Ferragosto Week
FERRAGOSTO
It’s Ferragosto. Italy spends August 15th at the table. So we’re spending the week on the wines that get poured there. Twenty regions, 500+ grapes, one very long lunch.
Trending Wine for Ferragosto
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Nino Franco Rustico Valdobbiadene Prosecco SuperioreNon-Vintage from Valdobbiadene, Prosecco, Italy- TP
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Santa Margherita Pinot Grigio 2025Pinot Gris/Grigio from Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy$28.97$28.97 -
Pala Cannonau di Sardegna Riserva 2022Grenache from Sardinia, Italy- JS
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Contadi Castaldi Franciacorta RoseSparkling Rosé from Lombardy, Italy- JS
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Viticcio Chianti Classico Riserva 2019Sangiovese from Chianti Classico, Chianti, Tuscany, Italy- WS
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Bruno Giacosa Roero Arneis 2024Arneis from Roero, Piedmont, Italy- JS
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Donnafugata Sul Vulcano Etna Rosso 2022Nerello Mascalese from Sicily, Italy- V
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Ciacci Piccolomini d'Aragona Brunello di Montalcino Pianrosso 2021Sangiovese from Montalcino, Tuscany, Italy- JS
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Tenuta Guado al Tasso 2022Bordeaux Red Blends from Bolgheri, Tuscany, Italy- JD
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Tenuta San Guido Sassicaia 2023Bordeaux Red Blends from Bolgheri, Tuscany, Italy- RP
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$326.99$326.99
What is Ferragosto?
Italy’s most beloved summer holiday
There’s no single way to celebrate Ferragosto, and no single wine for it. What gets opened depends on where the table is: Vermentino on the Sardinian coast, Fiano in Campania, Nebbiolo in Piedmont. Wine in Italy is inseparable from the land it comes from, and the holiday is no different.
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WINE REGIONS
400+
DOC & DOCG DENOMINATIONS
500+
GRAPE VARIETIES
#1
MOST WINE PRODUCED IN THE WORLD
Italy’s diversity is unmatched, and the range is staggering: lean Soave from the Veneto, structured Barolo from Piedmont, sun-drenched Nero d’Avola from Sicily, alpine whites from Trentino and volcanic reds from Etna. Each region pours its own, and Italians wouldn’t have it any other way.
Shop Italy by Region
All 20 Italian wine regions, one click away. Pick a spot on the map, or jump to a zone below.
Northern Italy
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Jump to Southern Italy & the Islands ↓NORTHERN ITALY
From the Alps to the Sea
Northern Italy runs from the Alps on the French and Swiss border in the west to the Adriatic and Slovenia in the east. Eight regions, each with a distinct identity and a wine to match. This is where you find Barolo, Amarone, Franciacorta, and the benchmark whites of Friuli, all in a single arc of land.
ALPINE NEBBIOLO, PRIÉ BLANC
Aosta Valley
Italy’s smallest region, perched high in the Alps. Look for pale, finely drawn alpine Nebbiolo and rare whites from ungrafted vines at nearly 4,000 feet.
Shop Aosta Valley →BAROLO, BARBARESCO, BARBERA
Piedmont
The undisputed king of Italian red wine. Barolo and Barbaresco define Nebbiolo at its most profound: pale in the glass, formidable in structure, built to age for decades.
Shop Piedmont →VERMENTINO, PIGATO
Liguria
Italy’s narrow coastal ribbon, where terraced vineyards drop straight to the sea. Vermentino, called Pigato here, is crisp, herb-edged, and built for seafood and summer tables.
Shop Liguria →FRANCIACORTA
Lombardy
Home of Franciacorta, Italy’s leading metodo classico sparkling wine. Also Valtellina, where mountain Nebbiolo grows on dramatic terraced slopes.
Shop Lombardy →SCHIAVA, GEWÜRZTRAMINER
Trentino-Alto Adige
Italy at its most Alpine, and its northernmost vineyards. Schiava makes a light-bodied, chillable red; Gewürztraminer takes its name from Tramin, a village just down the valley.
Shop Trentino-Alto Adige →AMARONE, SOAVE, PROSECCO
Veneto
Italy’s most prolific region. Amarone is built from grapes dried until they concentrate, Soave Classico is crisp, and Prosecco is pure joy. The Veneto covers every occasion.
Shop Veneto →FRIULANO, BENCHMARK WHITES
Friuli Venezia Giulia
Friuli’s whites are among Italy’s most serious. Friulano and Ribolla Gialla from Collio have real depth, and this corner of Italy is the home of skin-contact white wine.
