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There are so many things to love about Italy. The coffee, the food, the historic sights… but one of my favorites, is the wine! I love Prosecco, a cold white wine on the piazza, or a deep red with a big bowl of pasta. Yes, only in Italy can I tolerate … no enjoy, red wine.
So when our awesome DMC at Exclusively Italy arranged for us a vineyard tour and wine tasting, I knew this was going to be a highlight of our trip!
Wine Tasting in Italy
You can taste great wine all over Italy. Many people think of Tuscan wineries, but this is a country where the culture and food vary by region, as does the wine. On this trip we visited the Bertagna Vineyard and Wine Cellar, after our day out in Verona. This vineyard is located in Cavriana, about a half hour from Verona or a two hour drive from Milan. This vineyard is in the Northern Italian region of Lombardy.
At Bertagna they grow their grapes on over 13 hectares of land. So the grounds are picturesque, with vineyards up and down the hillside. Honestly it reminded me a lot of Napa Valley.
We had a guided, English tour through part of the vineyard and around the property. Our guide explained to us many details of the winemaking process. She showed us where the grapes are processed and the barrels where the wine was stored. The 2014 harvest was about to go to bottling. Making wine really is a long process!
After a short tour, we got the good part – the tasting! We were guided into a centuries old stone cellar and given an extensive list of wines from which we could choose a few to taste.
We meandered through the list, starting with a delicious rose (that ended up being my favorite), sampling some white, and then red wines. To accompany our vino, we were given focaccia drizzled with their olive oil (they also produce and sell the most delicious olive oil you could ever hope to taste), along with some cured meats and cheeses. These products are local to the region, and the proprietor was slicing the meats fresh in front of us!
Our visit to Cantina Bertagna was an unparalleled culinary experience! The wine, food, and olive oil were outstanding. This is WHY you travel to Italy.
Our hosts were so attentive and gracious. We ended up purchasing many bottles of wine and oil to gift to family, and to enjoy during the rest of our Italy trip. Sadly, they do not sell Bertagna wines in the United States, and the cost to ship six bottles home was very expensive (85 Euro). Although it is worth noting that these delicious wines only ranged in price from 6 – 18 Euro for a standard sized bottle. Very reasonable!
If you are lucky enough to find yourself in Northern Italy, I highly recommend a visit to the Winery Bertagna. I know you will not be disappointed!
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Awesomness in a glass 🙂 i pove the simplicity and humbless of an italian wine!
Awesomness in a glass ? i love the simplicity and humbleness of an italian wine!
And there was no hangover!
Going to Italy is on my list. I read everything I can about Italy and makes notes for our trip.
The food and wine in Italy is unmatched. I did my study abroad in Rome and it is something I will never forget. If I get back to Italy I will be doing more of wine country.
I did a study abroad in Rome too! It was amazing! Yes, ate my way through the semester!
Looks like an amazing time. I have friends who are huge wine lovers Ill definitly share this.
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Hopefully, I’ll go to Italy this year and once I get there, I’m totally taking this wine tour! It looks amazing! Thanks for sharing this! Loved it!
I have some other Italy posts, I love Italy!
This looks like so much fun! You must have had a blast!
What an amazing adventure! I have always wanted to visit Italy!
I’m so jealous! I would love to go Italy on a wine-tasting! It sounds so delightful.
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I LOVE wine tasting in Italy… it’s the best! Love the photos, and I’m totally jealous of your trip!
I haven’t been to Italy yet but wine tasting is definitely on my list! Thanks for the tips.
This sounds amazing! Wine tasting is one thing I didn’t do while in Italy last year (other than the random wines we had at dinner and bought in stores, which were still ah-mazing!). When I go again, I definitely want to visit some vineyards 🙂
So my dream trip is a food and wine tour through Italy, and it’s experiences like this that I’d want to fill my itinerary with. I bet the rose would have been one of my favorites, too!
I never had rose before, it was good! Trying to find an american equivalent!
I am really jealous about this. This is the kind of thing I’d really love to do. I would love to go on this kind of thing with my Mum, I know we would had a blast – I think I will be looking into booking something like this for us soon. Thanks for inspiring me
Italy is one on my bucket list. I would also love to try wine tasting when I get to travel in Italy. This is a wonderful experience. Thanks for sharing!
Your post makes me wanna push harder for this year’s goal in visiting Italy! But there has been a little setback… Hopefully my husband and I will make it. I wanna taste the wine in Italy, the pasta, pizza and all! Bookmarking this pos tof yours for our future visit!
