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Italian Wine Travel Guide

If you’re visiting Italy, you are bound to stumble upon a local winery no matter where you go. The country is home to some of the oldest wine producing regions in the world with nearly every part of the country producing its own styles of wine.

Followed closely by Spain and France, Italy is the world’s largest wine producer by volume. The three country’s regularly via for the top position…and as one of the top wine destinations for wine lovers to visit. Which is where Carpe Travel steps in. 

We’ve pulled together the following Italian Wine Travel Guide to share a brief history of many of the must visit Italian wine regions, along with where to sip, where to stay and things to do beyond the vines.

This guide is designed to help you plan the perfect Italian wine vacation. And like wine, our guides get better with age as we will continue to build them out and add more tips and wine adventures. Make sure to subscribe to keep updated. Saluti!

Piedmont, Italy
Panorama of Piedmont vineyards and Barbaresco town
Wine Regions of Italy

The are 20 main wine regions in Italy. Yes, that’s a lot and seeing as there are more than 350 official Italian wine varieties, there is a lot to know…and sip. This map can help you layout which regions are either in the area you’re already visiting or help guide you on planning your trip to Italy. (Scroll over the map and you will see the names of each region.) Below you’ll also find links to specific regional guides to help plan your visit, more are in the works.

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Regional Guides
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Piedmont

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Umbria

Tuscany

Veneto

Beyond the Vines
Barolo Wine Region, understating the wines in Barolo

Piedmont Wine Offer: All this wine talk – are you thirsty yet!?

castello di sinio

Check-in: Castello di Sinio in Barolo Italy

barbera wine pairing - the best wines for bbq

Barbera Wine Pairing Lessons Direct from Piedmont

Barolo wine pairing tips

Barbaresco & Barolo Wine Pairing Tips Direct from Piedmont

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What is Piedmont, Italy known for?

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Piedmont culture in a glass – vermouth and coffee

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Piedmont Food: The region’s gastronomic superstars

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When to Visit Piedmont, Italy

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Piedmont Region: One of the best places to visit in Northern Italy

See All of Our Italian Wine Travel Tips and Adventures
Meet the Winemakers
Wine Travel to Piedmont Italy, touring Franco Rocca Wine

Armchair Food & Wine Travel to Barbaresco

Interview with a Winemaker: Sergio Germano of Ettore Germano in Piedmont

More Interviews with Italian Winemakers
More Resources For All You Cork Dorks
  • A Travelers Guide to Understanding the Italian Wine Classifications
  • 5 Tips on Shipping Wine Back from Overseas
  • Italy with Kids: Five Family Friendly Cities

Piedmont

  • The Piemonte Wine Trail
  • 10 Things to do in Turin
  • On the Piemonte Wine Trail: Stella Giuseppe
  • Piedmont Wine Tours: Harvest Lunch in Barbaresco

Puglia

  • Traveling to Lecce: wine, burrata and siesta
  • Food of Puglia, Italy with Cooking Experience in Lecce

Liguria

  • Eating well in the Cinque Terre

Tuscany

  • The Best Tuscany Wine Tour From Siena

  • Tuscany Wine Adventures: Wine tasting in Greve in Chianti
  • Wine class in Siena!
  • Fine Wine Tasting Tours and Lunch at Avignonesi
  • Florence in a Single Day

Vento

  • Doing Venice in One Day
  • A Perfect 2 Day Itinerary for Venice
  • Venice Lagoon Islands: How to visit Torcello, Murano, Burano
  • Planning a hike in the Dolomites

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Cheers! I’m Elaine Schoch, the editor and founder of Carpe Travel. I’m an award-winning travel writer, wine judge and certified by the Wine & Spirit Education Trust (WSET II), one of the world’s leading providers of wine education and certifications and an American Wine Expert. More…

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