Greek-cross 1850 cellars dug from rock at Monticelli Brusati, restored by Franco Ziliani in the 1970s, pouring Essence Brut, Essence Saten and the Magis Riserva on weekend visits.
Address: Via Fontana, 11, 25040 Monticelli Brusati, Brescia, Italy, Franciacorta
Ricci Curbastro's Villa Evelina at Capriolo combines a farm-winery tour with the Museo Agricolo e del Vino and a flight pouring the Saten, Extra Brut and late-disgorged Museum Release range.
Tasting: Guided visit through the Villa Evelina farm winery (Ricci Curbastro family since 1885, modernised 1967) combined with the Museo Agricolo e del Vino, plus a flight of the Extra Brut, Saten, Brut Rose and the late-disgorged Museum Release range.
Maurizio Zanella's flagship cellar at Erbusco, where the visit walks the contactless press line and the sculpture-lined Hall of the Wines before a flight of Cuvee Prestige and Annamaria Clementi.
Tasting: Guided cellar visit covering the Ca' del Bosco Method (grape washing, vertical contactless press), the underground Hall of the Wines and Arnaldo Pomodoro's sculpture park, followed by a flight of Cuvee Prestige, Vintage Collection Brut, Vintage Collection Saten and Annamaria Clementi.
Terra Moretti's Bellavista cellar above Erbusco pours Alma Cuvee Brut, Saten and the Vittorio Moretti Riserva across vineyard walks and seated flights for booked guests only.
Tasting: Cellar visit through the Bellavista winery with a vineyard walk on the moraine ridge above Erbusco, then a flight of Alma Cuvee Brut, Saten, Pas Opere and the Vittorio Moretti Riserva. The L'Albereta resort restaurants pour estate wines for paired lunches and dinners.
Berlucchi pours its '61 Nature, Cuvee Imperiale Brut and Palazzo Lana Riserva inside Palazzo Lana Berlucchi at Borgonato, the 16th-century palazzo where Italian traditional-method sparkling began in 1961.
Tasting: Walk through the 16th-century Palazzo Lana Berlucchi at Borgonato, the cellar where Franco Ziliani made the first Italian traditional-method sparkling in 1961. The tour covers the historic cellars and the 1961 vintage room, followed by a flight of '61 Nature, Cuvee Imperiale Brut and Palazzo Lana Riserva.
Franciacorta's organic anchor pours Animante, Naturae Nature and Bagnadore Riserva inside its gravity-flow Provaglio d'Iseo cellar, the first Franciacorta winery certified organic in 1997.
Tasting: Visit to the Provaglio d'Iseo organic cellar (the first Franciacorta producer certified organic, in 1997), tour of the gravity-flow winery and a flight of Animante, Naturae Nature, Edizione and a Bagnadore Riserva pour on the longer program.
Barboglio family cellar at Camignone since 1836, pouring Pas Dose, Brut, EBB Riserva and Parose Saten alongside an Erbamat trial-plot vineyard walk in the Cluniac wood folds of Passirano.
Tasting: Cellar visit in the 16th-century Barboglio family home at Camignone (founded 1836), with a vineyard walk past the Erbamat trial plot and a flight of Pas Dose, Brut, EBB Riserva and the Parose Saten.
