Wine resorts with a golf course nearby

A wine resort has no official definition. The seven addresses below, spread across five regions, share two things: wine is not an accessory but has a concrete link with the hotel (an estate it owns, a family cellar, a wine library that carries the entire restaurant), and golf is on site or a few minutes away, according to the hotels themselves.

Seven hotels, seven ways of understanding wine

Montalcino: the course inside the Brunello estate

At Castiglion del Bosco the estate covers about 2,000 hectares around a medieval village, and its wine has a documented history: according to the winery, the property was one of the 25 founding members of the Brunello di Montalcino Consortium in 1967. The current cellar, on two levels and with a capacity of 3,000 hectolitres, dates from 2004; the club speaks of 62 hectares of vineyards planted solely with Sangiovese.

The course was designed by Tom Weiskopf, with Phil Smith, and it unfolds across the hills and valleys of the Val d'Orcia. Precision matters here, because this is the only one of these courses with limited access: The Club at Castiglion del Bosco is private and membership is by invitation. Rosewood guests can play the 18 holes by booking a tee time in advance; other golfers can request unaccompanied play by filling in an online form with a certified handicap, subject to the club's confirmation. The club does not publish a green fee list.

The course has a nineteenth hole, the "Brunello Hole", and a recent irrigation project that, the club says, has cut water consumption by 20 per cent. At the table, the restaurant Campo del Drago holds two Michelin stars and offers a list of more than 700 labels.

Franciacorta: three nine-hole loops named after wines

The Franciacorta Golf Club was born in 1984 on the site of an abandoned clay quarry, at the initiative of Vittorio Moretti, a businessman and wine producer, together with 18 other founding members; the design is by Pete Dye and Marco Croze, and the course opened in July 1986. The three nine-hole loops are called Brut, Satèn and Rosé, after as many styles of Franciacorta, and cover about 80 hectares of woodland and vineyards. In 2009, with the project "The wine golf course", some holes were named after local producers.

L'Albereta is the first name on the club's list of partner hotels. The neo-Renaissance villa was bought by Vittorio Moretti, chairman of the Terra Moretti group, and turned into a hotel by his daughter Carmen; the hotel publishes no golf packages or special green fee terms. Wine remains the thread of the stay: at Stanza 54 you drink the wines of the Moretti cellars, at Filiale Franco Pepe's pizzas are paired with Franciacorta.

The club's price list, undated, gives for 18 holes 60 euros on weekdays and 85 at weekends in low season (from 1 November to 28 February), 80 and 105 in high season. The course is open every day from 8 am to 6 pm.

South Tyrol: three family cellars and the courses of Passeier and Lana

In South Tyrol, wine enters the family-run hotels, and golf is a few kilometres away.

The Turm in Fiè allo Sciliar has a family wine estate, the Grottnerhof, five kilometres from the village: it yields four whites and a red, with Latin bird names such as Pica, Bubo and Corax, and two of the hotel's suites are located right on the estate. On Saturday evenings, by candlelight, a buffet of strudel, cheeses and desserts is served in the cellar carved out of the rock. For golf the hotel recommends Golf St. Vigil Seis, 18 holes, par 69, at 850 metres, about five minutes away by car: guests receive a 20% discount on the green fee and guaranteed tee times. The course's 2026 season runs from 9 April to 25 October and the green fee is 110 euros for 18 holes.

The Preidlhof in Naturno cultivates its own vineyards, has a wine library and is a member of Vinum Hotels; it welcomes only guests aged 16 and over. It has no course of its own, but is a partner hotel of Golf & Country Südtirol: green fee discounts at four courses and a guaranteed tee time by registering at reception. The two nearest, according to the hotel, are the Golf Club Lana, nine holes playable from February to December, and Passeier.Meran, 18 holes from March to November.

The Golf Lodge of the Fink family stands directly on the Passeier.Meran course. Wine is a family affair: with the Kornellhof cellar and the Wezl distillery, Daniel Fink created the FINKI'S line, with a Merlot and a Pinot Blanc, and the in-house sommeliers run weekly tastings. The course, a par 71 of 5,791 metres, is played from March to December; for rainy days, the Lodge has the Boom Boom Room with a simulator and putting green.

Etna and Liguria: the cellar as dining room

Two hotels do not produce wine in the strict sense, but place it at the centre of the table.

At the Picciolo Etna Golf Resort, the Olio & Vino room, seating 50, is built around Etna DOC wines and local oils, with tasting menus; the "Etna" rooms have a balcony facing the volcano and the vines. The course, opened in 1989 and designed by Luigi Rota Caremoli, is within the resort: in 2026 the 18-hole green fee costs 90 euros for hotel guests and 110 for outside players. A certified handicap or green card is required.

In Garlenda, La Meridiana has a cellar of more than 2,000 labels that Edmondo Segre has been building for over twenty years, with every vintage of Sassicaia and Solaia since 1978. From Monday to Thursday, in the afternoon, you can choose from it with him in a half-hour tasting. The Golf Club Garlenda can be reached on foot from the hotel; according to the hotel, guests pay 60 euros on weekdays and 80 at weekends for 18 holes. After the round there is "Golf and Bubbles": an hour with a pro and a glass of Italian sparkling wine.

How to organise a stay combining wine and golf

• Check access to the course before booking: at Castiglion del Bosco the club is private and play is by advance booking reserved for guests.
• Check the seasons: Lana, Passeier and St. Vigil Seis have different opening windows; Garlenda and Franciacorta are open all year (Franciacorta every day, during the stated hours).
• Ask about golf terms when you book: L'Albereta publishes no packages, Turm and Preidlhof guarantee a tee time, Il Picciolo applies the rate reserved for guests.
• Wine has a calendar: in autumn Castiglion del Bosco hosts "Dinner with Brunello" evenings in the members' cellar and the club mentions a harvest experience every autumn; at La Meridiana the tastings with the owner take place from Monday to Thursday afternoon.

Did you know?

• A quarry in place of fairways. The Franciacorta Golf Club occupies the site of an abandoned clay quarry.
• Bird names on the labels. The Grottnerhof wines are called Pica, Bubo and Corax, like the hosts of the Turm, who have given bird names to the rooms as well.
• A Sassicaia for every year. At La Meridiana the list holds every vintage of Sassicaia since 1978, the year the hotel was born.
• A hole for a magnum. At Castiglion del Bosco the nineteenth hole is played for a magnum of Brunello.