A Taste of Autumn – Festival of Vino Cotto and Chestnuts
Roccamontepiano Via Terranova, Contrada Terranova, Roccamontepiano, Chieti, ItalyRoccamontepiano is Abruzzo's Vino Cotto capital (Cooked Wine) and celebrates this elixir with tastings and demonstrations of how it is made, local dishes a market and dance and music! For those that don't know about this liqueur, Montepulciano grapes are simmered and then aged in oak caskets. Traditionally, it was the drink used to wet a baby's head and given as part of the dowry!