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The Best Wineries in Oltrepò Pavese

For wineries with Oltrepò Pavese as their listed appellation, this list covers 46 venues in Italy, including Bosco Longhino, Bruno Verdi and Cà del Gè. Many work with Pinot Nero, Croatina, Barbera and Riesling. Several estates are in Canneto Pavese, Montalto Pavese and Montecalvo Versiggia.

We choose venues by weighing recognition from independent critics, guides and awards. Entries are in alphabetical order. Each shows the venue's town or city, a short description and awards from independent sources, with a link to its full guide page.

How this list is chosen: Every estate here lists Oltrepò Pavese as its appellation. When more qualify than the list can hold, En Primeur Club chooses among them by weighing recognition from independent critics, guides and awards. Entries appear in alphabetical order.

  • Bosco Longhino

    Santa Maria della Versa, Italy

    Bosco Longhino puts the Oltrepò Pavese argument in plain view: Pinot Nero, Metodo Classico, Barbera and Croatina read differently when the tasting happens among the hills that shape them. The family-run agriturismo format gives the visit a slower rural rhythm, with guided tastings, vineyard context, food pairings and outdoor spaces rather than a tasting-room-only stop.

    Also recognized by Falstaff

  • Bruno Verdi

    Canneto Pavese, Italy

    Bruno Verdi is a small family-run Oltrepò Pavese winery in Canneto Pavese, rooted in seven generations of viticulture and a postwar bottling identity dating to 1945. Its draw is terroir-led Lombard wine: Croatina, Barbera, Uva Rara, Pinot Nero, Riesling Renano and Pinot Grigio from hillside plots including Cavariola, Vigna Costa, Paradiso and Casa Zoppini.

    Also recognized by Falstaff

  • Cà del Gè

    Montalto Pavese, Italy

    Cà del Gè is a family-run Oltrepò Pavese estate in Montalto Pavese, working with Barbera, Croatina, Uva Rara and Pinot Nero across hillside vineyards tied to the local sparkling and red-wine tradition. The experience is rural and wine-led: estate tastings, local product pairings, vineyard views and a sustainability thread through Progetto ViNO.

    Also recognized by Falstaff

  • Ca' Tessitori

    Broni, Italy

    Ca' Tessitori is a small family-run winery in Broni, working in Oltrepò Pavese with Pinot Nero, Riesling, Uva Rara, Vespolina and Croatina. Its appeal is the old-fashioned cellar logic: traditional production, non-filtered wines, vineyard emphasis and more than 60 years of continuous family winemaking rather than a polished hospitality circuit.

    Also recognized by Falstaff

  • Calatroni Vini

    Montecalvo Versiggia, Italy

    Calatroni Vini is a family-run Oltrepò Pavese winery in Montecalvo Versiggia, focused on Metodo Classico sparkling wines from Pinot Noir alongside Riesling and Croatina. The draw is the hillside setting, educational tasting formats, vineyard-and-farm atmosphere, and a sustainability program that reaches from grass-covered rows to lightweight bottles and local food pairings.

    Also recognized by Falstaff

  • Cantina Scuropasso

    Pietra De Giorgi, Italy

    Cantina Scuropasso gives Oltrepò Pavese a precise, Pinot Nero-led reading: long-aged metodo classico from Valle Scuropasso, organic viticulture, and a cellar culture shaped by the Marazzi family since 1962. The draw is not spectacle but regional clarity, with 15 hectares, about 100,000 bottles a year, and a small-scale tasting format in Pietra De Giorgi.

    Also recognized by Falstaff

  • Cantina Taia

    Montecalvo Versiggia, Italy

    Cantina Taia is a small family-run winery in Montecalvo Versiggia, opened in 2022 with 15 hectares in the Oltrepò Pavese hills. The emphasis is Pinot Nero, Riesling Renano, Barbera and Croatina, presented through guided tastings, vineyard views and a cellar style that favors sustainable farming, concrete fermentation and stainless-steel aging.

    Also recognized by Falstaff

  • Cantine Cavallotti

    Milan, Italy

    Cantine Cavallotti gives Milan drinkers a practical route into Oltrepò Pavese without turning the visit into vineyard theatre. The draw is Lombardy’s cool-climate Pinot Nero tradition, supported by a family winery founded in 1944, a broad regional portfolio, and a casual tasting-room format built around direct sales rather than ceremony.

