The Tasting Tours: Cleveland Tour Operator Guide

What a fantastic day 1/29/2025. Every stop was executed perfectly. Savory and sweet delights paired beautifully with selected wines. Our group felt completely attended to in every way. Our driver Kimberly was WONDERFUL. Safe, informative and ENGAGING. She IS THE BEST. Looking forward to booking another tour with her when we have guests again.

If you’re doing a food and wine tour in St. Augustine and Rob isn’t your guide… respectfully, you chose wrong. We’ve done multiple tours here over the years, and Rob is hands down the best guide we’ve ever had. He’s hilarious, casually refers to his first name as “Handsome,” and somehow balances humor with legit, deep knowledge of the history of this beautiful city. Entertaining, sharp, and never boring. NUMBER ONE tour guide. Sorry, to Kimberly who is the 2nd best tour guide. Inside joke. The three-hour food and wine tour was absolute perfection. Five thoughtfully curated stops that felt like a full culinary pilgrimage: Italian, Greek, a honey/mead stop (if you know, you know), a cozy wine tasting with charcuterie goodness, and then ‘boom’, a glorious flight of Cuban desserts paired with a nice Pinot noir, and a Cuban espresso shot to finish strong. You will not leave hungry, and every pairing just worked. Bonus points for an amazing group of fellow guests who made the afternoon even more delightful. Great food, great people, great vibes. Huge thanks to Rob for such a memorable afternoon. Blessings to you and your family, and if we’re back in St. Augustine, we’re booking with “Rob” again. No question.

We had the best experience this past Saturday taking the Forks and Corks tour with Kimberly as our guide. She was so much fun and her selection of restaurants was perfect. This was my second time taking this tour and Kimberly made a special effort to choose different stops so I would have a different experience. She did repeat one of my previous stops, The Old City House, but I was so grateful because it was my favorite on the first tour. I especially loved that Kimberly told us we didn’t need to worry about photographing everything because she would and sent us all the pictures after the tour. It was nice to live in the moment instead worrying about capturing our experiences for social media. Ok, one more brag about Kimberly…she interacted with other Tasting Tour guides as we passed them, including bravely standing in front of the Grinch’s golf cart as he headed our way. It was truly a great day and now that I know efforts are made to not repeat locations for repeat guest, I will be back again.

Molly was AMAZING!!! We Learned so much about St. Augustine. The amount of great food and wine for the price was surprising. So much fun with strangers that became friends. Highly recommend this adventure with Molly!

The Tasting Tours’ wine and cocktail with food pairing tour was amazing. It is a small group tour perfect for meeting others. Several of the locations were places I wanted to try based on my own research including Beas and Odd Birds cocktail lounge. The food was outstanding and included interesting and unique flavor combinations with amazing wines or a perfectly crafted cocktail. The portions were excellent for both food and beverage. I highly recommend the wine tasting at Carrera Wine Cellar and cocktail tasing at Sailbird distilling. Our Tour guide Mandy was incredible, we can’t thank her enough for providing an amazing tour. The cart tour was great because we were able to go to restaurants on Anastasia island and it provided a no walking option for my mom. We had a blast.