Vineyards and wine tours

Italian Vineyards and Wineries

Plan wine tours in Italy with 141 winery profiles. Compare regions, tasting rooms, cellar tours, restaurants, stays, booking details, and wines from notable Italian estates.

20 winery regions
117 offer tastings
104 offer tours
82 with online booking
Planeta Est. 1995
Sicily · Menfi

Planeta

Planeta is one of Sicily's most influential wine families, with a documented agricultural presence on the island since 1694 and a modern wine project launched 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 Red grapeNerello Mascalese White grapeCarricante
53wines From £13.70
Marchesi de’ Frescobaldi
Tuscany · Firenze

Marchesi de’ Frescobaldi

Marchesi de Frescobaldi is a 30th-generation wine family with nine estates across Tuscany, from the hills of Chianti Rufina to the Maremma coast. The linked bottle range currently centres on Chianti DOCG, Pomino DOC and Brunello di Montalcino DOCG, with grapes such as Sangiovese, Chardonnay and Canaiolo.

Red grapeSangiovese Red grapeMerlot Red grapeCabernet Sauvignon
43wines From £8.51
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: Amarone della Valpolicella, the Hey French multivintage white and the 11 Minutes rose, with bookable tastings at its art-filled headquarters.

White grapeGarganega White grapeGlera Red grapePrimitivo
35wines From £9.10
Marchesi Antinori Est. 1385
Tuscany · Firenze

Marchesi Antinori

Spanning twenty-six generations since 1385, Marchesi Antinori is the oldest continuously family-run wine business in Italy. The linked bottle range currently centres on Chianti Classico DOCG, Toscana IGT and Bolgheri DOC, with grapes such as Sangiovese, Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot.

Red grapeSangiovese Red grapeCabernet Sauvignon Red grapeMerlot
33wines
Cantine San Marzano Est. 1962
Puglia · San Marzano S. G.

Cantine San Marzano

Cantine San Marzano sits in the centre of the Primitivo di Manduria DOP zone, between the Ionian and Adriatic coasts of Salento. Started by nineteen winegrowers in 1962, it bottled its first wines in 1996 and put Puglia on the international map with Sessantanni Primitivo di Manduria DOP, sourced from old bush-vines over sixty years old.

Red grapePrimitivo Red grapeNegroamaro White grapeChardonnay
32wines From £12.59
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 Irpinian hills at Sorbo Serpico in the province of Avellino. The linked bottle range currently centres on Fiano di Avellino DOCG, Campania IGT and Falanghina del Sannio DOC, with grapes such as Aglianico, Falanghina and Fiano.

Red grapeAglianico White grapeFiano White grapeGreco
30wines From £12.85
Gaja
Piedmont · Barbaresco

Gaja

Gaja sits in Barbaresco, Piedmont, with the current ItalianWines.co.uk bottle selection anchored by Barbaresco DOCG, Barolo DOCG and Langhe DOC. The linked bottle range currently centres on Barbaresco DOCG, Barolo DOCG and Langhe DOC, with grapes such as Nebbiolo, Barbera and Merlot.

Red grapeNebbiolo White grapeChardonnay Red grapeSangiovese
29wines
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 grapeNerello Mascalese Red grapeNero d'Avola Red grapePerricone
28wines From £16.99
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.

White grapeZibibbo White grapeGrillo Red grapeMuscat of Alexandria
25wines From £15
Casa Vinicola Fina Est. 2005
Sicily · Marsala

Casa Vinicola Fina

Bruno Fina and his family have bottled at Contrada Bausa outside Marsala since 2005. Grillo, Nero d'Avola and Zibibbo lead the range, split between Sicilia DOC and Terre Siciliane IGT, and the cellar takes visitors on weekdays by appointment.

