Terra Moretti's second Franciacorta house at Adro, converted from a 1980s brickyard, pours Soul Saten, Zero Pas Dose and Brut Rose against the original kiln walls.
Address: Via Colzano, 32, 25030 Adro, Brescia, Italy, Franciacorta
Cavalleri's Erbusco cellar pours Pas Operee, Blanc de Blancs and Collezione Esegesi Riserva across the family's vineyard ridge facing the Po plain.
Tasting: Cellar visit at the Cavalleri family estate (sparkling production from 1968), with a tour of the Erbusco vineyards and a flight of Cuvee Pas Operee, Blanc de Blancs and the Collezione Esegesi Riserva.
Bianchi family Villa Franciacorta cellar inside the restored medieval hamlet at Monticelli Brusati, pouring vintage-only Cuvette Brut, Bokeh Saten and Emozione Brut from 1978 onward.
Tasting: Walk through the medieval Villa hamlet that the Bianchi family restored from 1960 onward, a vineyard walk across the Monticelli Brusati limestone marl slopes and a flight of vintage-only Cuvette Brut, Bokeh Saten and Emozione Brut.
Casa Paladin's medieval Castello Bonomi at the foot of Monte Orfano pours Lucrezia Pas Dose, Cuvee 1564 Brut and the Cru Perdu single-vineyard Riserva.
Tasting: Visit to the medieval Castello Bonomi at the foot of Monte Orfano (Casa Paladin since 2008), with terraced vineyard walks and a flight of Lucrezia Pas Dose, Cuvee 1564 Brut and the single-vineyard Cru Perdu Riserva.
The Antinori family's only Franciacorta estate at Calino pours Cuvee Royale, Brut Rose and the Contessa Maggi Riserva inside a Cazzago San Martino sandy-moraine cellar.
Tasting: Guided cellar visit to the Antinori family's only Lombard outpost at Calino, with a vineyard tour and a flight of Cuvee Royale Brut, Brut Rose and the Contessa Maggi Riserva named for the Tuscan matriarch.
Uberti's Villa Pedergnano cellar at Erbusco pours Cuvee Sublimis, Comari del Salem Saten and the Magnificentia Riserva named for the family's 18th-century estate.
Tasting: Cellar visit and vineyard walk at the Uberti family estate at Villa Pedergnano, with a flight of Cuvee Sublimis, Comari del Salem Saten and the Magnificentia long-aged Riserva.
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.
Tasting: Walk through the 1850 Greek-cross tunnel cellars dug for Brescia merchant Luigi Rossetti (the cantinone the locals called el cantinu) and a flight of Essence Brut, Essence Saten and the Magis Riserva. Visits run Saturday and Sunday by reservation.
