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.
Address: Localita Madonna del Piano, 67025 Ofena, L'Aquila, Italy, Abruzzo
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.
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.
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.
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.
Tasting at the mountain estate between the Maiella and Gran Sasso parks, with the San Calisto vineyard visible from the table.
Tip: Combine it with a night in the estate guest house, which is a few steps from the cellar door.
The Di Camillo family pour at their cellar in Ari, in the Foro valley south of Chieti, on a walk that starts among the vines.
Tip: The cellar at Ari is a different address from the Chieti office, so set the satnav to Via Foro.