White grapeChardonnay White grapeGrillo Red grapeMerlot
23wines
Castello Banfi Est. 1978
Tuscany · Montalcino

Castello Banfi

Castello Banfi farms around 800 hectares of vineyard on the southern slopes of Montalcino, around the restored Castello di Poggio alle Mura. Brunello di Montalcino is the heart of the range, backed by Rosso di Montalcino, Tuscan IGT reds and a separate Chianti Classico. Equalitas-certified and family-owned, it is set up for visitors, with tastings, tours, two restaurants and rooms inside the castle.

Red grapeSangiovese Red grapeCabernet Sauvignon Red grapeMerlot
23wines From £14.60
Ceretto Est. 1937
Piedmont · Alba

Ceretto

Three generations of single-vineyard Barolo and Barbaresco from Alba, farmed organically, with glass tasting pavilions among the vines and the Sol LeWitt and David Tremlett Chapel of Barolo above La Morra.

Red grapeNebbiolo White grapeArneis Red grapeBarbera
23wines
Allegrini
Veneto · Fumane di Valpolicella

Allegrini

Family estate in Fumane di Valpolicella with around 150 hectares across La Grola, La Poja, Palazzo della Torre, and the Lugana cru at Oasi Mantellina. Run by the heirs of Walter and Franco Allegrini, with a range built around Corvina, Amarone della Valpolicella Classico, and the Terre di Fumane drying facility.

Red grapeRondinella Red grapeCorvina Red grapeCorvinone
22wines From £11.45
Cantina Vietti
Piedmont · Castiglione Falletto

Cantina Vietti

Castiglione Falletto estate farming around 75 hectares across the Langhe, Roero, Asti and 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 White grapeArneis
21wines
Marchesi Mazzei Est. 1435
Tuscany · Castellina in Chianti

Marchesi Mazzei

At Castello di Fonterutoli since 1435, the Mazzei farm 110 hectares in 114 parcels for Siepi and their Gran Selezione crus. The borgo doubles as a wine resort with the Osteria di Fonterutoli; Belguardo and Zisola extend the range.

Red grapeSangiovese Red grapeCabernet Sauvignon Red grapeMerlot
21wines From £15.17
Argiolas Est. 1938
Sardinia · Serdiana

Argiolas

Family winery in Serdiana, twenty kilometres inland of Cagliari, working estates across Trexenta, Sulcis and the Parteolla. Founded 1938 by Antonio Argiolas, three generations now bottle Cannonau, Carignano, Bovale Sardo, Vermentino and Nuragus under Isola dei Nuraghi IGT and Vermentino di Sardegna DOC. Best known for Turriga, the Cannonau-led blend designed in the late 1980s with consulting oenologist Giacomo Tachis.

Red grapeCannonau Red grapeCarignano White grapeVermentino
20wines From £12.80
Cusumano Est. 2001
Sicily · Partinico

Cusumano

Founded in 2001 by brothers Diego and Alberto Cusumano, this Partinico estate spreads more than five hundred hectares across western Sicily and the northern slopes of Etna under the Alta Mora label. Sàgana from Butera and Alta Mora Guardiola are the reference bottles, and SOStain Sicilia certification covers the full range.

Red grapeNero d'Avola Red grapeMerlot White grapeCatarratto
20wines From £11.51
Cantina Tramin
Trentino-Alto Adige · Termeno

Cantina Tramin

A 160-grower cooperative founded in 1898 in Termeno, the Alto Adige village that gave Gewürztraminer its name. Long-time winemaker Willi Stürz oversees a portfolio split between a Classic range and a Selection list whose best-known bottles include Nussbaumer Gewürztraminer, Stoan, Troy Chardonnay Riserva and Epokale, the Gewürztraminer that earned 100 Wine Advocate points in its 2009 vintage.

White grapeGewürztraminer Red grapeCabernet Sauvignon White grapeChardonnay
18wines From £14.60
Cantina Santadi
Sardinia · Santadi

Cantina Santadi

A Sulcis cooperative founded in 1960, anchoring its reputation on Carignano del Sulcis from sandy, ungrafted vineyards by the sea. Terre Brune Superiore, Rocca Rubia Riserva and the Villa Solais Vermentino define the Sardinian range.

