Winery · Tuscany

Pienza: Pecorino & Wine Capital

Name: Pienza: Pecorino & Wine Capital
Address: Tuscany, IT

Fifteenth-century Pienza, ringed by Val d'Orcia vineyards, pairs its legendary Pecorino sheep cheese with local Vino Nobile—a cheese-wine marriage that defines Tuscany's soul.

What to do there

TastingPienza: Pecorino & Wine CapitalPienza is the 'ideal Renaissance city'—Pope Pius II rebuilt his hometown to match humanist principles in 1459. Walk the single main street (Corso Rossellino), buy the world's best pecorino at shops where families have made cheese for generations, then taste Brunello with a view from Via del Casello. The views from the town walls are absurdly beautiful.

Wineries nearby

Winery Cantine Contucci 1000 years of vines — the Contuccis cultivated since the 11th century and are the putative fathers of Vino Nobile di Montepulciano (doc 1773).
Winery Ercolani, Contucci, De Ricci Walk Montepulciano's 15th-century underground city at Ercolani, Contucci, or De Ricci—1000 years of Montepulciano wine families competing to host the deepest cellars.
Winery Poggio di Sotto Certified organic estate founded in 1989 on Montalcino's southeast slope, stewarding 182+ Sangiovese biotypes that freely cross-pollinate—a living botanical archive of Tuscany's greatest red grape.