The Best Wine Tasting & Tours In Montefalco

The closest airport to get to wine tastings and tours in Montefalco is Perugia Airport (PEG). If you want to travel to a bigger airport, a good option is to fly to Roma Fiumicino (FCO) and then get to Montefalco by car or train (it takes between 4 and 5 hours). 
If you want to reach wine tastings and tours in Montefalco by car, you can drive along the E35 and follow the road signs to Perugia. You can take the E35 from Florence or Rome.

The best time to experience wine tastings and tours in Montefalco is either spring or autumn when the entire region is swathed with wildflowers and sunflowers in May or painted with the shades of autumn in September and October, adding to the ambience of hillsides.

Here are our suggestions on what to try during wine tastings and tours in Montefalco:

• Grechetto - The taste of the wine is bright, balanced, with fruit and citrus accents and a subtle sourness in the dry aftertaste. The wine attracts a refreshing, harmonious aroma, woven from notes of peach, pear, lemon, honeysuckle and herbs. Grechetto is excellent as an aperitif, ideal for fish and meat dishes of medium structure.


• Sagrantino - The wine has a full-bodied taste with a well-balanced sweetness of dried fruits, expressive tannins and a persistent aftertaste with a piquant sourness. This wine is traditionally served with lamb, bitter chocolate, sweet cake with dried fruits, and mature cheeses.

During wine tastings and tours in Montefalco, you will get to visit cellars, have a stroll in the vineyard and even witness the vinification process. All wineries are equipped with tasting rooms where you can enjoy a glass of their fine wines paired with delicious local food from Montefalco. Several wineries also offer olive oil tastings as part of the experience.
Wine tastings and tours in Montefalco will let you fully experience the beauty of the region, winemaking traditions as well as their local cuisine. For each wine tasting and tour experience for Umbria presented on our website, you will see a bullet point list of what you can expect to experience.

In between wine tastings and tours in Montefalco, don't forget to also visit these places:

• The city gate of Camiano (XIII century) offers a magnificent panorama over the valley of Spoleto, no wonder Montefalco is called the terrace of Umbria.


• Cascata Delle Marmore, one of the most spectacular waterfalls in Europe. 

In case you are travelling with your children, these are family-friendly wineries:

• La Veneranda


• Adanti Azienda Agricola


• Goretti

Check out these wineries in Montefalco if you are travelling with a group:

• Montioni - up to 60 people


• Le Climate - up to 120 people


• Cantina Fratelli Pardi - up to 28 people