The teaching strand at the Tollo winery, which pairs the Tullum DOCG cellar with the Roman villa excavated on the same site.
Tip: The archaeo-enology thread is the distinctive part; ask for the museum leg with the tasting.
Address: Contrada San Pietro, 25, 66010 Tollo, Chieti, Italy, Abruzzo
The regional arm of the Italian sommelier association, based at Francavilla al Mare, with delegations at L'Aquila, Chieti, Pescara, Teramo, Sulmona, Vasto and the Marsica.
Tip: Courses are run by the local delegation, so pick the one for the province you will actually be staying in.
The consortium's training programme for trade and press, which by the end of its second edition had certified 50 ambassadors for the Abruzzo denominations.
Tip: It is aimed at the trade rather than visitors, but the alumni list is a guide to who pours Abruzzo well abroad.
A short guided tasting course at the Vasto estate, 30 euro a head, covering how to read the region's whites and Montepulciano.
Tip: Book through the estate's own experiences page rather than by phone; the slots are published there.
