Wine tourism is one of the fastest growing sectors in Italy. No wonder that more and more tourists and wine lovers are looking for the most beautiful wine tastings in Italy. There are no fewer than 358 Italian wine regions, so you have something to choose from. Your best wine adventures start at avinturo. Let's discover some great winery tours!
Maps to find Italian wineries and wine-resorts for a tour and wine tasting experience
The latest addition to the Avinturo wine travel website is a set of useful wineries maps. On these maps you can find wineries, wineries with wine tasting experiences and wineries with accommodations (from a luxury wine resort to a wine hotel or a great agriturism at the winery)
The latest wineries maps that are published on Avinturo.com:
- Wineries near Florence map
- Montalcino wineries map
- Chianti wineries map
- Wineries near Venice map
- Wineries near Verona and Lake Garda map
The next in this series 'wineries map' to be published are Prosecco, Franciacorta and Valpolicella.
The best wine tours and tastiest wine tastings...
From Florence to Chianti
HALF DAY
Chianti Experience from Florence
wine museum in Greve - 5 DOCG wines
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From € 119 p.p.
Tour guide: Devour Tours
DAY TOUR
Vespa tour in the Chianti wine region
6,5 hours - light lunch - exclusive tasting
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From € 129 p.p.
Tour guide: MyTour Italy
DAY TOUR
Wine & Hiking in Chianti Classico from Florence
9 hours - small group - active
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From € 193 p.p.
Tour guide: Out of the Box Florence
DAY TOUR
Chianti Quad wine tour with Tuscan lunch
8 hours - wine tasting - Tuscan lunch
From € 220 p.p.
Tour guide: Happy in Tuscany
Discover all 358 Italian Wine Regions
On avinturo, you can discover all 358 wine regions of Italy (grouped by region and sorted from north to south Italy). There is also a dedicated page for each wine region where you can find everything about wine tasting, wine tours and wines of that region.
Discover some of the most visted wine regions:
- Tuscany (including Chianti, Montalcino, Montepulciano and Bolgheri)
- Veneto (incuding Valpolicella, Prosecco)
- Umbria
- Sardinia (including Alghero)
- Piedmont
- Puglia
- Lombardia (including Franciacorta)
- Sicily
- Trentino - South Tirol
Visit wineries near Verona (IT) with one of these wine tasting tour guides
Pagus Wine Tours
As a specialized wine travel agency, Pagus offers a wide range of
wine tours and tastings. From a half-day Amarone tour to a combination of Amarone and Soave, or a boat trip on Lake Garda with a wine tasting. Or would you prefer to book a fully catered
wine weekend in Verona or Valpolicella?
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Itinera wine & bike
Verona-based Itinera Bike & Travel offers various cycling tours. In addition to bike rentals and day trips in the surrounding area, they also offer multi-day cycling trips. Discover Verona and the Valpolicella wine region by bike. They offer a great selection, such as
discovering Valpolicella wines by e-bike.
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Romeo & Juliet Guide
Virginia (hospitality and events) and Sara (sommelier and wine journalist) have created some great experiences in and around Verona.
How about a
cooking class and lunch
at a winery? Or a boat trip on Lake Garda with an Amarone wine tasting? Find out their great
offers for tours and tasting.
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Motoragazzi
Motoragazzi is the specialist in e-bike, Vespa, and motorcycle rentals. Discover the region around Lake Garda, Verona, and the Valpolicella wine region for yourself. Around
50 routes have been compiled (via the app). Enjoy the beautiful Italian life around Verona and taste the region's finest wines.
Valpolicella wineries near Verona
Villa Canestrari
Just east of the
Valpolicella Classico hills lies the charming little village of Cazzano di Tramigna. From here, a winding road leads you through rolling green hills and endless rows of vines, until you reach
Villa Canestrari. A winery perfectly nestled between the Illasi and Mezzane valleys. It’s a place where tradition meets innovation, and where every glass tells a story.
A visit to Villa Canestrari isn’t just about wine. It’s a journey through time, tradition, and the heart of Valpolicella. It’s the kind of place that reminds you why you fell in love with Italy in the first place.
Visit the website.
Visit the wine museum.
Stefano Accordini
From
Fumane, nestled in the center of the
Valpolicella Classico hills, a winding road climbs through the vineyards. At Turn 10, you’ll find the turnoff to the
highest winery in the area, perched above the surrounding valleys. The views here are unforgettable. On a clear day, both Verona and Lake Garda appear like sparkling gems beyond the rolling vines.
For those who wish to linger, the winery also offers stays at Agriturismo Acinatico, a charming retreat where you can wake to the gentle rhythms of vineyard life and enjoy the surrounding countryside.
