Best Rome Wine Tours & Tastings (2026)

Rome is the gateway to one of Italy's most underrated wine-country escapes. Within an hour of the city, the volcanic hills of the Castelli Romani pour crisp, mineral whites — the famous Frascati among them — while the Roman countryside hides family-run wineries and medieval cellars cut into tufa stone. Most tours pair tastings with a vineyard lunch, so you sip Malvasia and Cesanese where they're grown rather than in a sterile tasting room. With a little more time, Rome is also a launchpad for full-day trips deeper into Tuscany — Montepulciano and the Val d'Orcia — and north toward the rolling vineyards of Umbria.

In the city itself, wine is easy to fold into a Rome trip: the enotecas and wine bars of Trastevere, Monti and Testaccio pour Lazio's Frascati and Cesanese alongside bottles from all over Italy, and a tasting or a wine-paired dinner needs no car at all. For the vineyards, the Castelli Romani hills southeast of the city — Frascati, Marino, Castel Gandolfo — are the closest escape, most within 45 minutes by car or regional train. Spring and early autumn are the best windows, and the hill-town wine festivals cluster around the September–October harvest. The experiences below are ranked by real traveler ratings to help you book with confidence.