How to Play

Viticulture

2-6 players 90-90 min 7.5 Board Game Geek Rating

Players inherit modest Tuscan vineyards and compete to build the most successful winery. The core mechanic involves strategically placing workers across seasonal tasks like planting vines, constructing buildings, and fulfilling wine orders. Helpful visitor cards provide additional advantages. Competition intensifies as prime worker placement spots offer better rewards to first arrivals.

Published 2013

Viticulture

Get Ready

Setup the game with these step-by-step instructions before diving into your turn.

1
Prepare the game board
Place the double-sided game board in the center of the table with either the labeled (beginner) or unlabeled (experienced) side facing up
2
Shuffle card decks
Remove pinot vine cards equal to the number of players, give one to each player, then shuffle the remaining vine (green), wine order (purple), summer visitor (yellow), and winter visitor (blue) decks and place them on the board
3
Distribute starting resources
Each player receives a vineyard mat with crush pad, small cellar, and three empty fields, plus 3 lira in coins
4
Deal starting cards
Each player receives 1 pinot vine card and 1 random summer visitor card in hand
5
Assign workers
Each player takes 2 regular workers and 1 grande worker in their chosen color
6
Place victory point tokens
Each player places their cork token on the start space of the victory point track
7
Set rooster tokens
Each player places their rooster token above the wake-up chart
8
Position residual trackers
Each player places their wine bottle token on the middle (lira symbol) of the Residual Payment Tracker
9
Determine first player
Randomly draw one rooster token from all claimed colors; that player receives the first-player grape token
10
Scale action spaces
In 2-player games use only the left action space; in 3-4 player games use left and middle spaces; in 5-6 player games use all three spaces

On Your Turn

What you can do during your turn.

1
Select wake-up position
Starting with the first player and moving clockwise, place your rooster on an unoccupied row (1-7) on the wake-up chart
2
Collect wake-up bonus
Immediately receive the corresponding reward for your chosen row
3
Place workers on yellow spaces
In wake-up order, place one worker on an available summer action space and immediately take that action
4
Draw vine card
Take one vine card from the deck; bonus space allows drawing an additional card
5
Give a vineyard tour
Collect 2 lira; bonus space grants an additional 1 lira
6
Build one structure
Pay the cost shown on your vineyard mat and place the structure token; bonus space provides 1 lira discount
7
Plant one vine
Place a vine card on an empty field or stack on existing vines (maximum total value of 6 per field); bonus allows planting an additional vine
8
Sell grapes
Remove at least one grape token from your crush pad and receive lira based on the price chart; bonus grants 1 victory point
9
Play summer visitor card
Place a worker on the action space and resolve the card's effect, then discard it; bonus allows playing a second summer visitor
10
Use the yoke
If built, place a worker to uproot 1 vine (return vine card to hand)
11
Gain 1 lira
Place a worker on the cart at any time; unlimited workers may use this space
12
Pass for the season
Once you pass, you cannot place more workers until winter
13
Draw visitor cards
In wake-up order, draw either 1 summer or 1 winter visitor card without using a worker
14
Cottage bonus
If you have built a cottage, draw one additional visitor card of either type (both must be drawn at the same time)
15
Place workers on blue spaces
In wake-up order, place remaining workers on winter action spaces (workers used in summer cannot be used again)
16
Draw wine order card
Take one wine order card; bonus allows drawing an additional card
17
Harvest one field
Choose one field and add grape tokens to your crush pad based on vine values (add all red values for one red grape token, all white values for one white grape token); bonus allows harvesting an additional field
18
Train a new worker
Pay 4 lira to add a worker to your available workers area (maximum 5 workers plus 1 grande worker); bonus provides 1 lira discount
19
Make up to two wine tokens
Convert grapes on your crush pad into wine in your cellar; bonus allows making 1 extra wine token
20
Fill one wine order
Discard matching wine tokens from your cellar, gain victory points shown, and advance on the residual payment tracker; bonus grants 1 victory point
21
Play winter visitor card
Resolve the card's effect and discard it; bonus allows playing a second winter visitor
22
Use the yoke
If built and available, place a worker to harvest 1 field
23
Use special placement ability
The grande worker may be placed on an already full action space to perform that action, but does not gain the bonus
24
Age grape and wine tokens
Increase the value of all grape and wine tokens by 1 (maximum value 9; wines cannot age past 3 without medium cellar or past 6 without large cellar)
25
Return all workers
Move all workers back to vineyard mats; return the temporary worker to the wake-up chart
26
Collect residual payments
Gain lira equal to your position on the Residual Payment Tracker (maximum 5 lira per year)
27
Discard excess cards
Reduce your hand to 7 cards maximum
28
Rotate first player
Pass the first-player token counter-clockwise and remove all roosters from the wake-up chart

Winning

How to claim victory.

1
Trigger game end
When any player reaches 20 victory points, complete the current year through the year end phase
2
Determine the winner
The player with the most victory points wins (maximum 25 points)
3
Resolve ties
Apply tiebreakers in order: most lira, then total value of wine in cellar, then total value of grapes on crush pad
4
Minimum score limit
Players may not go below -5 victory points; if at -5, you cannot use visitor cards requiring further point loss

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