Can I visit the Bastianich winery?

Yes. The estate runs a cellar tour with a tasting at its cellar in Gagliano, just outside Cividale del Friuli. It lasts about an hour and a half, is given in English or Italian, and takes groups of up to five. You can book it online through the cards on this page, or write to the winery to arrange a date.

How much does a Bastianich tasting cost?

The four-wine tasting is listed at 21 euros a head and the six-wine tasting at 25 euros, prices read from the booking platform in September 2026. Both include the cellar tour. The bookable cards on this page always show the current price.

Which Bastianich wine should I try first?

Vespa Bianco, the estate's white blend of Chardonnay and Sauvignon from the Premariacco hill, which has won Gambero Rosso's top award five times. If you like Friulano, ask for Plus, made from one hilltop vineyard of old vines. The Orsone range is the everyday line and the easiest to find in Britain.

What is the difference between the Cru and Orsone ranges?

The hill they come from. The Cru wines grow on the warmer Premariacco hill in the south of the Colli Orientali and are fuller and built to age. The Orsone wines grow on the cooler Cividale hill a few miles north and are fresher and more aromatic. The tastings pour both, so you can taste the difference in one sitting.

Where exactly is the Bastianich winery?

At Via Darnazzacco 44/2, Gagliano, on the edge of Cividale del Friuli in the province of Udine. Cividale itself is a few minutes away, Udine about half an hour by car, and Trieste airport about an hour. The Premariacco vineyards are a few miles to the south.

Is Bastianich the same family as the restaurants?

Yes. The Bastianich family built its reputation with restaurants in the United States, and the wine estate grew out of the Friulian wines they served there. The family planted its first Friulian vineyards in 1997 and has owned every vine on the estate since.

Bastianich

Bastianich is the Friulian wine estate of the Bastianich family, better known for its restaurants in the United States. The family planted its first vines in 1997 outside Cividale del Friuli, in the Colli Orientali. It now farms 27 hectares of vines, about 38 football pitches, on two hills. The warmer Premariacco hill grows the top wines, Vespa Bianco and Plus among them. The cooler Cividale hill grows the everyday Orsone range. Tastings run for about an hour and a half and can be booked online.

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Est. 1997
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About Bastianich

The Bastianich family made its name with restaurants in New York, not with wine. From the 1970s its restaurants put Friulian wines on their lists, and the family got to know the growers behind them. Its roots are in Italy's north-east, and in 1997 it planted its own vines outside Cividale del Friuli.

The estate owns every vine it farms, all inside the Friuli Colli Orientali DOC, on two separate hills. The Premariacco hill is the warmest, southernmost corner of the zone, warmed by air off the sea. The Cividale hill, a few miles north, is cooled by the bora wind coming down from the mountains. The soil on both is ponca, the crumbly marl and sandstone that runs under these eastern Friuli hills.

The two hills make two ranges. From Premariacco come the fuller wines the estate is known for. Vespa Bianco is a white built on Chardonnay and Sauvignon, and it has won Gambero Rosso's Tre Bicchieri five times. Plus is a Friulano from a single hilltop vineyard of vines more than seventy years old. Vespa Rosso and Calabrone are the reds. From Cividale comes the Orsone range: fresh Friulano, Sauvignon, Pinot Grigio, Pinot Bianco and Ribolla Gialla. The reds are Schioppettino and Refosco, and there is a sparkling Ribolla Gialla made in the tank method.

Twenty people pick the grapes by hand for at least two months every autumn, the same team each year. The first sorting happens in the vineyard. A second one happens at the cellar door, where a machine picks out anything the pickers missed.

The estate takes visitors at its cellar on Via Darnazzacco, at Gagliano just outside Cividale. A cellar tour with a tasting takes about an hour and a half, in English or Italian, for groups of up to five. There are two versions, one with four wines and one with six. Each pours bottles from both hills, so you taste the difference in one sitting. Both can be booked online, or arranged by email with the winery. A third card on this page is a two-night stay at the Vigne del Malina farmhouse nearby, and its Bastianich half is the same four-wine tasting.

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"Essence" weekend at Agriturismo with winery Vigna del Malina

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Via Darnazzacco 44/2, Gagliano, 33043 Cividale del Friuli (UD)

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What Bastianich makes

Bastianich's current bottle selection is easiest to understand through Merlot and Ribolla Gialla.

Key grapes

Merlot is a red grape with a serious Italian footprint.

Region Friuli Venezia Giulia

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Ribolla Gialla is the ancient white grape of Friuli Venezia Giulia.

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Sauvignon Blanc is the sharp, green-scented white behind Friuli's Collio and Isonzo bottlings.

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Cabernet Franc is the quieter half of the Bordeaux pair.

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Cabernet Sauvignon is a red grape born in Bordeaux, and it reshaped modern Italian wine.

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Chardonnay is a white grape with a clear Italian role.

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Common questions

Yes. The estate runs a cellar tour with a tasting at its cellar in Gagliano, just outside Cividale del Friuli. It lasts about an hour and a half, is given in English or Italian, and takes groups of up to five. You can book it online through the cards on this page, or write to the winery to arrange a date.
The four-wine tasting is listed at 21 euros a head and the six-wine tasting at 25 euros, prices read from the booking platform in September 2026. Both include the cellar tour. The bookable cards on this page always show the current price.
Vespa Bianco, the estate's white blend of Chardonnay and Sauvignon from the Premariacco hill, which has won Gambero Rosso's top award five times. If you like Friulano, ask for Plus, made from one hilltop vineyard of old vines. The Orsone range is the everyday line and the easiest to find in Britain.
The hill they come from. The Cru wines grow on the warmer Premariacco hill in the south of the Colli Orientali and are fuller and built to age. The Orsone wines grow on the cooler Cividale hill a few miles north and are fresher and more aromatic. The tastings pour both, so you can taste the difference in one sitting.
At Via Darnazzacco 44/2, Gagliano, on the edge of Cividale del Friuli in the province of Udine. Cividale itself is a few minutes away, Udine about half an hour by car, and Trieste airport about an hour. The Premariacco vineyards are a few miles to the south.
Yes. The Bastianich family built its reputation with restaurants in the United States, and the wine estate grew out of the Friulian wines they served there. The family planted its first Friulian vineyards in 1997 and has owned every vine on the estate since.

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About Bastianich

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3 bookable experiences at Bastianich

Wine Tasting at the Bastianich Winery in Colli Orientali

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Key grapes

Merlot

Ribolla Gialla

Sauvignon Blanc

Cabernet Franc

Cabernet Sauvignon

Chardonnay

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