Bike&Wine Mendrisiotto

Cycling in Mendrisiotto to discover wine.

We suggest you to discover the region of Ticino with the most vineyards: the Mendrisiotto!

The starting point of your experience is located by the seat of Mendrisiotto Terroir in Balerna. Here you are going to meet our guide who’s going to accompany you during the entire trip. Moreover, you are going to receive from him give a bike and a helmet. Ready, Start, Go!

Your first stop includes a visit to a traditional winery in the region and wants to be an opportunity to know the wine-making process. Back on your bike, you continue pedaling between the vineyards of Mendrisiotto, a region that’s also often called Tuscany of Switzerland. Are you thirsty? Our guide organizes for you the tasting of an excellent Merlot wine in the middle of a vineyard. Sheltered from the sun thanks to a beautiful pergola and with a breathtaking overview of the whole Mendrisiotto, you learn to recognize the smell and the taste of a high-quality glass of wine!

After the stop,  back on the saddle, following the guide that leads you around some vineyards, you reach again the starting point of your excursion. The great final is waiting for you: a tasting of different regional wines served with a rich aperitif offering many products of the region!

Starting point: Mendrisiottoterroir c/o Borgovecchio SA, Via Sottobisio 5, 6828 Balerna

How to get there: Borgovecchio SA is easily accessible by train. Balerna Train Station is only 300 meters away. Otherwise you can reach this place by car, there is a big space to park.

Planned dates: march - november

Starting Time: 14:15

Number of participants: min. 4 - max. 16 people

Distance: 5 km

Duration: approximately 3h30 hours

Difficulty level: easy

Included  on the price: bike, helmet, guide, 1 bottle of water, visit of 2 cellars, tasting of 6 wines of the region, aperitif with typical products of Mendrisiotto

The necessary to take with you: comfortable clothes, sport shoes, sunscreen, camera

Price: CHF 95.- per person

Means of payment: make the payment within one week before the date of the tour:

Borgovecchio SA
Banca Raiffeisen Morbio-Vacallo
IBAN CH46 8029 0000 0024 6918 8 Bic/Swift RAIFCH22290
Ref. MendrisiottoTerroir - Bike'n'Wine + date of the tour

Booking: +41 91 697 63 41 or [email protected], the booking  is welcome a week earlier

On demand: it’s possible to do the tour outside the supposed dates with an advance of 2 weeks

In case of bad weather the tour will be unfortunately cancelled. You will be notified the day before and refunded as soon as possible.