»» Wine & Grape Festivals in the Surroundings of Rome
By taking day trips from Rome late August, you can enjoy some wine festivals in the surroundings of the Eternal City.
Last week-end of August, the town of Olevano Romano hosts the Cesanese Wine Feast, a wine festival dedicated to the “Cesanese of Olevano Romano“, a red wine, with delicate aroma, produced in an area between Rome and the city of Frosinone — better known as Ciociaria.
When: Aug 2008 last week-end (annual)
Where: Olevano Romano
- Getting there
By car (from Rome): take the GRA (Gran Raccordo Anulare) to the A1, direction E821. Exit a few minutes later at San Cesareo. Follow San Cesareo signs until you see signs for the SS155. Take SS155 for about 15 minutes, then follow Olevano Romano signs after that.
View Olevano Romano on the interactive map.
Another major wine and grape festival in the last week-end of August is held in the Etruscan town of Cerveteri, which celebrates the local grapes and its DOC wine — the ‘Cerveteri‘.
The varieties include the red Cerveteri, a ruby red wine, dry still or sweet still, and the white variety, a golden yellow, dry still or sweet still.
- Getting there
By bus: Cerveteri can be reached by COTRAL bus (station ‘Via Lepanto’).
By Car: take either the Via Aurelia (S1) or the Civitavecchia motorway (A12), it is approx. an hour’s drive from Rome
View Cerveteri on the interactive map.