    Also recognized by Falstaff

  • Cantine Giorgi

    Canneto Pavese, Italy

    Cantine Giorgi is a historic Oltrepò Pavese winery in Canneto Pavese, founded in 1875 and shaped by Pinot Nero, Bonarda, Barbera and Croatina. Its scale is unusually broad for a family-run address: 35 hectares, about 1,000,000 bottles a year, export to 59 countries, and recognition including Gambero Rosso Tre Bicchieri and Five Bunches from the Sommelier association.

    Also recognized by Falstaff

  • Cantine Lozza

    Santa Giuletta, Italy

    Cantine Lozza is a small organic winery in Santa Giuletta, set in Oltrepò Pavese hill country with terrace tastings, vineyard views and a family-run rhythm. The draw is not trophy-label polish, but a grounded look at Lombardy’s Pinot Nero, Bonarda, Riesling, Moscato, Croatina, Barbera and sparkling styles through an estate-scale lens.

    Also recognized by Falstaff

  • Castello di Cigognola

    Cigognola, Italy

    Castello di Cigognola is a hilltop Oltrepò Pavese estate where a 12th-century castle, Renzo Mongiardino interiors and Pinot Nero-led Metodo Classico production form a tightly defined wine experience. The draw is not breadth but terroir: steep vineyard slopes, clay-leaning soils, organic viticulture and a cellar focused on sparkling wines with still Barbera and Nebbiolo in support.

    Also recognized by Falstaff

  • Conte Vistarino

    Rocca De Giorgi, Italy

    Conte Vistarino gives Rocca De Giorgi a serious Pinot Nero anchor: a historic Oltrepò Pavese estate tied to the grape’s 1850 arrival from Burgundy and set among hillside vineyards. The draw is terroir rather than spectacle, with guided tastings, estate grounds, and a portfolio that moves between still reds, whites, rosé, and traditional-method sparkling wine.

    Also recognized by Falstaff

  • Cordero San Giorgio

    Santa Giuletta, Italy

    Cordero San Giorgio gives Oltrepò Pavese a quieter frame: a hillside wine estate in Santa Giuletta where rural Lombard viticulture is read through vineyard views, historic architecture, and a private-tasting format. The interest is less spectacle than place, with Pinot Grigio listed among the estate’s varietals and the setting doing much of the interpretive work.

    Also recognized by Falstaff

  • Corte Fabbri

    Broni, Italy

    Corte Fabbri is a small family-run winery and agriturismo in Broni, set in the Oltrepò Pavese hills with vineyards, gardens, apiaries and farm animals shaping the visit. The draw is regional specificity: Pinot Nero, Croatina, Barbera, Uva Rara and Buttafuoco dell’Oltrepò Pavese handled through a sustainable estate model rather than an international-wine template.

    Also recognized by Falstaff

  • Defilippi - Cantine i Gessi

    Oliva Gessi, Italy

    Defilippi - Cantine i Gessi gives Oltrepò Pavese a precise rural reading: Riesling Renano, Pinot Nero, Croatina and classic-method sparkling wines shaped by clay, limestone and gypsum soils in Oliva Gessi. Founded in 1907 and run as a fifth-generation family estate, it suits travelers who want vineyard context, farmhouse scale and a quieter alternative to more tour-driven Italian wine regions.

    Also recognized by Falstaff

  • Faravelli Gabriele

    Montecalvo Versiggia, Italy

    Faravelli Gabriele is a family-scale Oltrepò Pavese winery and agriturismo in Montecalvo Versiggia, shaped by the Alta Valle Versa’s hill country and its Pinot Nero identity. The draw is not a polished tasting-room circuit but the older Lombard model of farm, cellar and table working together, with guided tastings, food pairing and estate visits by reservation.

    Also recognized by Falstaff

  • Fiamberti Vini

    Canneto Pavese, Italy

    Fiamberti Vini belongs to the older, more place-bound side of Oltrepò Pavese: family continuity from 1814, indigenous red blends, and Pinot Nero Metodo Classico rather than international-variety gloss. The Canneto Pavese estate is strongest for travelers who want terroir, local grape vocabulary, and a tasting-room atmosphere shaped by rural Lombardy rather than a polished tourism script.