Shop Friuli Venezia Giulia →LAMBRUSCO
Emilia-Romagna
Home of real Lambrusco: dry, fizzy, and food-obsessed. Zesty, high-acid Sorbara or darker, fuller Grasparossa; both built for a long table of antipasti and salumi.
Shop Emilia-Romagna →Featured Producers: Piedmont & Veneto
Piedmont: Vietti, Giacomo Conterno, Produttori del Barbaresco, G.D. Vajra
Veneto: Allegrini, Bertani, Masi, Pieropan
Featured Northern Italy Wines
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Pieropan Soave Classico 2025Garganega from Soave, Veneto, Italy$24.97$24.97 -
Gianni Gagliardo Fallegro Favorita 2023Vermentino from Langhe, Piedmont, Italy- JS
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$19.97$19.97 -
Produttori del Barbaresco Barbaresco 2022Nebbiolo from Barbaresco, Piedmont, Italy- JD
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$60$54.99 -
Marco Felluga Mongris Pinot Grigio 2025Pinot Gris/Grigio from Collio Goriziano, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy- WW
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$21.97$21.97 -
Cantina Terlano Pinot Grigio 2025Pinot Gris/Grigio from Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy- JS
$27.97$27.97
CENTRAL ITALY
The Postcard Scenery, and the Wines Behind It
Central Italy is the classic heart: rolling hills, cypress trees, and the grape that defines it all, Sangiovese. Brunello and Chianti Classico are its greatest expressions, and this is where Italy’s most iconic reds are made. The Adriatic side adds its own specialties: Verdicchio and Pecorino whites, Montepulciano reds, and Cerasuolo rosato.
BRUNELLO, CHIANTI CLASSICO, BOLGHERI
Tuscany
Italy’s most famous wine region. Brunello di Montalcino is among the world’s great reds, Chianti Classico is its more approachable sibling, and Bolgheri’s Super Tuscans rewrote the rules by ignoring them.
Shop Tuscany →SAGRANTINO DI MONTEFALCO, ORVIETO
Umbria
Italy’s green heart. Sagrantino di Montefalco is one of the country’s most tannic and age-worthy reds, nearly extinct until local growers rescued it. Orvieto Classico is the crisp, mineral white counterpoint.
Shop Umbria →VERDICCHIO, PECORINO
Marche
Verdicchio dei Castelli di Jesi is among Italy’s most underrated whites: saline, nutty, built for Adriatic seafood, and the top bottlings age for years.
Shop Marche →FRASCATI, CESANESE
Lazio
Rome’s backyard, and essentially a white wine city. Frascati is the house wine of the eternal city, best in its Superiore bottlings; Cesanese is a sleeper red that locals keep close.
Shop Lazio →MONTEPULCIANO D’ABRUZZO, CERASUOLO
Abruzzo
Montepulciano d’Abruzzo is one of Italy’s great value reds, and no relation to Tuscany’s Vino Nobile di Montepulciano. Cerasuolo is its luminous cherry-pink rosato, a Ferragosto essential.
Shop Abruzzo →TINTILIA
Molise
Italy’s second smallest region, and its quietest. Tintilia del Molise is a rare local red grown high in the mountains: dense, dark-fruited, with surprisingly fine tannins.
Shop Molise →Featured Producers: Tuscany
Antinori, Frescobaldi, Castello di Ama, Ornellaia
Featured Central Italy Wines
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Caparzo Brunello di Montalcino 2020Sangiovese from Montalcino, Tuscany, Italy- JS
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Viticcio Chianti Classico Riserva 2019Sangiovese from Chianti Classico, Chianti, Tuscany, Italy
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Marchesi Antinori Tignanello 2022Tuscan Blends from Tuscany, Italy- RP
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Mocali Brunello Di Montalcino 2021Sangiovese from Montalcino, Tuscany, Italy- WS
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Tenuta di Trinoro Le Cupole 2023Bordeaux Red Blends from Tuscany, Italy- JS
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$53.99$53.99
SOUTHERN ITALY & THE ISLANDS
Volcanic Soils, Ancient Grapes
The sun-drenched south and its islands are where Italy’s oldest vines grow on volcanic soils, hillside terraces, and coastal plains. Aglianico goes back to the Greek colonies; Primitivo, Nero d’Avola, and Cannonau came later and never left. Big in character, honest in price, and built for the Ferragosto table.
FIANO DI AVELLINO, TAURASI
Campania
Home to some of Italy’s most compelling whites: Fiano di Avellino and Greco di Tufo are picked in October and age beautifully. Taurasi, made from Aglianico, is called the Barolo of the south.
Shop Campania →PRIMITIVO, NEGROAMARO
Puglia
Italy’s heel. Primitivo (genetically identical to California’s Zinfandel) delivers rich, fruit-forward reds; Negroamaro, black and bitter by name, makes juicy early-drinking reds and fine rosati.
