Wine regions in Puglia

Beautiful Puglia (also known as Apulia) is located in the heel of the boot, the utmost southeast of Italy. Although the region is also known for its olives, Puglia is one of the country's most important wine regions. With an annual production of 10.8 million hl (120 million cases of wine) by 2022, Puglia is second after Veneto in terms of the amount of Italian wine produced.

The Salento region is the heart of wine production in Puglia. The two well-known wines Negroamaro and especially Primitivo put Puglia on the world wine map.

The wine region has 4 DOCG wines and no less than 28 DOC wines. In other words, a high-quality wine region. The Castel del Monte wine region in particular (to the left of Brindisi) produces excellent wines.

Time to get better acquainted with the wine region of Puglia, so you might find a new destination for your next wine trip in this area.

The wine regions of Puglia

Within Puglia, there are no less than 25 individual wine regions (out of a total of 358 Italian wine regions). At a glance, these are:

Castel del Monte

Manduria

Alezio

Barletta

Brindisi

Cacc’è mmitte di Lucera

Colline Joniche Tarantine

Copertino

Galatina

Gioia del Colle

Gravina

Leverano

Lizzano

Locorotondo

Martina (Martina Franca)

Matino

Trani

Nardò

Terra d’Otranto

Orta Nova

Ostuni

Cerignola

Salice Salentino

San Severo

Squinzano

Wine tourism in Puglia

In Italy, so-called wine consortia for each wine or wine region are responsible for the promotion and quality standards of their wines. The collaborative approach and combining efforts gives them more power to promote their wines, or their wine region, specifically to your attention.

The Puglia region has a large number of these Consorzia del Vino...

Consorzio Tutela del Primitivo di Manduria DOC e DOCG
Consorzio per la Tutela dei Vini DOC Castel del Monte
Consorzio Per La Tutela Del Vino Doc Rosso Barletta
Consorzio Salice Salentino
Consorzio Tutela Vini DOC Copertino
Consorzio per la Tutela del vino Gravina DOC
Consorzio di Tutela Vini DOC Gioia del Colle
Consorzio Volontario di Tutela e Valorizzazione Del Vino D.O.C. Leverano

Strada del Vino DOC Castel del Monte in Puglia

Wine routes in Puglia

What would be better than to taste regional and local wines in person through routes composed by the regional winemakers and consortia themselves. In Italy, the so-called 'Strada dei Vini...' are local wine trails along vineyards with the possibility of tasting the wines at the wineries directly. The routes will introduce you to the landscapes, the most beautiful landmarks and most delicious places to eat. But most of all, they are created to introduce you to the regional and local wineries that proudly present their wines to you. Wine tasting in the most beautiful way.

The summary of official wine routes in Puglia below reveals that there is only 1 official wine route in this region.

Strada dei Vini DOC Castel del Monte

Check out all (there are more than 100...!) official Italian wine routes of the Strade dei Vini d'Italia.

You can also find the required information on wine and wine trips on the official tourism website Puglia and on the website of the Movimento Turismo del Vino Puglia.

The grape varieties of Puglia

Below you will find an inventory of all the varieties of grapes grown in Puglia. The most cultivated grape varieties in the region are Sangiovese (15%), Primitivo (14%), Negroamaro (14%) and Trebbiano (13%).

Aglianico, Albarola, Avarengo, Bianco di Alessano, Bombino Bianco, Bombino Nero, Bovale, Brachetto, Cabernet Sauvignon, Canina Nera, Carmenère, Chardonnay, Ciliegiolo,,, Cococciola, Falanghina, Fiano, Frappato, Garganega, Greco, Greco Nero, Lambrusca di Alessandria, Lambrusco, Lumassina, Malbec, Malvasia, Malvasia Nera, Marzemino, Merlot, Montepulciano, Moscato Nero, Negroamaro, Nero Buono, Ottavianello, Pampanuto, Petit Verdot, Primitivo, Ribolla Gialla, Riesling, Roussanne, Sangiovese, Schiava, Susumaniello, Tai Rosso, Trebbiano, Uva di Troia, Uva Rara and Verdeca.

A complete list of all wines from Puglia

The vineyards of Puglia produce the wines below (DOCG, DOC and IGT).

Puglia DOCG wines

Castel del Monte Nero di Troia Riserva

Castel del Monte Rosso Riserva

Castel del Monte Bombino Nero

Primitivo di Manduria Dolce Naturale

Puglia DOC wines

Aleatico di Puglia

Alezio

Barletta

Brindisi

Cacc’e mmitte di Lucera

Castel del Monte

Colline Joniche Tarantine

Copertino

Galatina

Gioia del Colle

Gravina

Leverano

Lizzano

Locorotondo

Martina o Martina Franca

Matino

Moscato di Trani

Nardò

Negroamaro di Terra d’Otranto

Orta Nova

Ostuni

Primitivo di Manduria

Rosso di Cerignola

Salice Salentino

San Severo

Squinzano

Tavoliere delle Puglie o Tavoliere

Terra d’Otranto

Puglia IGP/IGT wines

IGP Daunia

IGP Murgia

IGP Puglia

IGP Salento

IGP Tarantino

IGP Valle d’Itria

Nero di Troia grapes in Puglia - PugliaSveva

Travel information

If you want to explore the Puglia wine region and are unable to travel by your own car, there are several airports nearby.

Bari (Airport Karol Wojtyla), airport code BRI
Brindisi-Salento, BRD
Foggia (Gino Lisa), FOG

At the the airports, you can rent a car. Having a car makes it easy to explore the region further by yourself.

Some of the images copyright Puglia Sveva and Strada del Vino DOC Castel del Monte

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