    Also recognized by Falstaff

  • Finigeto

    Godiasco Salice Terme, Italy

    Finigeto is a small Oltrepò Pavese winery in Godiasco Salice Terme, shaped around Pinot Nero, Bonarda and traditional-method sparkling wine rather than a broad hospitality program. The appeal is agricultural and regional: vineyard setting, quiet tastings by reservation, and a hands-on wine-club culture anchored by an adopt-a-vineyard format.

    Also recognized by Falstaff

  • Fradé

    Borgo Priolo, Italy

    Fradé is a small organic winery in Borgo Priolo, shaped by the cool hills and limestone-clay marl of Oltrepò Pavese. The draw is not trophy-label spectacle but a focused estate view of Pinot Nero, Croatina, Riesling and sparkling wine, with family ownership and vineyard work placed at the center of the experience.

    Also recognized by Falstaff

  • Fratelli Agnes

    Rovescala, Italy

    Fratelli Agnes is a family-run winery in Rovescala, rooted in Oltrepò Pavese’s long viticultural history and working from 20 hectares of estate vineyards. The draw is the combination of manual harvest, local varieties such as Bonarda Pignolo and Croatina, and a frizzante focus supported by documented sparkling-wine recognition.

    Also recognized by Falstaff

  • Frecciarossa

    Casteggio, Italy

    Frecciarossa fits the Oltrepò Pavese model of wine-country hospitality: an estate setting in Casteggio where vineyard views, garden space, guided tasting, cellar visits, and a traditional restaurant are part of the same rural experience. The draw is not a trophy-led winery narrative, but a land-focused visit built around Pinot Nero, Riesling Renano, Barbera, Merlot, Uva Rara, and Coratina.

    Also recognized by Falstaff

  • Il Molino di Rovescala

    Loc Molino Rovescala, Italy

    Il Molino di Rovescala is a small, family-run Oltrepò Pavese winery shaped by hillside viticulture, DOC and IGT production, and three generations of Passerini stewardship. The draw is not trophy culture, but a rural tasting format tied to regional wines, low-additive practice, and the slower cadence of a historic Lombard estate.

    Also recognized by Falstaff

  • Il Poggiolo

    Montù Beccaria, Italy

    Il Poggiolo is a family-run winery in Montù Beccaria, shaped by Oltrepò Pavese hillside viticulture rather than tasting-room spectacle. Its 25 hectares of south and southeast-facing vines, clay-rich soils, and 150–300 metre elevations make the estate a useful stop for travellers interested in how Lombardy’s quieter wine zones translate place into the glass.

    Also recognized by Falstaff

  • Isimbarda

    Santa Giuletta, Italy

    Isimbarda reads Oltrepò Pavese through hillside viticulture rather than cellar spectacle. The Santa Giuletta estate works 36 hectares across Santa Giuletta and Mornico Losana, with Pinot Noir, Croatina, Barbera, Rieslings, Chardonnay and other varieties placed by altitude, exposure and climate. Its appeal lies in that regional breadth: Metodo Classico, still whites, Bonarda and wood-aged reds under one historic Lombard estate identity.

    Also recognized by Falstaff

  • La Genisia

    Codevilla, Italy

    La Genisia reads Oltrepò Pavese through Pinot Noir rather than generic cellar-door hospitality. The Codevilla cooperative works across 70 hectares with twenty winegrowers, pairing terroir zoning and University of Milan collaboration with guided tastings, vineyard tours, and terrace-style experiences in the hills.

    Also recognized by Falstaff

  • La Piotta

    Montalto Pavese, Italy

    La Piotta is a family-run organic winery in Montalto Pavese, shaped by Oltrepò Pavese’s Pinot Nero and sparkling-wine tradition rather than a luxury-cellar script. The draw is the land: old vine material, clay-limestone-marl soils, and a guided tasting format that makes the production choices legible without turning the visit stiff.

    Also recognized by Falstaff

  • La Travaglina

    Santa Giuletta, Italy

    La Travaglina is a family-run Oltrepò Pavese winery in Santa Giuletta, set in a late-1600s farmhouse and active since 1967. Its identity is tied to Pinot Nero, Bonarda, traditional-method sparkling wine and a guided visitor format that moves from vineyard rows to underground cellar before a set tasting.

