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.
Address: Via Giuseppe Cesare Abba, 38, 25040 Camignone, Passirano, Brescia, Italy, Franciacorta
Roberto Gatti's Adro cellar pours the four-sided Milledi Riserva and the Saten Brut across 200 hectares of organic Franciacorta plantings split between 11 communes.
Tasting: Visit the Adro cellar of Roberto Gatti's estate, with a tour across the 200 hectares Ferghettina farms organic across 11 Franciacorta municipalities and a flight including the four-sided Milledi single-vineyard Riserva.
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.
Tasting: Tour of the converted Adro brickyard that became Terra Moretti's second Franciacorta house, with a flight of Soul Brut Saten, Zero Pas Dose and Brut Rose paired with light Brescian snacks in the Bottega tasting room.
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.
