For decades Ashton Durrett has been selecting top wines for the cellars of his Italian Underground restaurant in Glenwood Springs, Colorado. Now after years of visiting those favorite winemakers along with exploring the backroads of Tuscany to discover new makers, Ashton is returning to the "best of the best," and you have an invitation to join him!

You'll have special invitations from the winemakers to tour their cellars, taste their wines and dine at their tables. You'll be a guest at estates that have been handed down from generation to generation over the centuries. And, together with Ashton, you'll search out new "finds" for his cellar . . . and yours.

And let's not forget the "dining" portion of Ashton's tour. You'll also revisit some of his favorite ristorantes, trattorias and osterias across Tuscany and enjoy wines selected by Ashton and the restraurateurs exclusively for your meals. It's Tuscan fare at its best be it a simple antipasto or elegantly hand crafted pasta.

At your home for the week, the farmhouse Selva, you can enjoy walks in the olive groves and vineyards. You’ll have cooking lessons based on the bounty of the countryside and the best in the markets, with menus ranging from the cucina povera (cooking of the poor) to the elegant recipes of the villas. You’ll meet the estate shepherdess and, early one morning, you’ll watch her make exquisite ricotta and pecorino cheese.

The jewel city of Lucca is only minutes away, and you can immerse yourself in its Medieval center, walk its Renaissance walls, savor the best cappuccino in the world, and dine in the shadow of the Roman amphitheater.

Other highlights include making your own limoncello to take home with you, pizza night using the farmhouse wood-burning oven, a Puccini concert in a medieval church and visits to markets, seaside fish markets, and salami and prosciutto makers.