Authentic Food & Wine Tours, Cooking Classes in Puglia with locals

Are you planning to visit Puglia? Terrachevive.com will show you how to spend your time enjoying the best food and wine tours, cooking classes of Apulian recipes. Experience Apulia in the most authentic way with locals.
We’ll show you the most tasty side of our region, bringing you to the places where typical products are made.
Choosing our cooking classes, you will cook with your hands and learn processes and secrets of many traditional recipes. With the help of experienced cooks, in suggestive and characteristic locations, you will taste local dishes as soon as they are made.
Come here and enjoy Apulia in the most authentic way with us. Nature, culture and excellent food are waiting for you!

We are from Puglia

We live our territory daily, so we know it very well, in all its most authentic side, and all we want is to share it with you.

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We selected for you the best experiences to taste the superb cuisine of Puglia and discover the authentic food and wine culture of one of Italy’s most beautiful regions.

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Food & wine tours, cooking classes in Puglia: authentic experiences with locals

Puglia offers a huge selection of food and wine experiences to be lived in Salento, Valle d’Itria and Gargano areas. A large territory with many typical and high quality culinary specialties.
Choose the food and wine experience that best reflects your tastes or ask for advice on which could best suit your needs.
As people born and raised in Puglia, we will give you the proper information. Choose what you’d like to do, we’ll take care of the rest!

Bread

Cheese factories

Olive oil mills

Wineries

Cooking classes

Homemade pasta

Italian pizza

Mozzarella & burrata

OUR GUESTS’ WORDS

  • We had a wonderful experience - the food was exceptional. Very family friendly and would highly recommend!

    Aaron Crespin Avatar Aaron Crespin
    July 25, 2022

    During our stay in Puglia, we enjoyed a wonderful wine tasting and olive oil tour through Terra Che Vive. Both were fantastic! Marco was very responsive and thorough in organizing the events, and the experiences themselves were extraordinary. Neither tour felt "canned" or touristy. They were authentic, informative, and very enjoyable!

    Maria Macrina Avatar Maria Macrina
    February 8, 2023

    We were a three-generational family taking part in the tour/class, and Marco and Umberto did a fabulous job engaging all of us - from toddlers to grandparents. The tour of the farm was fun for the little ones; Marco was very knowledgeable and did a great job translating; Umberto was a skilled cheese maker and teacher; and the wine, cheese and meat tasting made for a perfect ending. We highly recommend this experience.

    Patty Black Avatar Patty Black
    July 26, 2022
  • Davvero consigliato. Abbiamo portato degli amici stranieri sia al tour enologico che a quello oleario. Entrambi notevoli, calorosa accoglienza e degustazioni ottime

    Gianluca Ameruoso Avatar Gianluca Ameruoso
    September 6, 2022

    I highly recommend this to anybody. We did 2 tours through this company and it was fantastic! Very very professional and well worth the money and the service was second to none. I have done many many tours in my travels but this company is up there with the best i really really recommend them to anybody.

    Steven Monaco Avatar Steven Monaco
    July 26, 2023

    We hosted three different private chefs at our villa during our Puglia stay and Terra Che Vive (represented by Chef Mattia) was absolutely the best. We particularly loved his focaccia, layered mushroom lasagna with stracciatella and apulian cheesecake. Mattia was also incredibly professional and attentive, ensuring we had the right wines and our glasses were full. Highly recommend!

    Jenna Zarum Avatar Jenna Zarum
    July 5, 2022
  • Highlight of our family vacation in Puglia. Don't miss this Agri-tourism gem. Marco gives an amazing historical tour of the "farm" with cheese making demos and tastings. This fully working farm is impeccable, animals are well cared for and it is very self sufficient. You can stay here in a Trulli and there is even a beautiful pool for guests. At the end of our tour we had samples of their wines, cheeses and meats and if course their own olive oil. I highly recommend you make a reservation as this place is not to be missed!!

    Lori Vandermolen Avatar Lori Vandermolen
    August 29, 2022

    My husband and I just got back from a 3+ week trip to Italy, starting in Tuscany and ending in Puglia. During that time we saw amazing sites and had many, many unforgettable experiences but few, if any, will be as memorable as the time we spent with Marco and Umberto at a dairy farm outside Martina Franca where we learned about and participated in the mozzarella and burrata cheese-making process. Marco, the owner of Terra Che Vive but also our guide during this experience, could not have been more knowledgeable or enthusiastic, and Umberto, the master cheese-maker, could not have been more welcoming. The whole adventure, including the cheese "tasting" (WAY more than a tasting) of the cheeses we helped make, along with meats and wine, was unequivocally great. When in Puglia, do this!

    Carol Swetow Avatar Carol Swetow
    October 28, 2023

    We did the Cheese Tasting tour and it was a great experience. The place was beautiful, the tour was really interesting and the tasting we had at the end was of good quality. Marco was really friendly and secured that we had the best experience.

    Clémence Saint Olive Avatar Clémence Saint
    October 22, 2022

Our guest's words

  • A wonderful morning at the farm, enjoyed seeing the animals, the cheese making, and the tasting session – no need for lunch that day ! Marco was a great guide, very informative, will recommend our family to return.

    Steven H.
    UK
  • It was a great way to understand how wine is made and to taste it! Marco was even fluent in German!
    Many thanks for the great experience!

    Laura A.
    Germany
  • A spectacular morning in Puglia! Making cheese in the dairy, preparing pasta and bread with Grandma in the kitchen, touring the farm, and then a veritable feast for lunch. A must do experience!

    Laura and Rory
    USA
  • Best thing I have ever done on vacation! Interesting, educational, exciting, fun! And so good tasting…You were all so friendly and welcoming.

    Annbritt
  • Everything was wonderful from the moment I contacted Marco until we left the shop. This was a fantastic experience and great beginning to our trip!

    Christina C.
  • An amazing experience on a great location. The host was superb, the visit interesting and cool and the tasting…out of this world! Great way to spend some hours in our Puglia vacation.

    Valeer V.
    Belgium
  • We loved every minute of this experience. Tour was very interesting, even kids enjoyed it. Food was super abundant, fresh and tasteful. Highly recommend.

    Annice M.
    UK
  • We thoroughly enjoyed our visit! The guide was excellent ! We were surprised and appreciative of the olive oil samples we received. This experience was the highlight of our day!

    Diane H.
    Canada
  • The tour was very infomative and Rosaria and her husband were great hosts. We could tell how passionate both are about the masseria and the production of their olive oil. I would definitely recommed the tour. It was a very lovely experience.

    Sabine T.
    Germany
  • We had the most amazing day. Everyone who we met was incredibly nice and welcoming. They gave us a really great tour of the farm and not only that but the mozzarella is delicious! Would highly recommend and thank you so much!

    Olivia S.
    New Zeland
  • Marco and his team were fantastic, my family is friends switzerland and australia and the Italian pasta making experience was wonderful. Nonna was amazing and the food was delicious. Highly recommend if you want an authentic experience.

    Kristel
    Australia

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