Learn all about Italy´s wine regions here and be inspired to plan your next Italian wine vacation!
Italy’s myriad wine regions offer a challenge and deep satisfaction to wine lovers. The diversity of landscapes and grape varieties is out of this world, and as a result, Italy produces the most extensive range of wine styles in Europe. Wine tasting in situ is the ultimate way to learn about wines, and there are few places more alluring than Italy! Discover gourmet Michelin-starred restaurants and Alpine wines in Trento. Taste white truffles with your Barolo in Langhe; visit medieval hamlets during your wine tour of fairy tale Chianti; let the turquoise sea and Greek ruins of Taormina enchant you while tasting the volcanic wines of Mount Etna; sail down the Grand Canal of Venice on a gondola while sipping on Prosecco.
Northern Italy
Northern Italy is a “must” for true wine lovers as it encompasses some of Italy’s best and undoubtedly most famous wine regions. Piedmont, where you can enjoy VIP wine tastings at premium small Barolo and Barbaresco estates. Northern Italy includes the countries two sparkling wine regions, Franciacorta; this picturesque wine region is a relative secret, virtually untouched by non-Italian tourists. Its famed bubbly is considered to be on a par with the finest champagnes. At the same time, Prosecco is the land of Palladian villas and gently rolling hills covered in vines and noble manors. The darling village of Conegliano is full of 15th to 18th-century palaces, many of them with Venetian Gothic façades. Surrounding vineyards, mainly of the Prosecco grape, are used to make the notorious Italian bubbly! Valpolicella shouldn’t be missed; it’s one of Italy’s loveliest wine regions and home to the famed Amarone wines. It is located just northwest of the historic city of Verona and east of Lake Garda. And let’s not forget the “Super Whites” of Friuli, stunning wines in the most splendid countryside, with uplifting landscapes of vineyards, medieval villages, and rolling green hills.
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Friuli-Venezia Giulia Wine Region
Friuli Venezia Giulia is one of the most unique and fabulous wine regions in Italy. It's home to a myriad of small, high quality family-run vineyards.
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Lombardy Wine Region
Lombardy, located in northwestern Italy, is home to many important wine regions including Valtellina, Franciacorta, Lugana and Garda, and Oltrepò Pavese.
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Franciacorta Wine Region
Franciacorta is a relatively small region encompassing only 18,000 hectares, with the actual vineyard areas being 1,500 hectares.
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Valtellina Wine Region
Valtellina wine region offers spectacular alpine scenery and intense, aromatic red wines made with the local Chiavennasca grape.
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Franciacorta Wine Region
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Piedmont Wine Region
Piedmont Wine region, particularly in the Langhe sub region, is the land of castles, vineyards and romantic hills shrouded in mist.
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Barbaresco Wine Region
Wines produced in the Barbaresco Wine Region are entirely from Nebbiolo grapes and presents an intense and brilliant color ranging from ruby to garnet red.
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Barolo Wine Region
Barolo wine region is surely Burgundy's Italian sibling. No other region sparks such debate surrounding the topic of terroir
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Barbaresco Wine Region
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Veneto Wine Region
The Veneto has many beautiful hamlets and some of the most picturesque towns in the Northen part of Italy, and is home to top wines including Amarone.
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Prosecco Wine Region
Prosecco is a vineyard covered region famed for its bubbly about one hour and a half north of Venice.
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Valpolicella Wine Region
Valpolicella wine region is one of the most prestigious wine making areas in the Veneto and is home of the wonderfully unique Amarone wine.
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Prosecco Wine Region
Central Italy
Tuscany is high on the list of desired destinations of many, traveling from Florence in the direction of beautiful Siena; you pass through Chianti Classico’s scenic wine country, quintessential Tuscany. From Siena, you can visit Montalcino and Montepulciano (top Brunello di Montalcino and Vino Nobile di Montepulciano producers). The stunning Maremma region is where the “Super Tuscans” were born. And sandwiched between Tuscany and Marche, Umbria is world-famous for its wines and its chocolates and truffles. Apart from all that Umbria offers culturally and gastronomically, the region is still a relative secret, unspoiled and pristine, and doesn’t receive the tourist hordes. A hidden gem in Italy!
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Marche Wine Region
Marche is one of Italy's hidden gems, with excellent wines and wonderful local dishes it is a must for the savvy gourmet traveler.
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Tuscany Wine Regions
Tuscany is a much larger region than many people realize and it encompasses many different wine regions and climate types.
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Brunello di Montalcino Wine Region
Brunello di Montalcino is home to some of the most prestigious and sought-after robust red wines in the world.
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Chianti Classico Wine Region
Perhaps one of the most beautiful wine regions in the world, Chianti Classico Wine Region is an area that has miles of hill topped medieval villages.
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Maremma Wine Region
Sassicaia, Ornellaia, Tignanello; these mythical wines are known as 'Super Tuscans' and they come from the beautiful coastal Maremma region.
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Vino Nobile di Montepulciano Wine Region
Montepulciano has long been famed as the birthplace of wines enjoyed in centuries past by noblemen, hence the name 'vino nobile'.
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Brunello di Montalcino Wine Region
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Umbria Wine Region
A land of lush rolling hills, ancient medieval villages, delectable wines and sumptuous cuisine, unforgettable Umbria is an ideal destination for gourmands.
