EXPERIENCE
BOOK AN EVENT - Experience food pairing, crafted cocktails, and many other customized ideas to help realize an event to remember! Let us create a wonderful hot (or cold!) chocolate hangout for your group.
TAKE A TOUR - We have been to many spots in Italy, and our usual tour dates are in September as this is the best time to be in Italy.
Booking for 2025, we will once again travel to the island of Sardegna, now in planning stages! We will visit picturesque small villages, while sipping the tastiest Verdicchio wine, exploring ruins, and swimming in the bluest and clearest of waters. And don't forget the food! The cheese, the pasta, the seafood, it's all so deliciously unlike what you have seen or eaten before!
Or contact us to plan a bespoke travel experience with gustologia as a group (private or corporate), a family adventure, or for a luxurious trip of a lifetime.
FOCUSED TASTINGS - We cater to individual groups, with keen interest in food to provide studied and organized tastings, in person or virtual.
UNIQUE GIFTING - Give special personal gifts, or corporate messages, and reward with employee incentives.
NEW! SNACKING PROGRAM - For any work enviornment or employee program, it's a healthier gourmet way of improving the workplace and providing rewards.
EXPLORE SARDEGNA 2025 is COMING!!!
Join us this January for an orientation evening of our 7 DAYS in SARDEGNA as we delve into this mystical island again this year!
DATE Thursday January 23rd
TIME 7pm-9pm
LOCATION SPEAR REALTY
78 Queen Elizabeth Boulevard
Islington & Queensway
Please see our 2024 trip info, below.
SARDEGNA IMAGES FROM 2024
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Castelsardo
The ancient stone walls of Castelsardo as evening closes in are evident everywhere we go in this fortified hilltop village
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Sedas
This unusual fried, cheese-filled pastry is one of the many new foods to explore along with traditional breads and pasta. Don't forget that drizzle of Sardinian honey!
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Pristine waters
Emerald water and soft sand beaches in Sardegna are truly second to none. They are well protected, however we have the inside scoop on some secret ones... shhhh
Chocolate & Cocktails Night
Join Marina Bertozzi of Gustologia and Mixology Matt on Friday November 22 2024 as we break down essential cocktail skills and learn how to really savour and taste luxurious craft chocolate alongside our handcrafted concoctions. We will explore a bit of history too with lots of discussion!
This event is not open to the general public but there is the opportunity to kickback and explore this well equipped wine facility afterwards.
We will also have limited edition seasonal items for sale, and a chance to order and/or purchase custom gifts.
DYMON WINE CELLAR & LOUNGE
1460 The Queensway
7:30-9:30pm
TICKETS $40 per person
please purchase online to secure a spot
TREK IN SARDEGNA! Explore this incredible island
The wonder of Sardegna revealed the Costa Smeralda or the Emerald Coast, a mostly unknown province (and island) of Italy located off its western coast.
From September 29-October 6 2024, we experienced the untamed landscape, the stunning beaches with the clearest blue water, the prehistoric sights, a very rare pasta variety, life changing wines and spirits, and one of the world's legendary BLUE ZONES.
TRIP INCLUDED:
· 8 days 7 nights accomodation at luxurious small group relais or inn · Meals - gourmet breakfasts & dinners · All activities and exclusive tours · Private group transportation
Join us in 2025 for the time of your life as we revisit Sardegna!
Where are you Sardegna? An island visit in FALL 2024
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Fregula
Fregula or Fregola is shaped into tiny balls or pearls, and often mixed into a light red sauce with Pecorino and seafood
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Pecorino Sardo
Sardinia is probably most known for Pecorino which can be found younger as a soft and mild cheese, or aged, which will be a harder cheese
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Pane Carasau
There are hundreds of varieties of bread in Sardinia and the most typical is Pane Carasau, a very thin, crisp, round flat bread
Exclusive Chocolate & Wine Pairing
Join Marina Bertozzi of Gustologia and Debbie Shing of Quvé on Thursday November 9 2023 as we sample several stunning wines paired with delectable craft chocolate. We will explore the nuances and subtle nature of each flavour our taste buds can detect.
Try a fun event to discover something new! This event is not open to the general public so it's a great chance to mingle with a select group of like-minded individuals, and explore a well equipped wine facility.
We will also have some special items for sale afterwards, and a chance to order and purchase custom gifts and/or wine.
DYMON WINE CELLAR & LOUNGE
1460 The Queensway
6:30-8:30pm
Tickets $45 per person
PUGLIA TRIPPING WITH gustologia!
Time to explore, and so much to see...
2023 brought us to Puglia from September 15-23 and we led a memorable detour in the province known as the heel of Italy. We stayed in a picturesque Masseria (farm) estate, enjoyed the beautiful ocean vistas, experienced the lovely small towns and Trulli buildings in a Unesco world hertiage site, and of course ate so many delicious things in still unknown areas of rustic southern Italy.
Contact us for all the details on our next Puglia trip, or have us plan a custom trip for your group by filling out our contact form, below.
THE BEAUTY OF PUGLIA
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Pasticciotti from Lecce
Enjoy freshly baked southern specialties, find the best locations
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Historic olive groves
Visit rich terriors and taste incredible olive oils
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Capunti pasta
Hand made pasta making, eat fresh regional goodness
ARTISAN PANETTONE sampling
Come and find us for a pre Holiday event on November 19, 2022 as we sample and cut into some fragrant ITALO VEZZOLI Panettone. Gustologia will be featured in the ‘Tunnel of Panettone’ in the downtown EATALY store in the Manulife Centre, Toronto with a limited amount of these exquisite creatures which are flown in by air.
LOCATION Corner of Bay Street and Bloor Street West, inside Eataly
Event hours 12pm - 4pm
BEER & CHOCOLATE - An unusual marriage
Join us for a lively evening of pairing beer with chocolate at local (and quite hidden) warehouse brewpub RAINHARD BREWERY on Wednesday October 19th 2022 in the Stockyards area of Toronto
LOCATION 100 Symes Road, Unit 108
Event hours 7pm - 9pm
LIMITED SEATING AVAILABLE!
$20 each, and $35 for two spots.
Tickets available on Eventbrite, click the button below (now expired).
Let's discover our chocolate selections together, and learn how they can work with these hoppy and malty beer flavours!
Both beer & chocolate available for purchase afterwards. Or simply hang out and relax at the bar!