Italian Wine Regions

Discover the most beautiful wine regions in Italy

There is a lot of delicious wine to discover in Italy. But where exactly can you find the most beautiful wine regions and wine cities of Italy? And what (or who) actually determines what the most beautiful wine region in Italy is?

On this page I will take you along the most famous and beautiful Italian wine regions.

I also give you an overview of all 358 Italian wine regions. I have not come across such an overview anywhere else. So it’s quite unique. You might keep it as a reference if you want to know which wine regions there are in Italy.

Definition of a wine region

Let me start with the definition of a wine region. Because we will probably not agree on what is the most beautiful, nicest or most famous. There is so much personal preference and taste involved.

A wine region is a geographical area of vineyards where grapes are grown to make wine. In a number of cases these area names correspond to the DOCG, DOC and IGP/IGT wines of Italy. But that is not always the case.

Lake Iseo besides the Franciacorta wine region

My personal 10 best wine regions in Italy

An 'absolute' overview of the best wine regions in Italy is actually not possible. It might be an idea for the future, bot for now I will limit the top 10 wine regions to my personal favorites. After all, it remains very personal. No top 10 list can compete with that.

Maybe one day I'll organize an annual Top 10 of Italian wine regions.

At the moment - unfortunately I have not yet been to all the wine regions yet - my list of the 10 most beautiful wine regions in Italy consists of:

Conegliano Valdobbiadene - Prosecco (wine region) - Veneto (Italian geographical region)

Valpolicella - Veneto

Franciacorta - Lombardy

Soave - Veneto

Montepulciano - Tuscany

Montefalco - Umbria

Alghero - Sardinia

Chianti - Tuscany (our first tasting at Cantine Leonardo da Vinci)

Alba - Piedmont

Cinque Terre - Liguria

I was driven by a combination of the taste of the wine and the environment where I tasted the wine at one (and often several) of the local wineries. The exception in the above list is Cinque Terre. We have been there and I have also tasted the wine. But we didn't get around to visit a winery at that time. So we will return to Cinque Terre for a winery tasting. But in the meantime, there are still so many regions on our list, that we will be busy in the coming years. And then we would also like to return to the Prosecco area, to Sardinia. And to the great wine regions around Verona and Lake Garda. With the Valpolicella (red, the Amarone!) and Soave (the white Soave Classico) as most welcome guests at our table 😀.

I'm curious about your choice. Let me know via the form on the contact page.

Below you will find my first version of the overview of all wine regions in Italy. If you have any comments/additions, please let us know!

I have grouped all wine regions by Italian regions and sorted them by regions from north to south. Just like the overviews of all official Italian wine routes. And the DOCG wines, the DOC wines and the IGT/IGP wines of Italy.

Discover all 358 Italian wine regions (autumn 2023, sorted by Italian (wine) region).

Wine region Aosta Valley

Morgex-La Salle

Enfer

Torrette

Chambave

Nus

Arnad-Montjovet

Donnas

Wine region Piedmont (il Monferrato)

Gavi (Cortese di Gavi)

Monferrato

Alto Monferrato

Casale Monferrato

Colli Tortonesi

Acqui

Gabiano

Cantavenna

Strevi

Wine region Piedmont (Noorden)

Caluso

Gattinara

Ghemme

Boca

Bramaterra

Canavese

Carema

Colline Novaresi

Colline Saluzzesi

Coste della Sesia

Fara

Chieri

Lessona

Pinerolese

Sizzano

Valli Ossolane

Valsusa

Wine region Piedmont (l’Astigiano)

Asti

Nizza Monferrato

Castagnole Monferrato

Terre Alfieri

Albugnano

Calosso

Loazzolo

Casorzo

Castelnuovo Don Bosco

Wine region Piemont (le Langhe)

Alta Langa

Barbaresco

Barolo

Dogliani

Alba

Ovada

Roero

Langhe

Verduno

Wine region Liguria

Cinque Terre

Colli di Luni

Colline di Levanto

Dolceacqua

Golfo del Tigullio-Portofino (Portofino)

Pornassio (Ormeasco di Pornassio)

Riviera Ligure di Ponente

Val Polcèvera

Wine region Lombardy

Franciacorta

Oltrepò Pavese

Scanzo

Valtellina

Botticino

Capriano del Colle / Montenetto

Casteggio

Cellatica

Garda

Mantovani

Lugana

Riviera del Garda Classico

San Colombano al Lambro (San Colombano)

San Martino della Battaglia

Terre di Colleoni (Colleoni)

Valcalepio

Terre Lariane

Valcamonica

Wine region Trentino-Alto Adige / South Tirol

Alto Adige / dell’Alto Adige of (Südtirol / Südtiroler)

Casteller

Lago di Caldaro / Caldaro of (Kalterersee / Kalterer)

Teroldego Rotaliano

Trentino

Trento

Valdadige (Etschtaler)

Valdadige Terradeiforti (Terradeiforti)

Wine region Veneto

Valpolicella

Valpolicella Classico

Valpolicella Valpantena (Valpantena)

Asolo (Asolo Prosecco)

Bagnoli

Bardolino

Bardolino Classico

Colli di Conegliano

Colli Euganei

Conegliano Valdobbiadene-Prosecco

Lison (samen met)

Montello

Piave

Gambellara

Soave

Soave Classico

Soave Colli Scaligeri

Arcole

Bagnoli di Sopra (Bagnoli)

Custoza

Breganze

Colli Berici

Colli Euganei

Corti Benedettine del Padovano

delle Venezie (Beneških Okolišev)

Garda (samen met)

Lessini Durello (Durello Lessini)

