The 15 Etna Wine Tastings That Are Worth the Money

1.Guided Etna Wine Tasting Half-Day Tour

★★★★★★★★★★4.7 · 444 reviews · 5 hours · from $68Our pick

Join a multilingual guide such as Isabella, Simona, or Franco for a half-day ride from Taormina to Gambino Winery on Mount Etna. Taste four Sicilian wines with cheeses, olives, bread, and preserved vegetables, tour the cellar, and enjoy wide views toward the coast.

“Great tour! Bus ride with a lot of info about the sites we passed. And winerie was beautiful, with great view over Catania, taoromina and the ocean. Was given a glass of whine at arrival, and plenty of whine in the tasting (4 glasses, but good amount of whine in the glass), as a Norwegian we like to get a good amount😂. Nice shop where you can by wine, gin or t-shirts from the winery. Absolutely recommend!!”

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2.Mt Etna and Wine tasting tour from Catania

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 282 reviews · 8 hours (approx.) · from $128Top rated

Spend about eight hours with EtnaTribe exploring Monte Etna, the Silvestri craters, Parco dell’Etna, and a lava cave with helmets and lamps. Guides such as Alessandro, Enzo, Simone, and Florence lead small groups, followed by wine, local food, and cellar time at Enoteca Dell’Etna.

“Great tour. Hope you get Carmelo, he is fantastic, knowledgeable about the mountain and history, and extremely funny!”

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3.Etna Wine and Alcantara with lunch

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 154 reviews · 8 to 10 hours (approx.) · from $102

Travel from Catania to Etna’s northern-east side, where a guide such as Emiliano, Marco, or Andrea leads a volcanic hike and lava-cave visit. Then enjoy lunch and wine in Linguaglossa before visiting the Alcantara Gorges. Gear, transport, lunch, and park entry are included.

“Excellent tour. Tye right amount of time at each location. Depending on the weather take a light jacket and wear pants. Take a bathing suit and recommend swim shoes or flip flops. Take the guide up on the offer of hiking shoes.”

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4.Full-Day Etna and Wine Tour from Catania

★★★★★★★★★★4.9 · 150 reviews · from $133

Spend eight hours with a small group of up to eight, riding from Catania to Mount Etna, walking a nature path, visiting a helmeted lava cave, and tasting four wines with cheeses, cold cuts, pâté, and olive oil at a winery in Ragalna. Guides speak five languages.

“This was the best experience in Sicily we had. The road to the mount was good, accompanied by the history of Sicily and Etna, not boring at all! Upon arrival, we were given three options: 1. Go with cable car + bus + waking to the height of 2940m to see one of the craters (about 80€ per person) 2. Have a tour on Quad ATVs with a visit to a lava cave (50-70€ per person) 3. Stay with the guide and walk to a closer crater After that, you will go to a cave/closer crater anyway (depending on the option you chose). We chose option 1 and didn't regret:…”

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5.Volcanic Wine Tasting in a Metropolitan Market

★★★★★★★★★★4.4 · 119 reviews · 1.5 hours · from $53Best value

Meet your sommelier at Piazza Scammacca for four volcanic wines, each paired with a small dish from local chefs. Learn how Etna’s soils shape flavor, hear about Sicilian grapes and cuisine, and enjoy a relaxed 90-minute tasting in Catania’s atmospheric market.

“Fantastic evening! We had Andrea as a sommelier - very knowledgeable, friendly and pleasant. Beautiful wine pairing with tasty tapas. Held in a unique room, a part of an old church. 10/10 experience, would absolutely recommend and will definitely visit again.”

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6.Etna Wine Tasting & Sicilian Lunch –Small Group Tour from Catania

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 78 reviews · 7 to 8 hours (approx.) · from $135

Travel from Catania by minibus to Zafferana Etnea, taste local honey and farm products, then visit Patria and Emilio Sciacca wineries. Expect an aperitif, vineyard walks, a three-course Sicilian lunch, and three Etna DOC wines in a group of up to eight.

“L’esperienza, di per sé, è stata discreta. Claudio, la nostra guida, era super caloroso, la passione per il suo lavoro era evidente. Ha saputo svelarci un sacco di segreti ed il tempo è volato in sua compagnia. Il problema è che dalla descrizione fornita su Viator, ci aspettavamo un‘esperienza molto diversa da quella che abbiamo fatto. Credevamo di fare un’escursione sull’Etna in quanto ogni partecipante avrebbe - citando la descrizione di Viator - ‘Esplorato i campi di lava’ e ancora ‘Goduto di una breve escursione sull'Etna’; a parte la visione di una colata di lava che ci ha fatto vedere Claudio di sua spontanea iniziativa (e che non era prevista…”

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7.Etna Wine And Taormina From Messina

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 30 reviews · 7 hours (approx.) · from $180

Travel from Messina to Taormina and Castiglione di Sicilia in an air-conditioned minivan. Enjoy free time on Corso Umberto, views of Mount Etna, a winery visit, local food, and wine tasting. Guides may include Julia, Carmelo, or Giuseppe, with groups capped at 20.