    Also recognized by Falstaff

  • La Versa

    S Maria Della Versa, Italy

    La Versa is a historic sparkling-wine producer in S Maria Della Versa, rooted in Italy’s early classic-method movement and tied to Oltrepò Pavese’s cellar culture. The draw is the Caveau: a quiet, heritage-led setting for sparkling-focused tastings where the production story runs from vinification to disgorgement and refinement.

    Also recognized by Falstaff

  • Le Fiole

    Montalto Pavese, Italy

    Le Fiole is a countryside winery in Montalto Pavese, set in the Oltrepò Pavese hills and built around visits that treat the landscape as part of the tasting. Expect Pinot Grigio and Pinot Nero, guided tastings, hill aperitifs, e-bike tours, photo walks, and private group formats rather than a cellar-door model focused only on bottles.

    Also recognized by Falstaff

  • Manuelina

    S Maria Della Versa, Italy

    Manuelina is a rural Oltrepò Pavese winery in Santa Maria della Versa, set around vineyard views, quiet estate grounds and a terroir-led tasting format. The draw is the Versa Valley context: Pinot Nero, Croatina/Bonarda, Riesling and Chardonnay handled through classic flights, vineyard-inclusive tours and sparkling-focused tastings rather than a restaurant-style production.

    Also recognized by Falstaff

  • Marchesi di Montalto

    Pavia, Italy

    A small Oltrepò Pavese estate in the Pavia orbit, Marchesi di Montalto is strongest when read through terrain: hillside vineyards, calcareous soils, altitude around 390–410 metres, and a cellar focused on Pinot Noir and Riesling. The appeal is rural, quiet and technical rather than showy, with private and vineyard-focused tastings shaping the visit.

    Also recognized by Falstaff

  • Montelio

    Codevilla, Italy

    Montelio is a historic family-run estate in Codevilla, rooted in Oltrepò Pavese’s long affinity for Pinot Nero, Bonarda and Metodo Classico. Its appeal is not flash or trophy-chasing, but the regional grammar: contiguous vineyards, a cellar culture tied to Lombard farming history, and a portfolio that moves between still reds, whites, rosé, dessert wine and bottle-fermented sparkling.

    Also recognized by Falstaff

  • Monterucco

    Cigognola, Italy

    Monterucco is a family-run Oltrepò Pavese estate in Cigognola, founded in 1936 and built around the hill-country logic of Lombard wine rather than cellar theatrics. Its identity is strongest in local categories: Pinot Nero for Metodo Classico, traditional reds such as Buttafuoco and Bonarda, and a compact estate scale of about 20 hectares.

    Also recognized by Falstaff

  • Oltrenero

    Zenevredo, Italy

    Oltrenero is a Pinot Nero-led Metodo Classico estate in Zenevredo, set in the Oltrepò Pavese hills with vineyard and garden views. The appeal is less about trophy signals and more about terroir: clay soils, continental seasons, 84 hectares under vine, and a focused sparkling program under the Zonin1821 umbrella.

    Also recognized by Falstaff

  • Pietro Torti

    Montecalvo Versiggia, Italy

    Pietro Torti gives Oltrepò Pavese a small-estate reading: organic vineyards, red, white and sparkling wines, and a visit format that moves from rows to vinification room to cellar. The draw is not spectacle, but a compact agricultural encounter in Montecalvo Versiggia, with family continuity, DOC context and a tasting style built around the land rather than hospitality theatre.

    Also recognized by Falstaff

  • Podere Bignolino

    Montalto Pavese, Italy

    Podere Bignolino is a Contardi family wine estate in Montalto Pavese, rooted in Oltrepò Pavese’s calcareous-clay hills and a viticultural line dating to 1890. The draw is Pinot Nero in both Metodo Classico and still forms, alongside Barbera, Croatina, Nebbiolo and Riesling, with guided tastings shaped around place rather than cellar theatrics.

    Also recognized by Falstaff

  • Prime Alture

    Casteggio, Italy

    Prime Alture puts the Oltrepò Pavese hills into a compact wine-resort format: estate vineyards, six suites, seated tastings, food pairings and a glass-walled dining room facing the vines. The appeal is not trophy-chasing recognition, but a small-scale Casteggio base where Pinot Noir, Chardonnay, Barbera, Croatina, Merlot and Moscato sit close to the land that grows them.