Lison-Pramaggiore

Lugana

Merlara

Asolo Montello

Monti Lessini

Piave

Riviera del Brenta

San Martino della Battaglia

Valdadige (Etschtaler)

Valdadige Terradeiforti (Terradeiforti)

Vicenza

Serenissima

Wine region Friuli-Venezia Giulia

Annia

Aquileia

Carso

Collio (of Collio Goriziano)

Colli Orientali

Friuli

Grave

Isonzo

Latisana

Lison

Lison-Pramaggiore

Ramandolo

Rosazzo

Wine region Emilia-Romagna

Colli Bolognesi

Bosco Eliceo

Colli d’Imola

Colli di Faenza

Colli di Parma

Colli di Rimini

Colli di Scandiano e di Canossa

Colli Piacentini

Colli Romagna Centrale

Gutturnio

Sorbara

Castelvetro

Santa Croce

Modena

Reggiano

Reno

Romagna

Wine region Tuscany (the 'ancient' hart)

Montalcino

Carmignano

Chianti

Chianti Classico

Chianti Colli Aretini

Chianti Colli Fiorentini

Chianti Colli Senesi

Chianti Colline Pisane

Chianti Montalbano

Chianti Montespertoli

Chianti Rufina

San Gimignano

Montepulciano

Empolese

Colli dell’Etruria Centrale

Orcia

Pomino

Sant’Antimo

Val d’Arbia

You can also check out the Tuscany Wine Map

Wine region Tuscany (other)

Elba

Montecucco

Scansano

Suvereto - Val di Cornia

Costa dell’Argentario

Pitigliano

Bolgheri

Bolgheri Sassicaia

Candia dei Colli Apuani

Capalbio

Colli di Luni

Colline Lucchesi

Cortona

Grance Senesi

Maremma Toscana

Montecarlo

Monteregio di Massa Marittima

Montescudaio

Parrina

San Torpè

Sovana

Terratico di Bibbona

Terre di Casole

Terre di Pisa

Val d’Arno di Sopra (Valdarno di Sopra)

Valdichiana Toscana

Valdinievole

You can check out the new Tuscany Wine Map

Wine region Umbria

Montefalco

Torgiano

Amelia

Assisi

Colli Altotiberini

Colli del Trasimeno (Trasimeno)

Colli Martani

Colli Perugini

Lago di Corbara

Orvieto

Spoleto

Todi

Wine region Marche

Castelli di Jesi

Cònero

Offida

Matelica

Serrapetrona

Metauro

Colli Maceratesi

Colli Pesaresi

Esino

Falerio

Sanseverino

Lacrima di Morro (Lacrima di Morro d’Alba)

Pergola

Piceno

San Ginesio

Serrapetrona

Wine region Lazio

Frascati

Piglio

Gradoli

Aprilia

Atina

Capena

Castelli Romani

Cerveteri

Affile

Olevano Romano

Circeo

Colli Albani

Colli della Sabina

Colli Etruschi Viterbesi (Tuscia)

Colli Lanuvini

Cori

Montefiascone

Genazzano

Marino

Montecompatri Colonna

Nettuno

Orvieto

Roma

Tarquinia

Terracina

Velletri

Vignanello

Zagarolo

Wijnregio Abruzzo

Colline Teramane

Terre Tollesi (Tullum)

Abruzzo

Controguerra

Ortona

Villamagna

Wijnregio Molise

Biferno

Pentro d'Isernia

Wijnregio Campanië

Campi Flegrei

Sannio

Taburno

Irpinia

Cilento

Avellino

Tufo

Taurasi

Aversa

Capri

Casavecchia di Pontelatone

Castel San Lorenzo

Costa d’Amalἀ

Falerno del Massico

Galluccio

Ischia

Penisola Sorrentina

Vesuvio

Wine region Apulia

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 region Basilicata

Vulture

Matera

Roccanova

Val d'Agri

Wine region Calabria

Bivongi

Cirò

Bianco

Lamezia

Melissa

Sant'Anna di Isola Capo Rizzuto

Savuto

Scavigna

Cosenza

Wine region Sardinia

Gallura

Alghero

Arborea

Cagliari

Campidano di Terralba

Sulcis

Bosa

Sorso-Sennori (Sorso o Sennori)

Oristano

Mogoro

Dorgali

Oliena

Capo Ferrato

Jerzu

Tempio Pausania

Wine region Sicily

Vittoria

Vittoria Classico

Alcamo

Contea di Sclafani (Valledolmo – Contea di Sclafani)

Contessa Entellina

Delia Nivolelli

Eloro

Erice

Etna

Faro

Lipari

Mamertino di Milazzo (Mamertino)

Marsala

Menfi

Monreale

Noto

Pantelleria

Riesi

Salaparuta

Sambuca di Sicilia

Santa Margherita di Belice

Sciacca

Siracusa

The best (most famous) wine regions of Italy on the internet

If you don’t look at the above grouping of wine regions and view the wine regions as geographical regions (and this happens most often when there are online lists of best wine regions around), then we will probably have a top 5 wine regions list like:

As already mentioned, these are the geographical regions of Italy. In Tuscany alone there are a large number of wine regions that rank among the top in the country. And probably even to the top of the world. Think of Bolgheri, Montalcino, Montepulciano and Chianti Classico.

What is your favorite wine region in Italy?

You have read about my personel favorites on this page. But, as with so many things in life, it's all very personal. A beautiful memory often determines what your favorite wine region is.

I'm curious about your favorite wine regions or wine cities. Let me know!

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Celebrate with locals at one of their great wine festivals. Visit one of the many famous wine regions. Or discover the countless hidden gems of undiscovered local wine regions with its unknown wines. Made from one of the many autochthonous grape varieties that Italy has.

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