Castello di Semivicoli Tasting Room, Tasting Rooms in Abruzzo

PoursMontepulciano, Trebbiano Abruzzese, Pecorino, Cerasuolo

NeighbourhoodTeate

Tip: The Premium flight at 12.30 includes a first course, so treat it as lunch rather than an aperitif.

Location

Address: Via S. Nicola, 24, 66010 Semivicoli, Casacanditella, Chieti, Italy, Abruzzo

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Montepulciano, Pecorino, Trebbiano Abruzzese, Pinot GrigioWalk-ins welcomeTerre dei Vestini

Rosarubra's shop and tasting room on the Lungofino road at Citta Sant'Angelo, away from the biodynamic estate at Pietranico.

Tip: It is the easier of the two Rosarubra town rooms to reach from the Pescara airport road.

Montepulciano, Trebbiano Abruzzese, Pecorino, CerasuoloAppointment onlyAlto Tirino

Tasting room of the Ofena estate in the Tirino valley, where flights run from a short pour to a full sit-down at 35 euro per person.

Tip: Ofena sits in a basin the locals call the oven of Abruzzo, so book a morning slot in July and August.

Montepulciano, Pecorino, Trebbiano AbruzzeseAppointment onlyLoreto Aprutino

Cellar and vineyard visit above Loreto Aprutino with two daily slots, four wines poured alongside local cured meats and cheeses.

Tip: Reservations close three days ahead, so plan the Loreto Aprutino stop before you leave home.

Montepulciano, Pecorino, Passerina, CococciolaAppointment onlyTollo

Three graded flights at the Tullum DOCG estate in Tollo, poured on a terrace that looks over the vineyards to the Adriatic.

Tip: The Native flight is the one that covers Cococciola and Passerina, the two Tollo whites hardest to find outside Abruzzo.

Montepulciano, Cococciola, Trebbiano Abruzzese, PecorinoAppointment onlyOrtona and the Trabocchi coast

Guided cellar visit at the Rocca San Giovanni cooperative, seven euro a head, covering the Cococciola that the co-op built its name on.

Tip: It is the cheapest sit-down tasting in the region and a short drive from the Trabocchi coast cycle path.

Montepulciano, Pecorino, Trebbiano AbruzzeseAppointment onlyColline Teramane

Organic estate above Tortoreto pouring three graded flights, from a short introduction to a full table of the amphora and skin-contact bottlings.

Tip: Ask for the macerated Pecorino, the bottling that put Terraviva into the Italian natural wine conversation.