The central ‘belt’ of Italy contains the regions we most associate with this historic and impossibly beautiful country: Tuscany, Umbria, and Abruzzo.
On the Mediterranean side, Tuscany gives us the bounty of Chianti along with the vegetable, fruit, fish, and meat culture they are so famous for. Add to that Vino Nobile di Montepulciano and Brunello di Montalcino and you have simply one of the top wine regions on the planet.
Umbria is slowly being discovered by American tourists as a sort of ‘quiet Tuscany’ without the hoopla and tour buses (but still with incredible hilltop towns, Roman ruins, and stunningly good food).
On the Adriatic side, Abruzzo is a hiker’s paradise, with more national park land than any other region of Italy. It’s also home to some of the greatest wines of the country, made from the Montepulciano grape.
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Gran Sasso
Abruzzo
La Valentina
Abruzzo
Salandini Pilastri Winery
Abruzzo
Binomio
Abruzzo
Cleto Chiarli
Emilia-Romagna
Aia Vecchia
Tuscany – Maremma
Antico Colle
Tuscany
Badia a Coltibuono
Tuscany – Chianti Classico
Borgo Scopeto
Tuscany
Carparzo
Tuscany
Casanova di Neri
Tuscany – Montalcino
Corti Coirsini
Tuscany
Enrico Santini
Tuscany
Fattoria San Michele a Torri
Tuscany
Felsina
Tuscany
Frascole
Tuscany – Chianti Rufina
Il Ghizzano
Tuscany
La Massa
Tuscany
Le Macchiole
Tuscany
Marchesi Pancrazi
Tuscany
Monteti
Tuscany
Moris Farms
Tuscany – Scansano
Petrolo
Tuscany
Poliziano
Tuscany
Principe Corsini Le Corte
Tuscany
Ricasoli
Tuscany
Sartarelli
Tuscany
Selvapiana
Tuscany – Chianti Rufina
Tenuta il Ghizzano
Tuscany
Palazzone Rocca di Tufo
Umbria
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