Shop Puglia →AGLIANICO DEL VULTURE
Basilicata
One wine, one grape, one mountain. Aglianico del Vulture, grown on the slopes of an extinct volcano, is structured, mineral, age-worthy, and underpriced against Italy’s other serious reds.
Shop Basilicata →CIRÒ
Calabria
Cirò, made from Gaglioppo, is Calabria’s signature red, and legend has it ancient Greek Olympians drank it. Medium-bodied, dusty in tannin, with a haunting scent of roses.
Shop Calabria →ETNA ROSSO, NERO D’AVOLA, GRILLO
Sicily
The island that reinvented itself. Etna Rosso comes off volcanic slopes from vines over a century old, planted as high as 3,300 feet. Structured Nero d’Avola and crisp Grillo whites round it out.
Shop Sicily →VERMENTINO, CANNONAU
Sardinia
Vermentino is the island’s summer white, aromatic and briny, at its best in Gallura. Cannonau, the local name for Grenache, is the hearty red locals live on.
Shop Sardinia →Featured Producers: Sicily & Puglia
Sicily: Planeta, Donnafugata, Benanti, Cusumano
Puglia: Tormaresca, Masseria Li Veli
Featured Southern Italy & Island Wines
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Cantele Salice Salentino Riserva 2022Negroamaro from Puglia, Italy$17.97$17.97 -
Masseria Li Veli Orion Primitivo 2025Primitivo from Puglia, Italy$17.97$17.97 -
Di Majo Norante Sangiovese 2022Sangiovese from Molise, Italy$13.97$13.97 -
Feudi di San Gregorio Greco di Tufo 2024Greco from Campania, Italy- JS
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$28.97$28.97 -
Zaccagnini Tralcetto Montepulciano d'Abruzzo 2024Montepulciano from Abruzzo, Italy$19.97$19.97
Antipasti
Shop Prosecco & Lambrusco
Primo: Summer Pasta
Shop Chianti ClassicoSecondo: The Grigliata
Shop Vermentino & Falanghina
Formaggi: The Cheese Course
Shop Piedmont Reds for CheeseDolce: Sweet Finish
Shop Moscato d’Asti
Wines for the Ferragosto Table
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Tenuta Luce Toscana 2021Tuscan Blends from Tuscany, Italy- JS
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Tolaini Valdisanti Toscana 2022Bordeaux Red Blends from Tuscany, Italy- JS
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$49.99$49.99 -
Lucci Lambrusco SeccoSparkling Red from Emilia-Romagna, Italy- JS
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$24$21.99 -
La Spinetta Barbera d'Asti Ca Di Pian 2023Barbera from Asti, Piedmont, Italy- V
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$33$30.97 -
Marchesi Antinori Castello della Sala Bramito Chardonnay 2024Chardonnay from Umbria, Italy- WE
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Livio Felluga Pinot Grigio 2024Pinot Gris/Grigio from Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy- RP
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Cantina Terlano Vorberg Riserva Pinot Bianco 2022Pinot Blanc from Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy- D
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(Est. $67.00)Currently Unavailable -
Vietti Barolo 2021Nebbiolo from Barolo, Piedmont, Italy- JD
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$71.99$71.99 -
Argiano Brunello di Montalcino 2021Sangiovese from Montalcino, Tuscany, Italy- WS
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$120$109.99 -
Masi Costasera Amarone Classico Riserva 2019Other Red Blends from Veneto, Italy- JS
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(Est. $110.00)Currently Unavailable
DRINK PINK. CHILL THE RED.
Italy’s Summer Reds & Rosés
Some of Italy’s best warm-weather bottles are red. Chillable reds from the north, like Bardolino Chiaretto, Schiava, and early-drinking Valpolicella, plus rosati from Abruzzo’s deep-hued Cerasuolo to Etna’s pale volcanic Rosato. These are the bottles that end up on the beach and come back empty.
SICILY
Frappato
Light, fragrant, and built to be chilled. Strawberry and red cherry, almost no tannin, and half the reason Cerasuolo di Vittoria works.
ABRUZZO
Cerasuolo d’Abruzzo
One of Italy’s most serious rosati. The name means cherry-colored, and it delivers: deep pink, full-blooded Montepulciano fruit, and the structure to match grilled meat.
VENETO
Bardolino Chiaretto
From the shores of Lake Garda, and made from the same Corvina that goes into Valpolicella. Pale, delicate, low in tannin, and one of Italy’s most food-friendly summer rosati.
