Lake Como & Valtellina Wine Tour: Vineyards & Tastings

Terraced vineyards built over centuries meet wines poured from a historic winery

A full-day tour of Lake Como and Valtellina Valley combines visits to the villages of Varenna and Morbegno, a 19th-century bottega, a local dairy, and a historic winery, with tastings of three wines and regional cheeses, plus lunch featuring the local pizzoccheri pasta. A private guide leads the route by luxury car or minivan through Italy's largest terraced vineyard area, now a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Step-by-step itinerary

Lake Como and Valtellina Wine Tour

• Drive from Milan to Lake Como
• Visit Varenna village
• Drive panoramic road on Lake Como
• Visit ancient Bottega in Morbegno
• Taste local cheeses in Traona dairy
• Lunch at family restaurant with pizzoccheri
• Visit historic winery Cantine Nera
• Taste 3 wines with local products

The experience

The tour starts in Varenna on Lake Como's shore, then heads inland toward Valtellina: a valley two hours north of Milan that holds 2,500 kilometers of terraced vineyards stacked into the mountainsides over centuries. The drive itself is the first stop: a panoramic road along the lake that opens the landscape before you reach Morbegno, where an ancient bottega from 1883 sits waiting. This is not a museum display but a working space where you see how wine and food were stored and aged in the 19th century.

After Morbegno, the route moves to Traona and a dairy where local cheeses are made and tasted. Lunch follows in a family-run restaurant where pizzoccheri (a buckwheat pasta dish typical to the region) is the main event. The meal is built around what grows and what the valley has always made, not what tourists expect. The final stop is Cantine Nera, a historic winery where three wines are tasted alongside local gastronomic products, grounding the day's route in the reason Valtellina matters to anyone who drinks wine from northern Italy.

A private guide in English leads the full route by luxury car or minivan, which means no waiting for a group to assemble and no fixed schedule beyond the restaurant reservation. Hotel pickup is included, so if you are staying anywhere on Lake Como or in the surrounding towns, the car arrives at your door. The terrain is accessible for all fitness levels. This is a tour of tasting and looking, not climbing or hiking.

What’s included

• Visit of Varenna and Morbegno.
• private tour by luxury car or minivan.
• local guide in English.
• hotel pickup.
• tasting of three wines accompanied by local gastronomic products.
• lunch in a family restaurant with pizzoccheri.
• visit to a historic winery in Cantine Nera.
• cheese tasting at a local dairy.

Before you book

Days and timesEvery dayDeparts at 08:00

Book up to12h before

GroupPrivate

Live guideEnglish

Meeting point and pickupHotel pickup is optional; you can also go straight to the meeting point. Ends at a different place from where it starts.You can choose from 3 pickup points.

Cancellation and refundsFree cancellation up to 24 h before the start. After that, no refund.

Paid on site€ 390

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Good to know

Low physical effortPublic transport nearby

Operated by Welcome 2 Italy

Is this one for you?Hotel pickup from Lake Como means you don't need a car or arrange your own transport to reach the valley. The guide collects you and handles the full route, leaving you free to taste and look without managing the drive.

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Top questions

What is the bottega in Morbegno and what can you see there?

The bottega is a working storage and aging space from 1883 where wine and food were traditionally kept in the 19th century. You visit it to see how the valley's producers preserved and aged their goods before modern refrigeration.

Is lunch included in the tour, and what will I eat?

Lunch is included in a family restaurant where pizzoccheri, a local buckwheat pasta dish, is the specialty. The meal is built around regional ingredients and traditional preparation.

How many wines will I taste, and where?

Three wines are tasted at Cantine Nera, the historic winery that closes the day. The tastings are accompanied by local gastronomic products.

What makes Valtellina's vineyards different from other wine regions?

Valtellina holds Italy's largest terraced vineyard area, with 2,500 kilometers of vineyards built into the mountainsides over centuries. The terraces are now a UNESCO World Heritage Site and represent a unique landscape shaped by centuries of viticulture.

How do I get picked up, and where does the tour start?

Hotel pickup is included from anywhere on Lake Como or the surrounding area. The tour then begins in Varenna, on the lake's shore, before heading inland toward the valley.