Wine Tourism

THE ART OF HOSPITALITY

Investing in high-quality hospitality means building a system around wine and food that creates a deep connection with the product and its territory, making it unique and influencing consumer behavior and decisions.

According to recent data, the sector grew by 7–10% over the past year, with over 16.5 million visitors to Italian wineries. By 2025, growth is expected to reach an additional 9%, confirming that wine tourism is an increasingly strategic pillar for hospitality in Italy.

WINE TOURISM

THE ART OF HOSPITALITY

Investing in high-quality hospitality means building a system around wine and food that creates a deep connection with the product and its territory, making it unique and influencing consumer behavior and decisions.

According to recent data, the sector grew by 7–10% over the past year, with over 16.5 million visitors to Italian wineries. By 2025, growth is expected to reach an additional 9%, confirming that wine tourism is an increasingly strategic pillar for hospitality in Italy.

This represents a concrete opportunity to enhance your business, innovate your offerings, and optimize growth by establishing direct, meaningful dialogue with the final audience.

Customer engagement is the foundation of the new economy. Experiences—multidisciplinary in nature, combining entertainment, education, escape, and aesthetics—if well designed, transform visitors from mere consumers into direct connoisseurs of brand heritage, and ultimately into ambassadors of the company’s identity and values.

Designing Experiences Around Wine and Food

Creating experiences goes beyond product “quality” to focus on quality of process, both economically and socially, often through building transversal value chains with local stakeholders.

Producing wine or food is no longer just about creating a product; it is about generating territorial value and, in the best cases, fostering a competitive region. Hospitality within a winery can transcend tourism—it can give rise to cultural districts, born from the ability to merge culture with creativity, innovation, and the economic vitality of the territory.

Hospitality is an advanced marketing tool that responds to emerging cultural and consumer demands. It exemplifies the essential shift from cultural marketing to experiential and relational marketing.

Wine Tourism

Global wine tourism is projected to grow 13% by 2034.

  • Wine tourism is expected to reach $332.52 million in the next decade.
  • The wine industry is projected at $95.877 million by 2024, with a 13.2% CAGR over the next ten years, reaching $332.52 million by 2034

The demand for authentic and innovative experiences has increased the need for winery visits and tastings, which currently account for approximately 34.6% of the market value.

(Source: Future Market Insights)