Wine Tasting - Wine Tours in Italy

The Prosecco Doc Spring Festival is a wine event taking place in a production zone of Prosecco — Treviso Altamarca, in Veneto, 50 km North of Venice. The festival features several Prosecco wine shows, held during the week-ends, from early March through June, in many towns located inside the Treviso Altamarca.

It is an opportunity to get to know the wines of the Treviso Altamarca. Among them, the most known Prosecco Doc and Cartizze, but also outstanding local wines such as Colli di Conegliano, Refrontolo Passito, Torchiato di Fregona and Verdiso.

This event offers wine tourists the opportunity to participate in excursions and guided tours to the Altamarca hills.

Next Prosecco Doc Spring Festival date, is “Wines of hills Show“, taking place from May 31 to June 15 in the town of San Pietro di Feletto.
- Map of San Pietro di Feletto and Altamarca hills.

The city of Verona — in Veneto, offers you a chance to combine romance trips and tasting of excellent wines. With Verona setting for the history of the most famous lovers Romeo and Juliet as well as home for the major wine exhibition in Italy (WineItaly in early April), this Veneto’s city is an ideal destination for wine-romance trips.

This appears to be particularly true in the first half of February as a Valentine’s festival takes place there. It’s “Verona in Love“, festival inspired by the story of Romeo and Juliet, featuring a series of events dedicated to love and romance. It’s an annually festival; the 2008 edition runs from Feb. 9 through 17.
The ‘official wine’ for this romance festival is Soave, with Veneto — in particular the surroundings of Verona, major growing zone for this DOC wine.

Soave is a 12% white wine, with a light golden yellow color, a harmonious, semi-sweet taste and an intense and fruity aroma. You can have it dry still or dry sparkling. Soave Superiore is not to be released before March 1 of year following vintage. Up to six years, laying.

The annual “Festa dell’Uva” (Grape Feast) in Impruneta, Chianti area (20 min. from Florence), Tuscany, offers visitors a major occasion to taste the local Chianti wine.

The feast wich celebrates the land and the beginning of the vintage year, is also an occasion to know more about the variety of grapes from which the Chianti wine is made.

In addition to the food and drink stalls in the main square of Impruneta , there is also a historical parade with spectacular costumes celebrating grapes and wine-making through the town.

- Map of Impruneta and Chianti area.
- Browse accommodations in Tuscany.

The city of Asti, Piedmont, major center of one of most important wine-growing regions, will host its historic festival on September 16: the “Palio di Asti“.

The “Palio of Asti” is the Italy’s most ancient horse race, it has been run since 1275.

For the occasion, the central Piazza Alfieri turns into a racetrack. In the same day a historic procession takes place, with over 1200 characters wearing medieval costumes — including the “Sbandieratori” (traditional flag-wavers), parading through the streets of the ancient centre of the town. Details on
Palio di Asti Website

The area surrounding Asti is well-known for excellent red wines, such as: Barbera d’Asti, Barbera del Monferrato, Cisterna d’Asti, Brachetto, Dolcetto d’Asti, Grignolino d’Asti. Among the whites, we suggest to taste the Asti, a sweet wine, sparkling or still, ideal to accompany pastries, desserts, and fruit.

The grape harvest season is now underway in many of the wine-growing regions in Italy. With the grape harvest season, also many grape and wine festivals are taking place across the Peninsula.

For wine travelers who are visiting Piedmont late September, the wine feast in Casale Monferrato (”Festa del Vino e del Monferrato“) is not to be missed. The festival is taking place from September 14 until 23 (in the week-ends only) in one of the better known areas for excellent wines.

Not far from Casale Monferrato and from Turin, the town of Nichelino will stage its grape and wine festival (”Festa del vino e dell’uva“) from September 19 through 23.
Of course each of these festivals offers free tasting session of local wines and delicacies.

-Where (When): Casale Monferrato (Sept 14-16 and Sept 21-23); Nichelino (Sept 19 through 23);
- See Casale Monferrato and Nichelino on the interactive map.

- Browse accommodations in Piedmont.