Tiberio ★ 4.8
Hillside estate at Cugnoli in the Pescara hinterland, trading as Agricola Tiberio and working Montepulciano, Trebbiano Abruzzese and Pecorino from its own vineyards.
Vineyards in Terre dei Vestini
Marramiero ★ 4.4
Rosciano estate in the Terre dei Vestini subzone, with a cellar that opens to visitors four days a week and a sparkling range alongside the still wines.
Tasting: Cellar open Wednesday to Saturday, 09:00 to 13:00 and 14:30 to 18:30, visits bookable online
Contesa ★ 4.4
Collecorvino estate at Contrada Caparrone, bottling a Terre dei Vestini Riserva and a Colline Pescaresi Pecorino Superiore, with a booked visit and tasting programme.
Tasting: Visits and tastings bookable through the estate website
Tasting Rooms in Terre dei Vestini
D'Alesio Sciarr Tasting Room ★ 4.0
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.
Tenuta De Melis Tasting Room ★ 3.9
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.
Rosarubra Zen ★ 4.1
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.
Wine Bars in Terre dei Vestini
Rosarubra Mood ★ 4.2
The Pescara room of the Rosarubra estate, open through the day and into the evening on Via Milano, part wine bar and part bottle shop.
The list: The Rosarubra range from the biodynamic estate at Pietranico, poured and sold by the bottle in central Pescara alongside an Italian kitchen.
Pours: Rosarubra Montepulciano d'Abruzzo DOC, Shaman Pecorino, Khaos ancestral method sparkling
Tip: It runs 11.00 to 15.00 and 19.00 to midnight every day, which is unusually long hours for the city.
Wine Restaurants in Terre dei Vestini
Ristorante La Bandiera ★ 4.6
The Spinosi family's restaurant at Civitella Casanova, on the Pescara hills near the Voltigno reserve, cooking from its own organic garden.
The list: A regional list built around the Pescara hills, served alongside produce from the restaurant's own organic and biodynamic garden.
Awards: https://www.labandiera.it/ 2012
Tip: Rooms are available on site, which makes the Vestini hills easy to pair with a long lunch.
Taverna 58 ★ 4.4
Osteria running since 1980 in the old town of Pescara, with a cellar built on Abruzzo growers rather than national labels.
The list: A cellar weighted to Abruzzo producers with a separate regional list alongside the menu.
Tip: Corso Manthone is the old Pescara riverside street; the restaurant sits a few doors from D'Annunzio's birthplace.
Wine Retailers in Terre dei Vestini
Don Gennaro ★ 4.0
Bottle shop and tasting counter on Via Cesare Battisti in Pescara, stocking wine, beer and sparkling alongside a standing aperitivo trade.
Tip: It doubles as an aperitivo stop, so the counter fills from early evening.
Nightlife in Terre dei Vestini
La Cantina di Lara ★ 4.2
An evening-only wine bar on Via Firenze in central Pescara, pouring regional bottles with charcuterie and cheese boards, cured meats, bruschetta and locally brewed agricultural beers.
The list: Whites, reds, rosati and barrel-aged bottlings, alongside Abruzzo amari and distillates including genziana, ratafia and amaro San Celestino.
Tip: Ratafia and genziana are the two Abruzzo bitters to ask for after the wine. Both are made from things that grow on the mountains behind the city.
Vinatteria Zolfo ★ 4.0
A wine room on Via Clemente De Cesaris that opens at six in the evening and runs to a quarter to midnight in the week and to one at the weekend.
The list: An evening-only wine room in central Pescara, trading as a vinatteria rather than a restaurant, so the list is the menu.
Tip: It is a five minute walk from Corso Manthone, the old town strip, so it works as the first stop of a Pescara evening rather than the last.
Riff ★ 3.9
A wine room on Via Piave in central Pescara that trades only in the evening, from six until midnight, Tuesday through Sunday.
The list: An evening wine address on Via Piave, open from six until midnight six nights a week.
Tip: Via Piave has two wine addresses within a hundred metres of each other, so it is the street to walk if the first one is full.
Don Gennaro Enoteca e Degustazione ★ 4.0
An enoteca on Via Cesare Battisti in Pescara that opens for the morning trade and again from half past five for tasting, and is one of the few in the city that serves on a Sunday evening.
The list: A wine shop that pours as well as sells, with an evening tasting service that runs to ten o'clock including Sundays.
Tip: Sunday evening is the gap in Pescara. This is one of the few wine addresses in the centre that is open then.