Vineyards and wine tours

Italian Vineyards and Wineries

Plan wine tours in Italy with 260 winery profiles. Compare regions, tasting rooms, cellar tours, restaurants, stays, booking details, and wines from notable Italian estates.

20 winery regions
221 offer tastings
209 offer tours
145 with online booking
Casa Vinicola Botter
Veneto · Fossalta di Piave

Casa Vinicola Botter

A wine house near Venice, founded 1928, that buys and blends across Italy. Home of Doppio Passo and Gran Passione.

Red grapePrimitivo White grapeGlera White grapePinot Grigio
52wines From £7.61
Pasqua Vigneti e Cantine Est. 1925
Veneto · Verona

Pasqua Vigneti e Cantine

Founded in 1925 by four brothers from Puglia, Pasqua is Verona's self-styled house of the unconventional. The range pairs Amarone della Valpolicella with the Hey French multivintage white and the 11 Minutes rose. Tastings can be booked at its art-filled headquarters.

Red grapeCorvina Red grapeCorvinone Red grapeRondinella
45wines From £10.25
Planeta Est. 1995
Sicily · Menfi

Planeta

Planeta is one of Sicily's most influential wine families. Farm records place the family on the island from 1694, and the modern wine project began at the Ulmo estate near Menfi in 1995. The linked bottle range currently centres on Sicilia DOC, Etna DOC and Menfi DOC, with grapes such as Nero d'Avola, Carricante and Chardonnay.

Red grapeNero d'Avola White grapeChardonnay Red grapeCabernet Franc
37wines From £12.50
Aziende Agricole Feudi di San Gregorio Est. 1986
Campania · Sorbo Serpico

Aziende Agricole Feudi di San Gregorio

Feudi di San Gregorio is the largest family-owned winery in southern Italy, set above the hills of Irpinia at Sorbo Serpico near Avellino. The bottle range here centres on Fiano di Avellino DOCG, Campania IGT and Falanghina del Sannio DOC, with grapes such as Aglianico, Falanghina and Fiano.

Red grapeAglianico White grapeGreco White grapeFiano
36wines From £11
Cantine San Marzano Est. 1962
Puglia · San Marzano S. G.

Cantine San Marzano

A co-operative in the centre of the Primitivo di Manduria zone, between Salento's two coasts. Nineteen growers started it in 1962, and the first bottling line arrived in 1996. Its Sessantanni, from bush-vines over sixty years old, put Puglian red wine on the world map.

Red grapePrimitivo Red grapeNegroamaro White grapeChardonnay
33wines From £12.20
Marchesi de’ Frescobaldi
Tuscany · Firenze

Marchesi de’ Frescobaldi

A 30th-generation wine family with nine estates across Tuscany, from the Chianti Rufina hills to the Maremma coast. Its bottles run from Chianti DOCG and Pomino DOC to Brunello di Montalcino DOCG, with grapes such as Sangiovese, Chardonnay and Canaiolo.

Red grapeSangiovese Red grapeMerlot White grapeChardonnay
33wines From £6.40
Cantina Valpolicella Negrar
Veneto · Negrar di Valpolicella

Cantina Valpolicella Negrar

A 1933 growers' cooperative at Negrar, 240 families farming the Valpolicella Classica hills, best known for Amarone under the Domìni Veneti name.

Red grapeCorvina Red grapeRondinella Red grapeCorvinone
32wines From £9.40
Cantina Tramin
Trentino-Alto Adige · Termeno

Cantina Tramin

A 160-family cooperative founded in 1898 in Termeno, the Alto Adige village that gave Gewürztraminer its name. Long-time winemaker Willi Stürz leads a range topped by Nussbaumer, Stoan, Troy Chardonnay Riserva and Epokale, the Gewürztraminer that earned 100 Wine Advocate points with its 2009 vintage.

White grapeGewürztraminer White grapeChardonnay Red grapeLagrein
31wines From £9.40
Araldica Vini Piemontesi
Piedmont · Castel Boglione

Araldica Vini Piemontesi

Araldica is a co-op of about 140 growers at Castel Boglione in the Monferrato, founded in 1954. It farms 900 hectares across Monferrato, Gavi, Langhe and Roero and fills 26 million bottles a year. Barbera d'Asti is its speciality. Through its stake in the distributor Boutinot, its wines reach many UK shelves. Book ahead for visits and tastings at its village wine shop.

Red grapeBarbera White grapeCortese Red grapeNebbiolo
30wines From £7.95
Orestiadi Vini Est. 2008
Sicily · Gibellina

Orestiadi Vini

Wine and art share a cellar in Gibellina: tastings run beside artist-painted barrels, and a share of every bottle funds the town's art foundation.

