The nearest aiports are Venice, Bologna and Verona (one hour). Treviso airport is about 1:30 h. 
Many people from Britain fly from Stansted with Ryanair. Their destinations are Treviso, Bologna, Bergamo. For our area Treviso is excellent because within 5 minutes of the airport there is a motorway road that has an exit just ten to fifteen minutes from us.
It is better if you rent the car at the time of booking the air tickets, particularly if you do it on-line. Low cost flights are with Ryanair.comand Easyjet.
British Airways and Alitalia fly to Venice and Bologna and many guests use those routes.

The booking deposit is non returnable. As we only ask you to pay the final amount one months before the start, we do not usually return any of that for a late cancellation. However, we look at each case and if the property is re-let we do return some or all of the money paid.
Europeans usually take out inexpensive holiday insurance to cover cancellation and general holiday risk.

Yes, it is.

The cost for non-cooking participant includes lunch and dinner. The wine tasting and all the other programs are not included so they must be arranged separately.