Hobby Vineyards & Small Wineries

Set across 10 hectares of picturesque countryside in southern Sicily, this remarkable estate combines refined living with a luxury restored villa, advanced winemaking infrastructure, and sweeping panoramic views. Of the total land, 7 hectares are cultivated with vines, offering both a luxurious private retreat and a thriving wine business with an estimated production capacity of up to 60,000 bottles per year.

This property represents a unique opportunity to own a fully integrated vineyard estate that unites luxury living, architectural elegance, and high-quality wine production. It is equally suited as a private residence, a boutique winery, or a hospitality venture in one of Italy’s most desirable wine regions.

VINEYARDS AND WINERY

At the heart of the estate lies a fully equipped, state-of-the-art winemaking facility. The wine press house is fitted with 15 modern fermentation tanks and advanced refrigeration systems, alongside a dedicated barrique cellar, laboratory, and storage areas. A beautifully designed tasting room, incorporating historic architectural elements, offers an inviting space to showcase the estate’s wines. Additional structures include a warehouse, machinery barn, garages, and office spaces, ensuring the smooth operation of both agricultural and hospitality activities.

The vineyard itself is planted with a carefully selected mix of grape varieties, including Cabernet Sauvignon, Nero d’Avola, Frappato, Petit Verdot, Cabernet Franc, Syrah, and Grillo. Managed according to organic, sustainable, and regenerative principles, the estate benefits from one of the most advanced irrigation and fertilization systems in Europe, allowing precise monitoring of soil and climate conditions to maintain optimal vineyard health.

On the hills of Marche, inland from Senigallia and less than twenty minutes from the Adriatic Sea, small wine estate for sale. The company is already established and uses only organic methods with energy produced from renewable sources. The estate covers approximately 6.6 hectares on a hilly position, divided into two separate blocks located a few kilometers apart. Nearly all the land is dedicated to vineyards:

• Vineyards surface: 5.0 hectares
• Varieties: Verdicchio (2 ha), Lacrima (2 ha), Fiano (0.5 ha), Montepulciano (0.5 ha)
• Training: spur cordon, Guyot (2,200 – 3,600 vines / ha)
• Altitude: 120 – 330 m above sea level
• Soil composition: clayey, slightly sandy
• Yearly production: 150 hl (20,000 bottles)
• Wine prices: € 8.00 – € 23.00

WINES PRODUCED

• Verdicchio dei Castelli di Jesi DOC: 100% Verdicchio
• Lacrima di Morro d’Alba DOC: 100% Lacrima
• Rosso Piceno DOC: 70% Montepulciano, 30% Sangiovese
• Marche IGT: 85% Fiano, 15% Verdicchio
• Spumante Brut Rosé: 70% Lacrima, 30% Fiano

On the hills of Val d’Orcia, not far from Trequanda, 10-hectare wine estate with 4 ha of vineyards, 2 ha of olive grove, truffle-ground, cellar and restored farmhouse. The country house (620 sqm) offers 3 bedrooms and 4 bathrooms with beautiful finishes valorizing its rustic look.

The cellar (450 sqm) is a modern and very functional building and allows producing each year up to 20,000 bottles of wine (Orcia DOC and Toscana IGT) and includes ageing rooms, bottling line and packaging sector.

DESCRIPTION OF THE BUILDINGS

The main building (dating back to the 18th century) is an ample farmhouse (620 m² – 6,671 ft²) housing a cozy residence, the offices for the business and ample wine tasting room. The house (3 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms) is laid over three floors as follows:

• Basement: private cellar, pantry and gym. The floor can be accessed directly by the kitchen above.
• Ground floor: entrance room, library, hallway, office, TV room with library and fireplace, laundry, kitchen, ample living room with fireplace and dining room. The technical room of the building can be accessed independently from outside.
• First floor: living room with Thun stove, three bedrooms with en-suite bathroom.

The wine cellar (450 m² – 4,842 ft²) is build fully underground to achieve a perfect control over temperature. The building is made up of winemaking rooms with wooden barrels and stainless steel vats; wood aging room with casks and tonneaux; bottling and labeling room; bottle aging room, packaging and storage room for finishes products. The various rooms are organized in the correct order to ensure maximum productive efficiency. The building is then completed by a technical room and some bathrooms for the staff.

An underground warehouse (50 m² – 538 ft²) is used as a workshop and shelter for tools and vehicles used in the fields.

In the true heart of the Tuscan Valdichiana, a few minutes from the historic center of Cortona, offers a 40% entry into the capital of this elegant wine company already fully operational, located in one of the most renowned and recognized areas of Tuscany for the production of quality wines.