White grapeCatarratto Red grapeNerello Mascalese Red grapeNero d'Avola
30wines From £5.30
Tasca d'Almerita Est. 1830
Sicily · Sclafani Bagni

Tasca d'Almerita

Eight generations at the 550 hectare Tenuta Regaleali since 1830, plus Etna contrada wines, Capofaro's Salina Malvasia and B Corp certified farming. Visits at Regaleali and Tascante, rooms and dining at the Capofaro resort.

Red grapeNero d'Avola Red grapeNerello Mascalese Red grapeCabernet Sauvignon
30wines From £12
Alois Lageder
Trentino-Alto Adige · Magrè

Alois Lageder

Family estate at the southern tip of Alto Adige, farmed biodynamically since 2004, with about sixty partner growers now farming organically too. The cellars at Magrè run the Vineria wine shop, the organic Osteria Paradeis and the SUMMA wine fair each spring.

White grapePinot Grigio Red grapeLagrein White grapeChardonnay
29wines From £13.40
Cantine Leonardo da Vinci Est. 1961
Tuscany · Vinci

Cantine Leonardo da Vinci

Founded at Vinci in 1961 by thirty growers and built around Sangiovese from the Montalbano hills. A Montalcino cellar was added in 1990. The cooperative entered liquidation in 2026, and the wines are now made for Leonardo da Vinci S.p.A. by Vecchia Cantina di Montepulciano.

Red grapeSangiovese Red grapeMerlot Red grapeSyrah
29wines From £8.40
Marchesi Antinori Est. 1385
Tuscany · Firenze

Marchesi Antinori

Spanning 26 generations since 1385, Marchesi Antinori is the oldest continuously family-run wine business in Italy. Its nine estates make Chianti Classico, Bolgheri reds and the Super Tuscans Tignanello and Solaia.

Red grapeSangiovese Red grapeMerlot Red grapeSyrah
28wines From £11.62
Casa Vinicola Firriato
Sicily · Paceco

Casa Vinicola Firriato

The Di Gaetano family's estate in the hills behind Trapani, started in the early 1980s and certified organic across all its vineyards. Harmonium Nero d'Avola, Ribeca Perricone and the Altavilla della Corte Grillo lead the range, with Etna reds and whites from the Cavanera estate and a seaside white from Favignana. Tastings, meals and rooms at Baglio Sorìa, booked online.

Red grapeNerello Mascalese White grapeCarricante White grapeZibibbo
27wines From £13.80
Donnafugata Est. 1983
Sicily · Marsala

Donnafugata

Founded in 1983 in Marsala by the Rallo family, Donnafugata works five Sicilian estates from the Belice valley to Pantelleria, Etna and the Cerasuolo di Vittoria zone. Ben Ryè Passito di Pantelleria and Mille e una Notte are its international reference wines. SOStain Sicilia member since 2021 and a leader in sustainable viticulture across the island.

Red grapeNerello Mascalese Red grapeNero d'Avola White grapeChardonnay
27wines From £14.70
Cantina Vietti
Piedmont · Castiglione Falletto

Cantina Vietti

Castiglione Falletto estate farming around 75 hectares across the Langhe, Roero, Asti and the Colli Tortonesi. One of the Langhe's most recognised producers of single-vineyard Barolo, Barbaresco and Vigna Scarrone Barbera. Herbicide-free since 2007 and Equalitas certified, with structured tastings and a vineyard Trekking Experience through Rocche di Castiglione and Villero.

Red grapeNebbiolo Red grapeBarbera Red grapeTimorasso
26wines From £16
Castello Banfi Est. 1978
Tuscany · Montalcino

Castello Banfi

Castello Banfi farms around 800 hectares of vines on the southern slopes of Montalcino. At the centre stands the restored Castello di Poggio alle Mura. Brunello di Montalcino leads the range, backed by Rosso di Montalcino, Tuscan IGT reds and a separate Chianti Classico. The estate is family-owned and certified under Equalitas. Visitors get tastings, tours, two restaurants and rooms inside the castle.

Red grapeSangiovese Red grapeCabernet Sauvignon Red grapeMerlot
26wines From £9.80
Tenute Folonari Est. 2000
Tuscany · Greve in Chianti

Tenute Folonari

Ambrogio and Giovanni Folonari's estate group, founded in 2000 around Tenuta di Nozzole at Greve in Chianti. Sangiovese for Chianti Classico and Brunello, Bordeaux grapes for the Cabreo Supertuscans and the Bolgheri reds of Campo al Mare.

Red grapeSangiovese Red grapeMerlot Red grapeCabernet Sauvignon
25wines From £13.90
Feudi del Pisciotto
Sicily · Niscemi

Feudi del Pisciotto

A restored 18th-century Sicilian farm in the Cerasuolo di Vittoria zone: designer-label wines, a glass-floored cellar restaurant and fifteen rooms among the vines.