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website.
Agriturismo
Acinatico.
Wine tours and tastings
Massimago
On a beautiful hillside in the Valle di Mezzane valley, nestled in the green heart of the Valpolicella region, lies the Massimago winery. From the quiet driveway, you overlook the vineyards. It's a bit of a drive once you've left the highway, but it's more than worth it. A place where you can forget about time, immersed in nature and surrounded by vineyards.
At Massimago, everything revolves around respect for nature and its guests. The property has its own swimming pool and offers ample opportunities for walking in beautiful surroundings among the grapevines.
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website.
Massimago
wine relais
Tommasi
Tucked into the gentle
hills of Pedemonte, in the heart of Valpolicella Classico, lies
Tommasi Viticoltori, one of the region’s most celebrated wineries. As you arrive, the sight of ancient vineyards stretching across the landscape, framed by the Lessini Mountains, instantly makes you feel at home.
Visiting Tommasi is about far more than tasting wine. It’s about stepping into a family’s world. Wander through the vineyards, enjoy a tasting in the charming cellar. Experience the spirit of Valpolicella and the timeless beauty of the hills above Verona.
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Wine tourism in Italy
The first edition of the 'Cantine Aperte' (open cellars) event in 1993 marked the real start of wine tourism in Italy. At the start in 1993, only about 25 wineries participated at the time. Today, Cantine Aperte has grown into the premier Italian wine event, with over 20,000 wineries opening their doors to the public. The number of wine enthusiasts visiting Cantine Aperte rose accordingly.
Nowadays tourists and wine lovers are looking for new experiences around wineries and vineyards. Wine tasting with the wine-maker or winery owner. Picnics and diners in the vineyard. Visiting various wineries with a guide by bike or Vespa. And so on.
Most wine consortiums (all respectable wine region have one) are promoting their wines. Many do have itineraries and official wine roads where wine lovers can plan their trip along the winries they select.
And in almost all wine regions and wine cities you can celebrate the new harvest -or the start of the wine season- with populair wine events and wine festivals.
My Italian wine adventure...
The website Avinturo.com (and avinturo.nl for the Dutch and Belgium wine lovers) is a personal project of Dennis Woudt.
In 2015, we visited Italy for the first time. In spring, we went to Rome for a long weekend. It turned out to be a fantastic short break. Beautiful weather, delicious food and wine and actually too much to see to take in a few days.
In the same summer, we went to Tuscany with our best friends. We stayed at a campsite near Pistoia, a good starting point for sightseeing, including visits to Florence, Lucca, Pisa, Siena and San Gimignano.
During this wonderful summer holiday, it turned out afterwards that we also experienced our first wine tasting in Italy. On our way back from a day trip with many beautiful attractions and sightseeings, we had stopped in Vinci to taste the wines of Cantina Leonardo da Vinci.
It was the beginning of our remarkable wine adventure. Since then, apart from several visits to Tuscany (including Arezzo, Florence, Montepulciano, Siena, San Gimignano), we have been on many other holidays to Italy. To Lazio (including Tarquinia, Lazio), Umbria (including Montefalco), Sardinia (including Alghero), Piedmont (Alba, Barolo, Roero...), Veneto (including. Valpolicella, Soave and the Prosecco-Cartizze wine region), Trentino-Alto Adige/South Tyrol, Lombardia (including Franciacorta), Liguria (including Genoa, Cinque Terre) and Emilia-Romagna.
From cycling among the vineyards in the Franciacorta (Italian champagne - sparkling wine) wine region to a memorable picnic in Arnaldo Caprai's vineyards in Montefalco. And from dining In Lazio with a closing rosé on the rooftop at Etruscaia to enjoy a beautiful sunset over the sea to views from Stefano Accordini's highest winery in Valpolicella. Not to forget our delicious lunch and tasting of sparkling Prosecco bubbles in the almost magical- fairy-tale heart of Valdobbiadene-Conegliano where the Cartizze is located.
The numerous highlights are actually beyond imagination. Moments of happiness that we thoroughly enjoy together or with our friends and families. The more often we have visited Italy, the more excited we become about our next journey. There is still so much to discover. Lots of Italian whites, reds and sparkling wines.
We have an idea to learn so much more about Chianti wines next time in both the Chianti wine region and the many other Tuscan wine regions where the Sangiovese grape produces a delicious Chianti. And we'll probably stop in Verone, the Valpoliccela, Soave and the Prosecco area along the way.
Anyway, some more puzzling for the time being.
Lovely to do 😀
Ciao,
Dennis