The property extends over approximately 20.1 hectares, of which about 14 hectares are currently covered in productive vineyards. The vineyards enjoy excellent exposure and are cultivated with great attention to quality, enhancing the characteristics of the Cortona terroir. The production focus is particularly on the grape varieties that have made the Cortona DOC designation famous, such as Syrah – a true excellence of the territory – complemented by Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot. These varieties find an ideal balance here between structure, elegance, and aging capability.

The annual production averages 1,400 quintals of grapes, which allows for about 120,000 bottles per year, divided between DOC and IGT.

The company also has a long-term lease of 8 hectares of olive grove with about 1,500 plants, from which a very high-quality oil is produced.

The winery is functional, well-organized, and fully operational. The production cycle is managed internally, from vinification in stainless steel to aging in wood, allowing for direct quality control at each stage. The produced labels are positioned in a mid-to-high market segment and are already recognized, with distribution established both in the national and international markets.

One of the most interesting elements is its strategic location: Cortona is one of Tuscany’s most appreciated destinations, with a constant flow of medium-high level international tourism. This aspect offers an important development opportunity related to wine tourism, with the possibility to implement or enhance tastings, guided tours, private events, and experiential wine activities.

The company thus presents a concrete opportunity for those wishing to invest in a winery in Tuscany, already established and with growth potential. It is suitable for both direct entrepreneurial management and for a consolidation and development operation of the brand, even on an international scale. The contained but structured size of the company allows for an authentic, quality-producing, and expanding operation, while maintaining a strong and recognizable identity.

If there is serious and genuine interest, the owners are willing to consider selling a larger percentage of the shares.

Not far from the village of Montalcino in Val d’Orcia, in the production area of the renowned Brunello, small wine estate for sale. The property consists of various buildings (over 900 m²) which, although requiring renovation work, guarantee great potential for tourism and hospitality development. 

The farmhouse (525 m² – 5,649 ft², 4 bedrooms, and 2 bathrooms) is a large historic stone building, typically Tuscan in style and divided between agricultural rooms and living spaces. On the ground floor, there are large rooms for wine aging and storage, as well as some offices and service rooms. The first floor features a large apartment with a spacious living room with an open kitchen, four bedrooms, and two bathrooms.

Next to the farmhouse, a new wine cellar (275 m² – 2,959 ft²) on two levels has been built, housing facilities for grape processing and winemaking, as well as a warehouse.

Completing the property are two warehouses (135 m² – 1,453 ft²) and a ruin to be renovated, which could be used to expand agricultural activity or create a guesthouse.

On the hills of Tuscany, in the heart of the Brunello di Montalcino production area, small winery for sale. The property consists of two estates that include buildings (farmhouse and cellars) and vineyards (about 3.5 ha), respectively. The location of the property is very convenient, close to Montalcino and the best-known centers of the Val d’Orcia, and has no other houses nearby, which ensures privacy and confidentiality even in case you want to start a receptive activity.

DESCRIPTION OF THE BUILDINGS

The farmhouse (686 m² – 7,381 ft², 8 bedrooms and 7 bathrooms) is a rustic building in typical Tuscan style with well-preserved original finishes. In one corner of the ground floor are the old rustic cellars, easily usable for production in conjunction with the newer cellar, while the rest of the building houses two apartments:

• Apt. A (384 m²): entrance hall, living room, dining room, kitchen, six bedrooms and six bathrooms;
• Apt. B (82 m²): living room with kitchen, two bedrooms and bathroom.

The building is in excellent structural condition and needs only some interior modernization and finishing work.

Adjacent to the farmhouse, built partially underground and thus naturally climate-controlled, is the aging cellar (320 m² – 3,443 ft²) consisting of two separate rooms and a convenient shed for sheltering equipment.

The winemaking cellar (311 m² – 3,346 ft², 1 bathroom) is a large L-shaped building, very suitable for processing grapes due to spacious rooms with no structural elements in between. The building needs modernization and renovation but is in excellent structural condition.

This historic winery is located in the heart of the Viterbo hills, an area of great agricultural and landscape value, characterized by volcanic soils and a long winemaking tradition. The property represents an authentic and established reality, capable of combining history, territorial identity and development potential.

The estate covers about 13.0 hectares in total, of which 9.2 ha are planted with vines, conducted organically, and enjoys an intact and evocative natural setting. The vineyards benefit from particularly favorable soil and climate conditions, which allow for consistent quality production and good varietal diversification. The vineyard includes both Italian varieties such as Sangiovese (12.1 percent), Malvasia (10.1 percent), Montepulciano (6.8 percent) and Trebbiano (5.6 percent), and international grapes such as Merlot (25.6 percent), Chardonnay (15.2 percent), Sauvignon Blanc (12.7 percent), Pinot Blanc (6.1 percent) and Cabernet Sauvignon (5.8 percent), offering a wide and flexible production range.

