Must go when in Puglia! Visiting La Cantina Frrud was one of our Italy trip highlights. What a gem…read moreof a place! Paolo and Donato have impeccably restored this wine cellar that allows one to relive wine making years ago. Our children enjoyed the tour as much as we did and the tasting was fantastic. We brought home a couple of bottles of their wonderful wine and will be ordering more soon! Don't miss scheduling a tour when in or near Altamura, specially if you're a wine enthusiast. We loved it!

From the owner: Una visita guidata che parte dal racconto di una storia e termina in un'esperienza che coinvolge…read moretutti i sensi; una tappa imperdibile, in un viaggio alla scoperta dei sapori e della tradizione. Offriamo la possibilità di degustare prodotti tipici e i vini di nostra produzione.

We were there in early June 2024 and somehow this review never got posted!…read more Excellent hospitality, they go out of their way to help clients feel comfortable! All of the staff are very professional and friendly. Most if not all speak a fair number of languages and several are almost bilingual. The property is stunningly preserved/remodeled from an old winery/warehouse. It sits atop a hill, so there is a 360° view of the entire surrounding area from the top levels of the buildings which are accessible via stairs. We had a small issue with our room and they handled it quickly and were very apologetic about the problem and offered us a bottle of their wine on the house. We had one dinner at their restaurant called Ama and they helped us get reservations in town for a really good restaurant La Cuccagna the other night. The breakfasts were top-notch, no made to order eggs, however they did have the full array of meats, cheeses, scrambled eggs, and other proteins, as well as many of the cereals, fresh fruits, and pastries you can imagine. They bring you coffee to your table. However, the food is all self serve which is really quite nice so you can decide exactly how much and exactly what items you'd like to eat. We did not need to do the winery tour/tasting since we've done those in Italy before and this facility is pretty much a fancy hotel with 18 rooms and banquet spaces. Their actual winery is somewhere else. There are basically two banks of rooms - one to the left as you pull in from the main highway on the north side. Those rooms are converted in what was probably an old storage area. The room we were in was retrofitted to put in a tub and unfortunately, they probably didn't think it through too well when they designed it because the tub is in the floor so you have to bend down to get in it and then the floor gets completely and utterly wet as they don't have hooks or even any furniture other than the heater tubes and a chair on which you can place your towel or robe. When we got into our room, the floor was very wet all around the tub area and unless they retrofit and add some drainage around the side of the tub, I don't think it's ever going to work very well so if you don't like your feet getting wet, make sure you wear the nice slippers they give you because the floor is very slick and slippery as well when you use the tub and there will be water everywhere when you exit the tub. Will review the restaurant separately as it should be since it is open to the public and does not require a hotel stay as the buffet breakfast does.

I would give it a 3.5. But can't. Don't want to over promise and under deliver…read more The wines were really good. Especially the primitivo. The "smoked" flank steak with foam Bernaise was excellent. And the dessert was excellent. Fruits with wild strawberry sauce and light meringues. The lamb and greens were not over the top. And the risotto needs some punch. The tomato reduction needed more flavor and the bread crumbs needed more toasting. It WAS a Monday night. And so there might be some room to get better on busier nights.

Very disappointed! To begin with owner thought he was doing us a favor in seating us. Pasta…read moreexcellent. Beef filet awful! On top of that it was my husband's birthday and notified them to just bring an ice cream, cookie, piece of cake, anything for me to celebrate him. At the end of the meal they kept harrasing us if we wanted desseat. He ruined the whole surprise, I guess me paying for a scoop of ice cream was more important for him than what we wanted. Owner is an ass. Don't go to this restaurant!

We were reading about the restaurant in a travel guide…read more Well, when you read about a restaurant in a travel guide do not expect to be the only tourists! We were basically surrounded by English and American tourists in their retirement. Also, they played elevator music in the background - rather loud and disturbing to think that anyone would enjoy this in a restaurant in Italy ... or any restaurant. The restaurant is split into two areas. From what we saw, the elevator music area was for the tourists (the area left from the entrance) and the other one for the locals. The food was ok but not worth to be mentioned in a travel guide or even the michelin guide. I would not recommend the restaurant to a friend ... but I suspect that the area for the locals would have been much better and so would have been my review.