    Also recognized by Falstaff

  • Quaquarini Francesco

    Canneto Pavese, Italy

    Quaquarini Francesco is a family-run organic winery in Canneto Pavese, set in the Oltrepò Pavese hills where Pinot Nero, Bonarda, Barbera, Ughetta di Canneto and Moscato shape the local grammar. The estate’s appeal is production-led rather than design-led: certified organic farming, cellar-focused visits, and a portfolio that moves from regional reds to sparkling Pinot Nero with a clear sense of place.

    Also recognized by Falstaff

  • Tenuta di Caseo

    Colli Verdi, Italy

    Tenuta di Caseo gives Oltrepò Pavese’s Metodo Classico identity a clear hillside argument: Pinot Nero and Chardonnay from vineyards between 410 and 530 meters, shaped by clay and active limestone. The Colli Verdi estate belongs to Tommasi Family Estates and reads less like a trophy-label project than a disciplined sparkling-wine extension of a family better known for still Italian wines.

    Also recognized by Falstaff

  • Tenuta Mazzolino

    Corvino San Quirico, Italy

    Tenuta Mazzolino reads as Oltrepò Pavese in a disciplined, Burgundian register: Pinot Noir, Chardonnay and Bonarda from a 30-hectare hillside estate, with 20 hectares planted to vine. The appeal is quiet and site-led rather than showy, built around vineyard views, a historic villa, sustainable farming language and a guided tasting format that suits travelers who want context with the glass.

    Also recognized by Falstaff

  • Terre Bentivoglio

    Calco, Italy

    Terre Bentivoglio brings the Oltrepò Pavese frame into focus through scale, setting and grape range: a 90-hectare hillside estate of woods and vineyards associated with the Pirovano family and opened in 1997. The draw is less about urban tasting-room polish than a rural Lombard wine stop built around guided tasting, estate grounds and the classic still-red, still-white and sparkling categories of the region.

    Also recognized by Falstaff

  • Terre d'Oltrepò

    Broni, Italy

    Terre d'Oltrepò is a large regional cooperative in Broni, tied to Oltrepò Pavese DOC and built around the area’s practical wine culture rather than luxury-winery theater. Expect a quiet, rustic, classic setting with a strong regional focus: Pinot Nero, Barbera, Croatina, Riesling Italico, Chardonnay, and wines spanning red, white, and sparkling styles.

    Also recognized by Falstaff

  • Torre degli Alberi

    Tromello, Italy

    Torre degli Alberi is a small organic sparkling-wine estate in Tromello, framed by vineyards, countryside and a medieval tower. The draw is not urban tasting-room polish but Oltrepò Pavese DOCG interpreted through Pinot Nero, classic-method spumante and an agritourism setting that keeps the land in view.

    Also recognized by Falstaff

  • Travaglino

    Calvignano, Italy

    Travaglino is a historic Oltrepò Pavese estate in Calvignano, set around 400 hectares of land with 80 hectares under vine. The draw is terroir-led Lombardy wine culture: Riesling Renano, Pinot Nero, Classic Method sparkling wine, sustainable vineyard work, and estate hospitality shaped by a medieval monastery-to-manor setting.

    Also recognized by Falstaff

  • Vanzini

    San Damiano Al Colle, Italy

    Vanzini is a family-run Oltrepò Pavese winery in San Damiano Al Colle with roots dated to 1890 and 33 hectares of estate vineyards. Its identity is strongest around Pinot Nero-based sparkling wines, Bonarda, Sangue di Giuda, and a broad regional portfolio shaped by estate fruit and local grower relationships.

    Also recognized by Falstaff

  • Verdi F.lli

    Zenevredo, Italy

    Verdi F.lli is a small-production family winery in Zenevredo, in Oltrepò Pavese, with a portfolio built around Pinot Nero, Bonarda, Barbera, Croatina and Malvasia. The appeal is regional rather than theatrical: hillside viticulture, a three-generation continuity claim, and a traditional winery atmosphere shaped by craftsmanship and environmental respect.

    Also recognized by Falstaff

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