Alanno estate in the Pescara valley pouring two tiers, the entry Cadetto range and the Amorino selection, by reservation.
Tip: Book the Amorino flight if you want the estate's older Montepulciano bottlings rather than the entry range.
Address: Via Castorani, 5, 65020 Alanno, Pescara, Italy, Abruzzo
Family cellar on the Gaglierano ridge above Citta Sant'Angelo, with three flights named after the vineyard, the town and the region.
Tip: The hill road gives a clear view down to the Adriatic, so go late in the afternoon.
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.
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 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.
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'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.