TRENTINO-ALTO ADIGE
Schiava
Red currant, a floral lift, and a bitter-almond finish. Low tannin, gentle texture, best slightly chilled. Germans in Alto Adige call it Vernatsch, from the Latin for native.
VENETO
Valpolicella
The chillable red that has nothing to prove. Corvina, Rondinella, and Molinara: sour cherry, fresh acidity, a trace of bitter almond, and perfect at 58°F with grilled sausage.
EMILIA-ROMAGNA
Lambrusco
Dry, fizzy, red, and one of the most versatile bottles on the table. Serve it cold, pour it with salumi and pizza, and stop apologizing for it.
Italian Rosato & Chillable Reds
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Scaia Rosato 2025Rosé from Veneto, Italy$15.97$15.97 -
Santa Margherita Rose 2025Rosé from Italy$30.97$30.97 -
Planeta Rose 2025Rosé from Sicily, Italy- V
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Cataldi Madonna Cerasuolo d'Abruzzo Rose 2024Rosé from Abruzzo, Italy$31.97$31.97 -
La Spinetta Il Rose di Casanova 2025Rosé from Tuscany, Italy$22.97$22.97
The Italian Whites Worth Waiting For
Italian reds get all the glory. But Italy’s whites are quietly one of the wine world’s best-kept secrets, made from native grapes that most people have never heard of and won’t forget.
Soave Classico
The myth: Soave is thin and forgettable.
The truth: Garganega from the volcanic hills of the Classico zone has texture, minerality, and a finish that lingers. The name means suave, and the good ones earn it.
Verdicchio dei Castelli di Jesi
The myth: It only pairs with fish.
The truth: A bitter-almond finish and bracing acidity make it endlessly versatile: fried foods, vegetables, even lighter white meats. The best bottles come from Castelli di Jesi and Matelica.
Lugana
The myth: Lake Garda is tourist territory.
The truth: Turbiana, grown on the white clay-limestone soils of Garda’s south shore, gives wines of surprising depth: almond, white peach, a saline finish. It’s the same grape as Verdicchio.
Fiano di Avellino
The myth: Southern Italian whites are flat and heavy.
The truth: In the mountains of Irpinia, Fiano gets electric acidity, toasted-hazelnut depth, and the ability to age a decade or more. Nothing flat about it.
Timorasso (Derthona)
The myth: Piedmont is only about Nebbiolo.
The truth: Nearly extinct until Walter Massa tracked down the surviving vines in Colli Tortonesi, now it makes some of Italy’s most ageworthy whites: crisp, floral, with an apricot creaminess.
Italian White Wines
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Pieropan Soave Classico 2025Garganega from Soave, Veneto, Italy$24.97$24.97
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Gianni Gagliardo Fallegro Favorita 2023Vermentino from Langhe, Piedmont, Italy
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$19.97$19.97 -
Pala Soprasole Vermentino 2025Vermentino from Sardinia, Italy- D
$20.97$20.97 -
Marco Felluga Mongris Pinot Grigio 2025Pinot Gris/Grigio from Collio Goriziano, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy
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$21.97$21.97 -
Cantina Terlano Pinot Grigio 2025Pinot Gris/Grigio from Trentino-Alto Adige, Italy
- JS
$27.97$27.97
The Wine + The Dish
Five quick pairings to eat and drink your way through Ferragosto.
THE DISH
Pizza Margherita
THE WINE
Montepulciano d’Abruzzo
Juicy, soft in tannin, and pizza’s soulmate. Ripe dark fruit against the tomato, and enough freshness to keep up with the cheese.
Shop Montepulciano
THE DISH
Antipasti Board
THE WINE
Lambrusco di Sorbara
Lightly sparkling, dry, and bracingly acidic. It slices through cured meats and pickled vegetables like it was born for the job.
Shop Lambrusco
THE DISH
Grilled Summer Vegetables
THE WINE
Etna Rosso
Nerello Mascalese off volcanic soil brings sour cherry, earth, and real tannin, which the char of the grill softens. Enough acidity to keep everything bright.
Shop Etna Rosso
THE DISH
Grilled Branzino
THE WINE
Vermentino di Sardegna
Coastal, saline, and citrus-bright. Vermentino from Sardinia tastes like it was made to sit next to the sea, and the fish you pulled out of it.
Shop Vermentino
THE DISH
Aged Parmigiano-Reggiano
THE WINE
Barolo
Umami meets umami, and the protein in aged cheese softens Barolo’s tannin. The king of Italian reds with the king of Italian cheeses.
Shop Barolo
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Celebrate Ferragosto with Italian Wine
Italy makes wine in every corner of the country, from Alpine valleys to sun-scorched islands. This is your moment to explore it. Salute.