Arielli’s Vino Novello and chestnut sagra is an opportunity to try sparkly, fruity and fresh new wines from local wineries paired with local dishes and chestnuts to toast Autumn
Roccamontepiano 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!
A magical choice of local autumn dishes to try, wineries to sample Vino Novello (New Wine), a small town to explore that dates back to Neolithic times and incredible music to suit all tastes is offered this weekend in Catignano!
Who doesn’t love the opportunity to sit back and enjoy roast chestnuts with mulled wine in a beautiful town! Celenza Sul Trigno’s autumn festival is back and comes recommended.
Sante Marie’s chestnut festival is one of Abruzzo’s most famous chestnut towns. Enjoy the walks and cycle rides organised through the chestnut woods during the sagra to the usual celebrations and walk around this mural town in the province of L’Aquila
If you are visiting Abruzzo in October, you may pick up the words sagre delle castagne or castagnata – which refers to a dedicated chestnut festival which is one of the many harvests and reasons to make a beeline to Abruzzo in the Autumn.
Join Perano’s street food and wine tour with plenty of opportunities to try typical local products, new wine and enjoy the gala of the greatest wines of Abruzzo!
Not just roast chestnuts. Tagliacozzo’s Cantine nella Rocia open cellars plenty of local autumn dishes to try and take delight in, music and crafts!
Who can resist the alluring smell of roasted chestnuts, especially when combined with fabulous local dishes and the discovery of an Italian village like Canistro Sante Croce (AQ)?
Abruzzo’s chestnut festivals are a wonderful way to explore off-the-beaten-track villages like Redinindara in the province of Aquila.