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Taste the Colli Orientali — wine roads and gubana

Cividale del Friuli · Friuli-Venezia Giulia

QUICK INFORMATION

CATEGORY
Food & Wine
COUNTRY
Italy
REGION
Cividale del Friuli · Friuli-Venezia Giulia
DURATION
1–2 days

ABOUT THIS EXPERIENCE

Cividale sits in the middle of one of Italy’s best white-wine hills, and the town’s tables make the most of it: Natisone trout, frico with Montasio cheese, and above all the gubana — the spiral pastry of nuts, raisins, citrus and grappa that is the Natisone valleys’ signature, traditionally served with a glass of the local Verduzzo. Cantine along the ridge roads pour Ribolla Gialla in its still and sparkling forms, and the osmize farm taverns open their doors in season.

WHAT YOU’LL EXPERIENCE

What you’ll experience

You spend an afternoon between the square’s pasticcerie and one or two ridge-road cantine — a tasting of Friulano and Schioppettino with the producer, a slab of gubana with coffee in town, and dinner of trout and frico in a trattoria under the arcades before the lamplit walk to the bridge.

THE EXPERIENCE IN DETAIL

What it’s really like

More here soon — the road is still being mapped.

HIGHLIGHTS

Moments worth savouring

01

Gubana — the nut-and-grappa spiral pastry born here.

02

Ribolla Gialla, Friulano and the rescued Schioppettino at the source.

03

Natisone trout and frico in the town’s trattorias.

04

The osmize farm-gate taverns of the wine season.

WHAT TO EXPECT

Good to know before you go

Cantine usually want a call or an email ahead; the pasticcerie and trattorias take anyone; September–October is harvest and osmize season.

WHY IT MATTERS

Why it matters

Friuli is Italy’s most quietly excellent wine region, and Cividale is its most convenient base — great drinking without a single tour bus.

PRACTICAL INFORMATION

Before you go

Access
Cantine on the ridge roads 10–20 minutes from town — by car, bike or the wine-route shuttle in events season.

MAP & LOCATION

Taste the Colli Orientali — wine roads and gubana

Taste the Colli Orientali — wine roads and gubana, Cividale del Friuli, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy

46.0706, 13.4934

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FOOD & DRINK

Where to eat nearby

01

Trattoria under the arcades of Corso Paolino d’Aquileia — Natisone trout and frico

02

Pasticceria on Piazza del Duomo — the gubana, the town’s own pastry

03

Osterie of the Natisone valleys — barley soup and smoked pork in bilingual villages

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HOTELS & STAYS

Where to stay nearby

01

Historic-centre B&Bs and rooms in the old town’s palazzi

02

Agriturismi among the Colli Orientali vineyards — stay at the winery

03

Udine as the rail-connected base — Cividale is 24 minutes away by train

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