Tenuta De Melis Tasting Room ★ 3.9
Cellar visit and tasting at Penne, on the Vestina hills under the Gran Sasso, for fifteen euro a head.
Tip: Penne is a brick-built hill town worth an hour on foot before or after the tasting.
PoursMontepulciano, Trebbiano Abruzzese, Pecorino, Cerasuolo
NeighbourhoodTerre dei Vestini
Tip: The hill road gives a clear view down to the Adriatic, so go late in the afternoon.
Location
Address: Strada Gaglierano, 73, 65013 Citta Sant'Angelo, Pescara, Italy, Abruzzo
Also in Terre dei Vestini
Rosarubra Zen ★ 4.1
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.
More tasting rooms in Abruzzo
Tenuta De Melis Tasting Room ★ 3.9
Cellar visit and tasting at Penne, on the Vestina hills under the Gran Sasso, for fifteen euro a head.
Tip: Penne is a brick-built hill town worth an hour on foot before or after the tasting.
Cantina Margiotta Tasting Room ★ 3.9
Valle Peligna producer at Pratola Peligna running a cellar and barrel-room visit with a selection of its wines and local food.
Tip: The estate also bottles liqueurs, so ask what is open beyond the wine list.
Pasetti Tasting Room ★ 4.2
Pasetti pour at their Francavilla al Mare base, a coastal counterpart to the family's high-altitude vineyards at Pescosansonesco.
Tip: Ask about the Gran Sasso plots; the contrast with the coastal fruit is the point of the flight.
Castello di Semivicoli Tasting Room ★ 4.7
Masciarelli pour in the restored castle at Semivicoli, three set flights that run from four estate labels to five with wines from elsewhere in Europe.
Tip: The Premium flight at 12.30 includes a first course, so treat it as lunch rather than an aperitif.
Rosarubra Zen ★ 4.1
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.
Cataldi Madonna Sala di Degustazione ★ 4.5
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.