Avanti Destinations Launches New Food, Wine, Beer, Cooking Tours

by Noreen Kompanik
Last updated: 11:15 AM ET, Wed June 25, 2025

Custom FIT tour operator Avanti Destinations has announced the addition of popular ad-on tours to help travel advisors create tailor-made multi-destination vacations and fixed-priced packages throughout the world for their clients.

The latest additions include:

A two-hour private chocolate workshop in Interlaken, Switzerland
An an eight-hour private Champagne tour of premium family producers in Reims, France and a private tour of Moet and Chandon.
Three-hour small group morning pizza class with lunch in Sorrento, Italy
Four-hour private craft beer and spirits tasting tour in Santorini, Greece
A three-hour private walking and tasting tour in Florence, Italy with stops for coffee, pastry, fritto Toscana (battered and fried morsels of fish and vegetables), schiacciata (thin flatbread) with truffles, charcuterie, Chianti wine, and gelato
A two-hour shared chocolate tour of Bern, Switzerland
Five-hour shared dinner cruise on a vintage barge transformed into an elegant floating restaurant serving local and regional specialties on the Chao Phraya River in Thailand
A three-hour small group street art and food tour in the hip, multicultural Norrebro district of Copenhagen, Denmark
Treetop dining experience (nine-course tasting menu) in a glass box 50 feet high in the trees of Monteverde, Costa Rica
A two-and-a-half-hour private garden-to-table Costa Rican cooking class including picking fresh produce from a garden in Arenal, Costa Rica
Six-hour private Local Life walking tour including lunch at the local guide’s favorite restaurant and visits to two markets in Santiago, Chile.
New wine-tasting tours in France, Italy, and Chile, among other destinations.

“Food, wine, beer, cooking experiences are the most popular tours we book, and we are constantly adding to our product line of more than 300 around the world,” said Gina Bang, Chief Sales and Marketing Officer of Avanti in a statement.

She added, “As a foodie myself, I appreciate how much you can learn about a culture and destination by the food and drink they enjoy. Learning how to prepare local specialties gives you the added benefit of giving you the ability to recreate your vacation and share it with your friends and family.”