Sustainable Beauty
will save the World
The Urban Vineyards Association (UVA) was born with the aim of protecting the rural, historical and natural heritage represented by urban vineyards and enhancing it from a cultural and tourist point of view, making it productive for the community and for the future while respecting the environment.
Through wine, and social policies of integration and sustainability.
A Vineyard is not just a gentle hilly landscape. Vineyard can also mean city-life: the unexpected green in the concrete jungle; the colors of tradition and earth, which transforms the boundaries of the city into a new horizon.
These are urban vineyards, unique crops within a metropolitan area. An agricultural, historical and cultural heritage of enormous value, the vines grown within the cities are often real treasures of biodiversity: the most ancient varieties, in some cases very rare biotypes in the ampelographic panorama of a region, have been propagated through the ages, surviving other, more productive or profitable types.
That is why an association was born to bring the Urban Vineyards together in an international network, which can promote historical recovery projects and cultural, landscape and tourist enhancement actions.
The tradition of the earth suddenly emerging from the futurism of the city.
Grapes for the sake of grapes. And grapes for the sake of the city, in fact metropolitan vineyards also reveal to be an eco-management tool, which contributes to urban sustainability.
Do more with less. A simple but significant contribution to the city, like wine is for the table.
The Vineyards
Barcelona
Can Calopa de Dalt (L'Olivera)
Can Calopa de Dalt is the last vestige of Barcelona's wine culture. Located at the hear...
Thessaloniki
The City Vineyard
In the spring of 2013, Thessaloniki was obtaining its Vineyard: the City was eventually...
Bergamo
Cascina Moroni
Growing a vineyard in the city center is more than an agricultural practice, it is a tr...
Florence
Michelangelo's Vineyard
In the heart of Florence, at the foot of the famous Piazzale Michelangelo, lies a small...
Los Angeles
Hollywood Classic Wines
Nestled between the vast Griffith Park, one of the largest municipal parks in the Unite...
London
Forty Hall Vineyard
Forty Hall Vineyard is London's only commercial scale vineyard since the middle ages an...
Lisbon
Tapada de Ajuda
The vineyard of the Instituto Superior de Agronomia (ISA) is located in the heart of Li...
Vienna
Eichhorn Winery
Vineyards at Eichhorn Winery were planted between 1986 and 1992 and consist exclusively...
Melbourne
Studley Park Vineyard
The Vineyard was planted in 1994 on a hectare of river front land which had been used a...
Brasília
Vinhedo Lacustre
The history of Vinhedo Lacustre began in 1996, when the owner's father bought the prope...
Turin
Vigna della Regina
On the slopes of the Turin hills where the grass meets the City, behind the Gran Madre ...
Paris
Clos Montmartre
Symbol of an ancestral wine tradition dating back to the Gallo-Roman era and having its...
Venice
Laguna nel Bicchiere
The Laguna nel Bicchiere Association was born from the curiosity of Flavio Franceschet,...
Milan
La Vigna di Leonardo
A forgotten chapter of history links Leonardo da Vinci to the city of Milan: the histor...
Venice
San Francesco della Vigna
San Francesco della Vigna is the oldest urban vineyard in Venice. In the complex of San...
Palermo
Vigna del Gallo
The Vigna del Gallo of the Botanical Garden of Palermo holds 95 native vines, an invalu...
Lyon
Clos des Canuts
Born on 21 April 1986 on the initiative of Gabriel Caillet, mayor of the 4th arrondisse...
Catania
Etna Urban Winery
The slopes of the Etna volcano in Sicily are the cradle a centuries-old winemaking trad...
Avignon
Clos du palais des Papes
The only AOC intra-muros vineyard in France, listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site, th...News and Events
UVA welcomes its new members!
January 2025 – The Urban Vineyards Association continues to expand its global network with the addition of three new members: Eichhorn Winery in Vienna, Studley Park Vineyard in Melbourne, and Vinhedo Lacustre in Brasilia.
With these new additions, the Association now spans 10 countries across 4 continents, representing a total of 21 urban vineyards.
"Urban vineyards are a growing global trend, and nearly every country with suitable conditions for viticulture will have some within its cities," said Nicola Purrello, President of U.V.A. "Expanding into new countries and continents is essential to our mission of connecting these rare yet precious vineyards, often nestled and hidden within urban landscapes."
First World Day of Urban Vinyards
October 27, 2024, marked the inaugural World Day of Urban Vineyards, an initiative promoted by our Association to celebrate and raise awareness of the growing trend of urban vineyards and their vital role in creating healthier, more sustainable cities.
To commemorate the occasion, visual arts competitions were organized in Venice, Barcelona, Catania, Los Angeles, Bergamo, and Thessaloniki, transforming urban vineyards into vibrant hubs of creativity, with photographers, painters, and illustrators capturing their unique charm.
Elsewhere, urban vineyards celebrated the arrival of autumn on a more intimate scale, fostering local engagement and spreading appreciation for the cultural and historical significance of vineyards in urban environments.
The Association is already preparing for the Second World Day of Urban Vineyards, set to take place in October 2025, with even more exciting initiatives on the horizon.