Umbria wineries and vineyards

Montefalco

Arnaldo Caprai

Founded by Arnaldo Caprai in 1971 and led by his son Marco since 1986, this Montefalco estate set the modern dry Sagrantino style. The 25 Anni is its benchmark wine. The cellar runs tastings every day and holds the Equalitas sustainability standard.

45 mintypical time

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Ficulle

Castello della Sala

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

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Baschi

Barberani

Family estate above Lake Corbara, in the historic Classico heart of Orvieto. Niccolo and Bernardo Barberani, the third generation, farm 55 hectares of certified organic vines and keep about 30 hectares of forest. Best known for the Castagnolo and Luigi e Giovanna Orvieto Classico Superiore, the noble-rot Calcaia, and the red blend Polvento.

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Orvieto

Azienda Agricola Decugnano dei Barbi

Decugnano dei Barbi sits in the hills north-east of Orvieto, on sandy soil full of fossil seashells. Claudio Barbi took on the abandoned estate in 1973, and the estate says his first sparkling wine, from 1978, was the first of its kind in Umbria. His son Enzo carries on the work. Mare Antico, an Orvieto Classico Superiore, is the white the estate says best represents it, beside the red A.D.1212 and the sweet Pourriture Noble. Tours, tastings and cooking classes can be booked online, and Villa Barbi sleeps up to ten.

From €150visit price 4 hrtypical time

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Todi

Roccafiore

Roccafiore is a 15-hectare Baccarelli family estate above Todi, built on Grechetto di Todi clone G5 and Sangiovese on south-east-facing clay and marl slopes. With the Wine Resort and Spa, the Wine Chalet and Ristorante Fiorfiore, it is one of Umbria's easiest cellars to visit. It is certified under VIVA for sustainability and belongs to FIVI.

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Orvieto

Bigi

Bigi has made wine in Orvieto since 1880, first in a former monastery in the town and since 1972 at Ponte Giulio. Its own vineyards are in the Classico zone. Its range runs from Orvieto Classico Secco and Amabile to the single-vineyard Vigneto Torricella and Sartiano, a Sangiovese and Merlot red. Part of Gruppo Italiano Vini.

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Orvieto

Azienda Agricola Palazzone

The Dubini family's estate at Rocca Ripesena, a few kilometres north-west of Orvieto. Its 24 hectares of vines grow on old seabed clay. Campo del Guardiano rests 18 months in bottle before release. The sweet Muffa Nobile is made from grapes touched by noble rot. Tastings and tours can be booked online, one of them in an Etruscan cave. The 13th-century palace has suites to stay in.

3 hrtypical time

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Allerona

Argillae

The Bonollo family's estate in the clay hills between Allerona and Ficulle, about 13 km north-west of Orvieto. Panata, its Orvieto Classico Superiore, won Tre Bicchieri in Gambero Rosso's 2026 guide. Tastings, vineyard and cellar tours, lunches by an Orvieto trattoria, a cooking class and a picnic in the vines, all booked on the estate's website.

From €48visit price 2 hrtypical time

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Orvieto

Azienda Agricola Custodi

The Custodi family farm at Canale, on mostly volcanic soil just south of Orvieto, with 37 hectares of vines among olive groves and fields of grain. Laura and Chiara Custodi carry on the work their father began in 1965. Three Orvieto Classico whites, from the dry Belloro to the sweet Pertusa, sit beside Umbria IGT reds and a Brut Rosé. Guided cellar and vineyard visits with a tasting, all year by arrangement.

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Orvieto

Azienda Vinicola La Carraia

Odoardo Gialletti's family winery in the hills between Orvieto and Baschi, run today with his sons Mauro and Marco. It began with Orvieto Classico in 1988 and added Fobiano, a red from Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon, in 1995. Guided visits of the cellar and vineyards are by appointment.

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Orvieto

Cantina Neri

Enrico Neri's family estate on Bardano hill outside Orvieto. White wines lead: Ca' Viti Orvieto Classico Superiore, an oak-aged Grechetto and a sparkling Grechetto aged in the caves. Visits run from a short tasting on the terrace to a four-hour cooking class with dinner, most of them booked on the estate's website.

From €28visit price 90 mintypical time

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Monterubiaglio

Cantine Monrubio

The cooperative cellar of Monterubiaglio, a hill village north-west of Orvieto, set up by local growers in 1957. More than 400 members farm about 1,300 hectares for it in Umbria and the north of Lazio. Its own range includes Dieci Gradi, Soana and Coriglia, all Orvieto Classico, and a small shop at the cellar is open Monday to Saturday.

Montegabbione

Castello di Montegiove

The Misciattelli family's 13th-century castle in western Umbria, between Orvieto and Perugia. Its red wines include T., a pure Sagrantino from the La Selva vineyard. Tours of the castle and its old cellars end with a tasting, and the estate lets three apartments with a salt-water pool.

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Orvieto

Tenuta Le Velette

One family's estate since 1877, on the plateau facing Orvieto's rock. Orvieto Classico whites and Umbrian reds, Etruscan cellars dug into the tuff, tastings, a cooking class and apartments among the vines.

3 hrtypical time

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Ficulle

Tenuta Vitalonga

An organic family estate on a wooded ridge near Ficulle, north of Orvieto, close to the Tuscan border. Reds lead the range, from Phiculle and Terra di Confine to an organic Rosso Orvietano DOC. Tastings with food, a walk to Etruscan caves and the Casale Vigneria farmhouse, which sleeps 12 and has a pool.

From €40visit price 30 mintypical time

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Amelia

Zanchi

Certified organic family winery outside Amelia in southern Umbria, now in its third generation. Its 30 hectares of vines give Ciliegiolo bottled on its own, the Sciurio Riserva and the Vignavecchia Trebbiano. Vineyard walks and cellar tastings run Monday to Saturday, booked by email.

90 mintypical time

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