About This Experience

Native grapes, deeply rooted: the Bossanova winery in Controguerra farms the indigenous varieties of the Teramane hills, and this discovery tour is the direct route into one of Abruzzo's most distinctive corners, where local tradition and young energy share the same cellar. The Teramane hills are credentials in themselves. This northern corner of Abruzzo, between the Gran Sasso massif and the Adriatic, holds the region's most prestigious growing zone, home of Montepulciano d'Abruzzo Colline Teramane, and Controguerra's slopes sit in the thick of it, their wines carrying a pedigree the wider world is only beginning to price in. Bossanova's identity doubles the interest: a winery that stands out, by its own definition, for producing wines from native grape varieties rooted in the local territory and winemaking tradition. In the glass that means Montepulciano and its regional companions rendered with local conviction, wines that taste like their hills because nothing was added to make them taste like anywhere else. The visit tours the estate's fascinating Controguerra setting, unpacks the winemaking, and settles into the tasting, where the native-variety thesis meets its proof. The hosts' enthusiasm is the young-winery kind: unscripted, generous with detail and genuinely curious about your reactions. The location suits explorers: Controguerra hangs near the Marche border in countryside that tourism has barely annotated, which makes the visit feel like the discovery its name promises. Pair it with the Teramane hill towns or the coast at Alba Adriatica, both within easy reach. Book online with Wine Trails for instant confirmation, direct to the winery with no platform premium attached. Getting there is half the pleasure: Controguerra's roads wind through vineyard and olive country that tourism forgot, and the drive from the coast takes barely half an hour. Ask about current releases when booking, small estates pour what the season allows, and the surprise is reliably part of the charm. Wine discovery is a promise most tours inflate; here it is a literal itinerary. An unfamous village, a native-grape cellar and a tasting that rearranges your map of Italian wine: Bossanova delivers the genuine article, at a price that leaves room for a case of the evidence.

Meeting Point

Contrada Pignotto 87, Controguerra, 64010, IT

Bossanova Winery

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Cancellation Policy

90% charge within 23 hours.