Wine Roads
IN THE HEART OF THE TUSCAN MAREMMA YOU CAN TAKE DIFFERENT WINE ROUTES: WINE TOURIST ITINERARIES DESIGNED TO MAKE YOU DISCOVER THE FOOD AND WINE TRADITION OF THE TERRITORY AND THE SUGGESTIVE BEAUTY OF THE MEDIEVAL VILLAGES.
Wine is one of the components that most characterizes Tuscany and especially the Maremma, with its excellence it contributes to opening a window on the territory in which it is born. And it is in this sense that the wine routes come to life. Fourteen wine routes are currently recognized throughout the Tuscany region. In the Livorno Maremma or Alta Maremma, along the beautiful territory of the Etruscan Coast, the Etruscan Coast Wine and Oil Route can be followed. In the Grosseto Maremma you can travel along three different wine routes: the Colli di Maremma Wine and Flavor Route, south of the Province of Grosseto, la Monteregio Wine and Flavor Route of Massa Marittima, and the Montecucco Wine and Flavors of Amiata Road inland towards the Mount Amiata, the most recent.
THE WINE ROADS ARE A COMBINATION OF FOOD AND WINE AND TOURISM THAT REVALUATE THE TERRITORY AND ITS SPECIFICITIES.
The Maremma Wine Routes, through wine tourism itineraries (wine tourism, practiced especially in the autumn period), promote the places that produce the best red and white wines of the area with the aim of bringing the public to taste (and buy) the produced directly in wine cellars, farms and vineyards. The Wine Roads are marked by special signs and wind along particular routes that connect places with a high wine-growing vocation and related business activities (farmhouses, hotels, restaurants, wine bars). They are therefore an important opportunity for the promotion and economic and cultural development of the Maremma area.
Etruscan Coast Wine and Oil Route
The Etruscan Coast Wine and Oil Route extends for over 150 kilometers in the territory of the Province of Livorno, and partly reaches that of Pisa, along the Tyrrhenian coast, also including the Island of Elba, one of the seven wonders of the Tuscan Archipelago National Park. This singular route is the home of the highly celebrated D.O.C. Sassicaia, one of the best wines in the world, crosses 25 municipalities and protects five D.O.C. – Montescudaio, Terratico di Bibbona, Bolgheri (Sassicaia), Val di Cornia and Elba Island.
- Municipalities Involved: Bibbona, Campo nell’Elba, Capoliveri, Casale Marittimo, Castagneto Carducci, Castellina Marittima, Cecina, Collesalvetti, Guardistallo, Livorno, Marciana, Marciana Marina, Montecatini Val di Cecina, Montescudaio, Monteverdi Marittimo, Piombino, Porto Azzurro, Portoferraio , Rio Marina, Rio nell’Elba, Riparbella, Rosignano Marittimo, San Vincenzo, Sassetta and Suvereto.
- Promoting Body: Consortium “La Strada del Vino e dell’Olio Costa degli Etruschi” – Località San Guido, N°45 – 57022 Bolgheri – Castagneto Carducci (LI).
Colli di Maremma Wine and Flavor Route
The Colli di Maremma Wine and Flavor Route (one of the most important in Italy) is located on the routes identified by the association based in Scansano and crosses the territories of 13 municipalities, where the D.O.C.G. wine Morellino di Scansano and four D.O.C. wines – Bianco di Pitigliano, Ansonica Costa dell’Argentario, Sovana, Capalbio and Parrina. The road forms an unrepeatable Maremma landscape where fine oil and wine – on the edge of a winemaking vocation widely documented by Scansano Vine and Wine Museum(home of the “Strada del Vino e dei Sapori Colli di Maremma” Association) – enhance cuisine made even healthier and more appetizing by excellent agri-food products.
- Municipalities Involved: Campagnatico, Capalbio, Grosseto, Isola del Giglio, Magliano in Toscana, Manciano, Monte Argentario, Orbetello, Pitigliano, Roccalbegna, Scansano, Semproniano, Sorano.
- Promoter: Association “La Strada del Vino e dei Sapori Colli di Maremma” – Piazza del Pretorio, N°4 – 58054 Scansano (GR).
Monteregio Wine and Flavor Route of Massa Marittima
The Monteregio Wine Route of Massa Marittima crosses 8 municipalities in the Maremma and protects D.O.C. wine. Monteregio of Massa Marittima. The road offers itineraries that are divided into different micro-routes: the first starts from Massa Marittima, an artistic and architectural jewel of the Metalliferous Hills, with the famous square framed by the magnificent cathedral and elegant buildings, then discovering the Accesa lake, the medieval castles of Leccata and Cugnano, the Lombard baths of Bagno del Re, up to the Montioni park. The second micro-route allows us to discover the medieval villages of Roccatederighi, Sassofortino and Montemassi, in the municipality of Roccastrada, with the natural reserves of Pietra and the Farma stream.
- Municipalities Involved: Castiglione della Pescaia, Follonica, Gavorrano, Massa Marittima, Monterotondo Marittimo, Montieri, Roccastrada and Scarlino.
- Promoter: Association “La Strada del Vino e dei Sapori Monteregio di Massa Marittima” – Via Todini, N° 3/5 – 58024 Massa Marittima (GR).
Montecucco Wine and Flavors of Amiata Road
The Montecucco Wine and Flavors of Amiata Route crosses 10 municipalities and protects D.O.C. wine. Montecucco. The route winds close to the Tyrrhenian coast: Castiglione della Pescaia, with the Aragonese fortress, Gavorrano with the Mining Museum and the elegant village of Scarlino dominated by the Pisan fortress (which belonged to the noble feudal family of Aldobrandeschi), the Bandite nature reserves of Scarlino and Diaccia Botrona, but above all the Etruscan necropolis of Vetulonia. The volcanic bowels of Amiata could not fail to generate great wines, such as the reds and whites of Montecucco. The large production area includes part of the territories of Cinigiano, Civitella Paganico, Campagnatico, Castel del Piano, Roccalbegna, Arcidosso and Seggiano.
- Municipalities Involved: Arcidosso, Campagnatico, Castel del Piano, Castell’Azzara, Cinigiano, Civitella Paganico, Roccalbegna, Santa Fiora, Seggiano and Semproniano.
- Promoting Body: Association “La Strada del Vino Montecucco e dei Sapori d’Amiata” – Piazzale Capitano Bruchi, N° 1 – 58044 Cinigiano (GR).
Resources on the Wine Routes
- Federation of Tuscan Wine, Oil and Flavor Roads – Offers a list of all the roads in Tuscany.