“We had a wonderful time on our tour. Our guide, Giuseppe, and driver, Andre, were excellent! They were friendly, informative, funny, and very helpful. We had a small group and traveled comfortably in a minivan. In Taormina, we arrived ahead of the crowds and Giuseppe offered to show us the bakery he liked for cannolis. They were huge and delicious. From there we went to the Patria winery for a tour, samples and lunch. At the winery, Alto, explained the winery's history, their processes and everything we sampled. This tour was well worth it!”

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8.Etna Wine and Food Volcanic Day Tour – Private Experience

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 25 reviews · 6 hours (approx.) · from $280

You’ll travel privately from Catania to Mount Etna for a guided walk around old craters and lava flows, then taste Sicilian wines and a three-course lunch featuring local cheeses, salami, vegetables, and pasta. Pickup is flexible, and the tour runs in English.

“Beautiful transport with very knowledgeable guide and good driver. Well known winery tour, degustation lunch with paired excellent wines and commentary. Easy Etna tour with a walk and talk on a recent lava flow. Treats while driving and all questions easily answered. It was indeed a super day.”

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9.Private – Mt Etna and Wine tasting tour from Taormina

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 24 reviews · from $388

Leave Taormina at 9 a.m. in a private vehicle for Mount Etna’s Silvestri Craters, lava-flow caves, and broad volcanic views. Your guide, possibly Carmelo, Simone, Alessandro, or Giuseppe, handles the route and timing before a wine tasting with food at a cellar on Etna’s slopes.

“Guide was excellent. Our ship was delayed but the guide waited and adjusted our tour for our new timing. She was very knowledgeable and we hope to come back today and would ask for her to be our guide!”

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10.Old Sicily and Etna wine tasting tour from Taormina

★★★★★★★★★★4.3 · 22 reviews · 8 hours · from $71

Travel by air-conditioned coach from Taormina to the Alcantara Gorges, lava-built Randazzo, and Castiglione di Sicilia. You will taste three wines with local products at a renowned winery. Guides speak English, German, and Italian, with guide Renate noted for attentive tour management.

“opas ei ole vain puhuva tietosanakirja, vaan retken manageri joka pitää huolta matkan aikatauluista ym eikä niinkään omasta tupakoinnistaan”

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11.Old Sicily discovery and Etna wine tasting tour from Taormina

★★★★★★★★★★4.0 · 18 reviews · 7 hours (approx.) · from $72

Travel from Taormina by air-conditioned coach to the Alcantara Gorges, Randazzo, and Mount Etna. Visit a lava-stone basilica, taste Etna wine with local foods, and choose between free time at 1,900 meters or an optional jeep ascent toward authorized crater zones. Guide Alfredo has earned warm praise for his service.

“My trip occurred on a day of torrential rain storms. I felt that the tour company would cancel but that did not happen. We mostly accomplished to get soaking wet and have lunch on mt ETNA since the upper areas of the volcano were also closed that day. So basically we drove around all day wet in a bus. The tour guide and bus driver were very nice and did a wonderful job considering the day. The company should have reimbursed everyone on this trip or at least given us a credit for another trip.”

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12.Etna Wine and Oil tasting

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 17 reviews · 2 hours (approx.) · from $82

At Melanina Sicilian Experience in Giardini Naxos, Agata leads a two-hour English tasting of five olive oils, four Etna wines, Sicilian spreads, bruschetta, and liqueur. The small group, limited to six, ends with a showroom tour featuring local producers, artists, and artisans.

“We spent a very nice and funny evening with good wine, oliveoil ä, pestos and creme!”

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13.Private and Guided Etna tour + Lunch at Etna Winery

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 12 reviews · 6 to 8 hours (approx.) · from $379

Travel privately from Catania to Mount Etna with a local guide, stopping in Zafferana Etnea for honey tasting, visiting the Silvestri Craters and a lava cave, then enjoying a winery tour, Sicilian lunch, and four Etna wines.

“We enjoyed discovering typical local wines and dishes. We thank Elena for her disponibility, kindness and for her knowledge about the Etna region.”

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14.Etna Wine and Food Volcanic Weekend Immersion Tour (Private Experience)

★★★★★★★★★★4.5 · 12 reviews · from $1,500

You’ll visit three Etna-area wineries, walk through vineyards, tour cellars, and taste Nerello Mascalese and Carricante with local food. The private tour also includes Taormina, Mount Etna, villa-resort lodging, transport, breakfast, and lunch.

“We stayed 2 weeks in Sicily. We contacted Travelosophy for a day off on Mt. Etna and have some wine. It was just perfect. So we decided to spend a whole weekend with their winery and small towns tour after our 1st week in Palermo. That was the best part of our tour! Probably we'd better book the whole tour with them next time.”

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15.Tour two wineries of Etna wine tasting and lunch

★★★★★★★★★★5.0 · 10 reviews · 8 to 9 hours (approx.) · from $355

Spend 8 to 9 hours with Patrizia and her team exploring Etna’s 1669 lava craters, visiting two wineries, tasting red, white, and rosé wines, and enjoying a Sicilian lunch with private pickup from Catania or the port.

“Great tour, great information about the Etna area and the driver was extremely helpful. The lunch and vineyard visit exceeded expectations. We loved the flexibility of this tour.”

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