lots of them for free - including tasting even more expensive bottles. There was some accompanying food (cheese, salami, crackers) but again we are also quite used to getting these for free. The very price-conscious behaviour took out a lot of the fun for us. We also bought some bottles (no partial refund of initial investment either), honestly would have bought more if the financial atmosphere would have been better. Also, as far as we could verify, the prices are equal to buying them in the market somewhere else or online (no advantage of getting to the winery itself - quite different if you do this in France e.g.). Moreover, we heard that in Nardo (nearby Manduria, where we stay) there were multiple free wine tasteries on that very day.