God bless!
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I hope you can make it soon! it really is a special place esp if you are looking for a culinary adventure!
We stayed at a winery in Tuscany, Vignamaggio, that sounds a lot like like this. Wonderful! And, yes, the lack of hangover is amazing!
I’m so jealous! 🙂 This looks like so much fun! I was lucky enough to get to go on a wine tasting in Austria once, but Italy would be a dream!!
I’ve done a couple wine tastings in Australia, and they’re such a fun experience! I’m helping my parents plan a trip around Italy for their 30th anniversary, so I’ll definitely have to recommend that they add Bertagna to their list!
The only wine tastings I have done in Italy were in Tuscany!… Your post is very informative and educative! … I have pinned it hoping it will be of great use during my second Italian tour next year. Beautiful pics (esp the topmost wine glass pic).. 🙂
I adore Wine tastings and tours and think that this sounds right up my alley. The cost to buy the wine does sound totally reasonable too! I think I would be buying a few cases… for friends of course.
I never know italy have a collection of fine glass of wine as well… thanks for sharing
You are speaking my language. I love wine. Specifically white wine. Prosecco, Riesling…. But I don’t love Red. Maybe I need to try it in Italy!
I can handle italian Red. I think its growing on me. My husband opened some claret on Friday and I had a glass. Went well with the pizza I made!
I love a good bottle of dry white! Would love to do a wine tasting in Italy one day.
Wine tasting in Italy is the best. The wine, the atmosphere, the food, the beauty of the land..we just love it!
I am allergic to wine so no drinking it for me, but I would LOVE to visit a vineyard and see how it all works and how they make wine. I am a nerd who loves to learn how things work!
Oh no! Allergic to wine! ouch!
Sounds like a lovely tour. I’m not a wine lovers but would be pretty just to wonder around the Vineyards plus I’m all for the fresh meats to eat. Would of been a lovely day out.
I just did a winery tour in Italy, too! We didn’t get to go out into the fields, so it’s really neat that you had that experience! Definitely going to check out that winery the next time I’m in Italy!
We’re going to do a wine tour in a few weeks! SOOO excited, we love Italy so much 🙂 Loved your post, just makes me more excited!
I love learning about wine! where is your tour?
Beautiful place. I actually hate wine lol
i wanna try vineyard tour and wine tasting ❤️?❤️?❤️
Although I don’t drink wine, the food sound delicious. Although I just had dinner I am now wanting a meat and cheese plate. Lol. Great article.
Great post. I went recently wine tasting to Mendoza region in Argentina.
Looks wonderful! I think in my next life I would love to be a professional wine taster :)!
yes! that would be a great job! I;d be so good at it too!
I just went to my first vineyard the other day! Looks even better in Italy though!!
Wine tasting sounds great! Must have been an awesome time
This makes me want to go to Italy soooo bad! I’m just getting into wines, well, before I found out I was pregnant. We will be setting a goal to go to Italy in 2-3 years. Hopefully we can make it happen. Until then, I will taking notes 🙂
Looking back, I dont know how i went two 9 month stretches with no alcohol, but its so worth it!
Italian wine at the source…. 🙂 Great treat. Whenever we travel to a country which is famous for its wine we try to also visit some cellars. It really taste best when you are there… 😀
I love everything that comes from Italy. I have tried their wine as well and it is splendid.
I see that you really spend a nice time in Itlay :). If someone likes wine it’s really god idea for a trip !
Have a nice day.
I am ALL ABOUT a good wine tasting, but in Italy?! Oh my, I would be in heaven! I love that they provided the meat plate too. A great way to get to linger and really enjoy the tasting. And I love a good olive oil too. Can I go now please?!
It was truly an amazing culinary experience!
I was lucky enough to be in Rome and do some wine tasting myself. Amazing experience, I think you will have the same opinion! Some of the best wines are to be found in this area of the world…
Ahhhhhh wine tasting! I haven’t been to one and looks like Italy is one of the best place to try it.
That looks fabulous! I’m not a big wine drinker, but I think I could “suffer” through that, lol!
That looks like an amazing experience.
Looks like an amazing experience!! I don’t dribk but love how wine has influenced the landscape and culture of Italy. Plus, the vineyards are so beautiful to behold!!
Love wine tasting! Even managed an afternoon of it in Italy this year with my 2 kids and niece in tow!