Catania: Etna Urban Winery Sicilian Lunch with Wine Tasting

About This Experience

A Sicilian lunch with four Etna wines inside a walled winery in Catania itself: an 18th-century estate with urban vineyards, where a sommelier explains how wine was made on Etna three centuries ago and the family's grandmother's recipes arrive at a shared table.

You arrive at 12:45 for registration and a short introduction, and lunch is served at 1:00. The meal is a full one: antipasti, a pasta or rice first course, and a meat or fish second, paired with a red from the estate's Vigna Grande plot and three more Etna wines, a sparkling, a white and a rosato.

Afterwards the grounds are yours. Walk the urban vineyards, look round the 1790 winery on your own, or sit in the gardens. Families are actively welcomed: there is a sandbox and a small trampoline for younger children, a reading and painting corner for older ones, and a treasure-hunt map on request.

There is no transfer in the price, but the winery is inside the city, and a shuttle from central Catania can be arranged for an extra fee from April to October. For anyone staying in Catania who wants Etna wine with a proper lunch and no minibus, this is the easiest booking on the site.

Highlights

• Three-course Sicilian lunch at a shared table in a 1790 family winery inside Catania
• Four Etna wines with the meal: a red from the Vigna Grande plot plus a sparkling, a white and a rosato
• Self-guided walk through the urban vineyards and the historic cellars after lunch
• Families welcome, with a play area and activities for children
• No transfer needed from central Catania; a paid shuttle runs April to October on request

What's Included

• ✓ Antipasti
• ✓ First course of pasta or rice
• ✓ Meat or fish second course
• ✓ Tasting of the estate's Vigna Grande red
• ✓ Tasting of three more Etna wines: sparkling, white and rosato
• ✓ Self-guided visit to the urban vineyards
• ✓ Self-guided visit to the 1790 family winery
• ✓ Time in the gardens

Not Included

• Transport to the winery (a paid shuttle from central Catania is available on request, April to October)
• Tips

Good to Know & Caveats

• Arrive at 12:45 for registration; lunch is served at 1:00 and does not wait for latecomers.
• It is a shared table, so you eat with other guests rather than at a private table.
• A shuttle from central Catania can be arranged for an extra fee between April and October, on request when you book.
• Children are welcome and catered for, with a sandbox, a small trampoline and a reading and painting corner.
• Allow about an hour and a half for the meal; the vineyards and gardens stay open to you afterwards.

Meeting Point

Etna Urban Winery, a walled 1790 estate and vineyard inside Catania; arrive at 12:45.