Mediterranean cruise wine guide
Italy Cruise Wine Guide
Curated by Michele Edington, Certified Sommelier
An Italy cruise calls at ports up and down the coast, and every one of them sits in wine country. This guide covers 9 ports in regions like Lazio, Campania, Tuscany and Liguria, pouring grapes like Sangiovese, Malvasia, Trebbiano, Bellone and Cesanese. Here's what to drink when you step ashore.
Ports on this guide
Civitavecchia
LazioProcanicoMalvasia del LazioMalvasia di CandiaBellonePort for Rome; Frascati and the Castelli Romani hill towns are the wine-country day trip
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Naples
CampaniaPiedirossoFalanghinaCaprettoneAglianicoAlso the gateway for Sorrento and Capri excursions
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Salerno
CampaniaTintore di TramontiPiedirossoFalanghinaBiancolellaPort for the Amalfi Coast (Costa d'Amalfi DOC); same wine region as Naples
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Livorno
TuscanyCabernet SauvignonCabernet FrancMerlotVermentinoPort for Florence, Pisa, and Chianti-country excursions
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Genoa
LiguriaBianchetta GenoveseVermentinoAlbarolaBoscoGateway to Portofino and the Cinque Terre
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Venice
VenetoDorona di VeneziaRaboso PiaveManzoni BiancoGleraRead the port guide →
Palermo
SicilyCatarrattoPerriconeInzoliaNero d’AvolaAlso reached via Messina or Catania on some itineraries; all gateways to Mount Etna wine country
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Cagliari
SardiniaNuragusNascoMonicaGiròAlso reached via Olbia on some itineraries
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Bari
PugliaPrimitivoVerdecaMinutoloFianoRead the port guide →
Wine regions on this route
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