Red grapeMerlot Red grapeAnsonica White grapeChardonnay
23wines From £12.10
Hofstätter Josef
Trentino-Alto Adige · Termeno

Hofstätter Josef

Founded in 1907 in Tramin and run today by the fifth generation of the Foradori Hofstätter family. J. Hofstätter gave Alto Adige its first single-vineyard wine: Barthenau Vigna S. Urbano Pinot Nero, from the Mazon plateau. The cellar on Piazza Municipio still makes its wines parcel by parcel, across single vineyards in Alto Adige, Trentino and the Saar.

Red grapePinot Nero White grapeGewürztraminer White grapePinot Bianco
23wines From £13
Bottega
Veneto · Bibano di Godega di Sant'Urbano

Bottega

Family producer of Prosecco and grappa based at Villa Rosina in Bibano, in the Veneto. Gold Prosecco, in its mirrored bottle, is the signature. Sister estates cover Valpolicella, Montalcino and Chianti, with a distillery and glassworks in the group. Tours run by appointment.

White grapeGlera White grapePinot Grigio White grapeChardonnay
22wines From £3.79
Villa Oppi
Emilia Romagna · Alseno

Villa Oppi

Villa Oppi is a castle estate at Alseno, between Piacenza and Parma, with a story that starts at a Roman post station. Stefano Agazzi makes Gutturnio, Malvasia and four passito wines from bunches hung to dry in the villa, and leads the tastings himself.

Red grapePinot Nero White grapeChardonnay Red grapeCroatina
22wines
Argiolas Est. 1938
Sardinia · Serdiana

Argiolas

Family winery in Serdiana, twenty kilometres inland from Cagliari, with estates across Trexenta, Sulcis and the Parteolla. Founded in 1938 by Antonio Argiolas, it bottles Cannonau, Carignano, Bovale Sardo, Vermentino and Nuragus as Isola dei Nuraghi IGT and Vermentino di Sardegna DOC. Best known for Turriga, the Cannonau-led red made with winemaker Giacomo Tachis.

Red grapeCarignano Red grapeCannonau Red grapeBovale
21wines From £13.60
Best regions

Best winery regions in Italy

The strongest wine tours in Italy usually start with a region, then narrow by town and visit style. Tuscany and Piedmont lead classic red-wine trips, while Sicily, Sardinia, Campania, Veneto, Puglia, and Lombardy give different routes for coastal, volcanic, southern, and sparkling wine visits.

Veneto 24 wineries Piedmont 14 wineries Friuli Venezia Giulia 11 wineries Emilia Romagna 10 wineries Lombardy 9 wineries Trentino-Alto Adige 8 wineries
Visit planning

Wine tasting in Italy: what it costs and how to book

Estates set their own prices. Of the 469 experiences listed across this directory, 200 carry a starting price: the median is €40 a head, and 119 of those sit between €25 and €60. The others are listed without one.

€40

Median starting price

Across 200 priced experiences. The cheapest opens at €5, the most expensive at €310.

90 minutes

The usual slot

The most common length among 207 timed experiences, which run from 15 minutes to 7 hours.

332

Bookable online

191 of the 260 estates listed ask you to book ahead, so the estate page is where the booking route lives.

469

Listed experiences

Across 212 estates. 314 include a tasting, 231 include a tour, 43 are food pairings, 44 are stays.

Tours

Wine tours and vineyard tours in Italy

A tour puts the cellar or the vineyard around the tasting. 185 of the listed experiences pair the two, 12 go into the cellar, and 16 walk the vines. 209 estates run at least one. These regions have the most.

Tuscany 58 estates with tours Sicily 20 estates with tours Veneto 18 estates with tours Umbria 15 estates with tours Piedmont 11 estates with tours Friuli Venezia Giulia 9 estates with tours
Trip guides

Italian wine travel guides

Route notes and planning detail for the regions worth building a trip around.

FAQs

Italian winery FAQs

Tuscany, Piedmont, Veneto, Sicily, Sardinia, Campania, and Lombardy are strong starting points. The best choice depends on whether you want cellar tours, coastal routes, classic reds, sparkling wine, or easy day trips from major cities.

Of the 200 experiences listed here that publish a starting price, the median is €40 a head, and 119 of them fall between €25 and €60. The full range runs from €5 to €310 per person.

Usually, yes. 191 of the 260 estates listed here ask visitors to book ahead, and 332 of the 469 listed experiences can be booked online. Booking rules are set by each estate, so the winery page carries the route where one is published.

90 minutes is the most common slot among the 207 experiences that publish a duration. The full range runs from 15 minutes to 7 hours.

70 of the 260 estates listed here offer accommodation, and 36 have a restaurant on site. Use the stays filter to see them, then check the estate page for how to book.

April to June and September to October are usually the most comfortable periods for winery visits. Harvest season is busy, so book earlier and expect tighter opening hours.

Prices, durations, booking links, and opening details vary by estate. ItalianWines.co.uk shows structured visit information when it is available, and individual winery pages should be checked before making a trip.