Italian Vegetarian Wines

Tuscany

From galestro hills in Chianti Classico to the single Brunello rise of Montalcino and the sea-facing Cabernets of Bolgheri, Tuscany is Italian wine's stage in full Renaissance light.

1505 wines · 58 denominations

Piedmont

From Barolo's tannic spine to Asti's gentle fizz, Piedmont turns Nebbiolo, Barbera, Moscato, and Cortese into Italy's most cru-mapped wine country.

1500 wines · 62 denominations

Veneto

Italy's largest wine region by volume, where Prosecco hills, Valpolicella ridges, and Soave's volcanic plain shape three different Italian classics.

1133 wines · 53 denominations

Trentino-Alto Adige

Italy's alpine wine country: Teroldego from the Piana Rotaliana, Trento DOC sparklers raised on dolomitic limestone, and Alto Adige whites perfumed by glacial air.

721 wines · 14 denominations

Sicily

Volcanic Nerello on Etna's black terraces, sun-baked Nero d'Avola on the south-east coast, fortified Marsala in Trapani and UNESCO Zibibbo on Pantelleria: Sicily holds Italy's widest single-region wine map.

704 wines · 31 denominations

Friuli Venezia Giulia

Italy's white-wine heartland, where Friulano, Ribolla Gialla and skin-contact orange wines meet alpine air, Adriatic light and the cooking of San Daniele and Carnia.

581 wines · 20 denominations

Puglia

From Manduria's Primitivo bottlings to Salento's Negroamaro estates and Castel del Monte's Nero di Troia DOCG hills, Puglia offers Italy's deepest catalogue of warm-climate native reds.

481 wines · 41 denominations

Lombardy

From Franciacorta classic-method bubbles to Valtellina mountain Nebbiolo and Lugana lake-cool whites, Lombardy spans 5 DOCGs across roughly 25,000 hectares of vineyards.

423 wines · 44 denominations

Campania

From Vesuvian ash to Avellino's Tufo hills, Campania pours four DOCGs of Italy's deepest wine memory: Aglianico for thunder, Fiano and Greco for stone-cool light.

240 wines · 33 denominations

Abruzzo

Abruzzo runs from Gran Sasso to the Adriatic, turning Montepulciano into dark reds, Cerasuolo rosato and a new wave of Pecorino and Trebbiano whites.

228 wines · 19 denominations

Emilia Romagna

Italy's pasta plains pour fizzy Lambrusco from Modena and Reggio, ageworthy Sangiovese di Romagna, Albana DOCG whites, and Bologna's gentle Pignoletto.

207 wines · 35 denominations

Marche

From Castelli di Jesi Verdicchio to Conero Montepulciano and Offida Pecorino, Marche covers 5 DOCGs across roughly 16,500 hectares of Adriatic and Apennine vineyards.

175 wines · 23 denominations

Sardinia

Granite-soil Vermentino in Gallura, schist-grown Cannonau in Ogliastra and bush-vine Carignano on the Sulcis sands: Sardinia bottles a Mediterranean profile no mainland region matches.

152 wines · 36 denominations

Umbria

Italy's landlocked green heart, where Montefalco Sagrantino brings the deepest tannins on the peninsula and Orvieto's tufa cliffs ripen the country's most patient white grapes.

106 wines · 22 denominations

Lazio

Lazio is Frascati country with a serious red side. Volcanic whites from the Castelli Romani, Cesanese on the Ciociaria hills, and a Roma DOC reaching for grown-up bottles.

67 wines · 36 denominations

Calabria

Calabria is the toe of Italy where Cirò Rosso stands as the south's most historic red, framed by the Pollino, the Sila, and 780 km of two-sea coast.

52 wines · 23 denominations

Liguria

From Cinque Terre cliffs to the Pornassio Alps, eight DOCs deliver Pigato, Vermentino, Rossese and Sciacchetrà across 350 km of Riviera coast.

50 wines · 12 denominations

Aosta Valley

Italy's smallest wine region clings to terraces between 500 and 1,200 metres, where Prie Blanc, Petit Rouge and Picotener (Nebbiolo) catch the alpine sun.

35 wines · 1 denominations

Basilicata

Italy's smallest southern producer, where Aglianico ripens late on the volcanic cones of Mount Vulture and Matera's tufa cellars age the country's most under-priced age-worthy reds.

29 wines · 6 denominations

Molise

Italy's quietest wine region: Tintilia rediscovered on Apennine slopes, Montepulciano ripened by Adriatic light, and Biferno reds anchored above the Termoli coast.

18 wines · 6 denominations