Red grapeCarignano White grapeVermentino Red grapeCannonau
17wines From £12
Giuseppe Quintarelli Est. 1924
Veneto · Negrar di Valpolicella

Giuseppe Quintarelli

The reference Amarone della Valpolicella estate, founded in Cerè in 1924 and run today by the fourth generation. Long appassimento and seven to ten years in Slavonian botti shape Amarone Classico, Recioto, the Cabernet-blend Alzero IGT, and the Rosso del Bepi declassification.

Red grapeCabernet Sauvignon Red grapeCorvina Red grapeCorvinone
17wines
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, with a Montalcino cellar added in 1990. The cooperative entered liquidation in 2026 and the wines are now produced for Leonardo da Vinci S.p.A. by Vecchia Cantina di Montepulciano.

Red grapeSangiovese Red grapeMerlot Red grapeTrebbiano
15wines From £9.98
Castello della Sala Est. 1940
Umbria · Ficulle

Castello della Sala

Castello della Sala is Antinori's Umbrian estate near Ficulle, built around a 14th century fortress and known for Cervaro della Sala, Muffato della Sala and Pinot Nero della Sala. The linked bottle range currently centres on Umbria IGT, with grapes such as Chardonnay, Grechetto and Sauvignon Blanc.

White grapeChardonnay Red grapeGrechetto Red grapeSemillon
15wines
Varvaglione 1921 Est. 1921
Puglia · Leporano

Varvaglione 1921

Family-run cellar at Leporano, on the western edge of the Salento, built around two Primitivo di Manduria DOC flagships and a broad 12 e Mezzo Salento IGP range.

Red grapePrimitivo Red grapeNegroamaro White grapeFiano
15wines From £9.95
Azienda Agricola Bellavista Est. 1977
Lombardy · Erbusco

Azienda Agricola Bellavista

Founded by Vittorio Moretti in 1977 on the Bellavista hill above Lake Iseo, this Erbusco estate is one of the reference points for Franciacorta. Hand-harvested chardonnay and pinot nero from 209 hectares feed Alma Assemblage, Satèn, Teatro alla Scala and the long-aged Vittorio Moretti Riserva, with Curtefranca DOC Bianco on the still-wine side.

White grapeChardonnay Red grapePinot Nero White grapePinot Bianco
14wines From £24.09
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 11 wineries Piedmont 7 wineries Aosta Valley 6 wineries Emilia Romagna 6 wineries Friuli Venezia Giulia 6 wineries Liguria 6 wineries
Visit planning

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

Estates set their own prices. Of the 263 experiences listed across this directory, 93 carry a starting price: the median is €40 a head, and 63 of those sit between €25 and €60. The others are listed without one.

€40

Median starting price

Across 93 priced experiences. The cheapest opens at €5, the most expensive at €300.

90 minutes

The usual slot

The most common length among 91 timed experiences, which run from 30 minutes to 4 hours.

194

Bookable online

81 of the 141 estates listed ask you to book ahead, so the estate page is where the booking route lives.

263

Listed experiences

Across 121 estates. 199 include a tasting, 139 include a tour, 20 are food pairings, 13 are stays.

Tours

Wine tours and vineyard tours in Italy

A tour puts the cellar or the vineyard around the tasting. 112 of the listed experiences pair the two, 8 go into the cellar, and 9 walk the vines. 104 estates run at least one. These regions have the most.

Tuscany 13 estates with tours Veneto 9 estates with tours Sicily 8 estates with tours Basilicata 6 estates with tours Campania 6 estates with tours Lombardy 6 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 93 experiences listed here that publish a starting price, the median is €40 a head, and 63 of them fall between €25 and €60. The full range runs from €5 to €300 per person.

Usually, yes. 81 of the 141 estates listed here ask visitors to book ahead, and 194 of the 263 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 91 experiences that publish a duration. The full range runs from 30 minutes to 4 hours.

30 of the 141 estates listed here offer accommodation, and 22 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.