The winery produces the following wines:

• Lazio IGT Bianco: Sauvignon Blanc 100%
• Lazio IGT Bianco: Malvasia 100%
• Lazio IGT Brut Spumante: Sauvignon Blanc, Malvasia
• Lazio IGT Rosso: Sangiovese, Merlot
• Lazio IGT Orange Riserva: Malvasia 100%

Part of the farm is covered with arable land (about 3.6 ha) characterized by excellent exposure and soils very suitable for planting additional vines.

From a strategic point of view, the winery offers an interesting potential for growth, both in terms of commercial development of the brand and through the strengthening of reception, tasting and wine tourism activities, today increasingly central to the enhancement of quality wineries. The combination of history, structured agricultural assets, territorial identity and still manageable size makes this winery an ideal opportunity for an investor, an industry operator or a family interested in a project with concrete development prospects.

On the Chianti hills, not far from the famous golf resort of Castelfalfi, 65-ha estate with Agriturismo and vineyard for sale. The accommodation part of the business can count on 17 independent apartments and a restaurant offering typical Tuscan dishes. The agricultural part, on the other hand, includes an IGT vineyard (3.0 ha), an olive grove (3.1 ha) and large expanses of arable land cultivated with wheat and other typical products of the area.

EXTERIOR AND AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION

The farm covers a total area of about 65.0 hectares (160.6 acres). In terms of agricultural production, the estate can count on an IGT vineyard (3.0 ha) and an olive grove (3.1 ha) with 800 trees in production. Products are processed directly on the farm and yearly production ranges around 3,500 bottles of wine and 960 kg of oil.

The large expanses of arable land (38.8 ha), on the other hand, allow the cultivation of wheat and cereals, alfalfa, officinal lavender, beans, artichokes and honey flowers. The orchard, on the other hand, houses 85 fig trees, persimmons, pears, apple trees, apricots, plums, cherries, and several varieties of peaches. Two private lakes allow the fields to be irrigated when needed and are inhabited by fish, ducks, geese, turtles and toads.

The estate’s woods (20.0 ha), on the other hand, are rich in berries, truffles (black and white) and wild mushrooms, as well as producing firewood.

The estate is partially registered as a hunting reserve (approx. 35.0 hectares) wherne one can hunt boards, deers, fallow deers, hares and pheasants.

In the hills of Marche, not far from Senigallia and Fano, boutique organic winery for sale. The farm extends in its entirety for about 6.9 hectares (17.0 acres). Surrounding the buildings are a 4,200–m² garden with a 7 × 4 m swimming pool, located right next to the house, and an orchard (4,200 m²).

The wine cellar (720 m² – 7,747 ft², 1 bathroom), built in 2004, is a modern building with spacious and functional spaces that allow optimization of grape processing and wine production. There are also administrative offices, a tool storage and the sales point. The storage capacity of the winery is about 1,000 hl of wine (including steel and wood).

The house (300 m² – 3,228 ft², 3 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms), currently inhabited by the owners, is a two-story building:

• Ground floor: entrance hall, living room with kitchen, bedroom with bathroom and laundry room;
• First floor: living room with terrace, study, two bedrooms and two bathrooms.

A short distance from the house is a lovely annex (24 m² – 258 ft²) that includes a summer kitchen and an enclosed room, also ideal as a tasting area.

On the hills of Maremma, not far from the characteristic villages of Sovana, Pitigliano and Sorano, 59.2-ha estate with farmhouse and vineyard for sale. The property (more than 700 m² in total) consists of buildings with a typical Tuscan look, all located a short distance from each other, and also includes a wine-making cellar and a charming cave dug into the tuff rock typical of the area.

The farmhouse (320 m² – 3,443 ft², 3 bedrooms and 1 bathroom) is a rustic two-story building in typical Tuscan style with stone walls, terracotta floors and wooden beams. The house is in good condition at a structural level but needs some modernization work regarding the finishes.

• Ground floor: wine cellar and warehouses for product storage;
• First floor: living room with fireplace and terrace, kitchen, three bedrooms and bathroom;

The outbuilding (90 m² – 968 ft², 1 bedroom and 1 bathroom) is a nice building on one floor consisting of living room with kitchen, bedroom and bathroom.

A detached outbuilding (170 m² – 1,829 ft²), on the other hand, houses a dining room with kitchen, very suitable as a tasting area, and various farm storage rooms.

The property is completed by an underground grotto (60 m² – 646 ft²), very suitable for aging wine thanks to a naturally controlled temperature, and a farm shed (70 m² – 753 ft²).