Wine festival in Montevago

At the end of September the wine festival in Montevago, an event designed to celebrate one of excellent productions of the area but also to make the beauty of this corner of Sicily known to a very large audience in a season with little tourism.

For all gourmands who don't want to miss this food and wine event, here is the useful information to take part in the wine festival in Montevago.

Description of the wine festival in Montevago

The wine festival in Montevago is a fixed summer event in the town and is also known as the White Night of Wine, precisely because the celebrations last almost all night. Obviously the appointment is dedicated to the great protagonist which is the wine produced with the grapes of the area as Montevago is located along the ideal route which is known as Wine Route of the Sicane Lands, a path along which not one but four different types of DOC wines. Initially organized to promote above all wine, over time the event has also included other typical local products, so as to provide visitors with a complete overview of local eating and drinking.

The history linked to the wine festival in Montevago

The event was born with the intention of promoting a territory that has a purely agricultural vocation but which for some time has been trying to promote its more touristic side. Year after year, the event has been enriched with appointments and activities to involve an increasingly vast and diversified audience but with the lowest common denominator of being attracted by food and typical wines and local. The organizers also wanted to involve local producers in an event that is destined to grow more and more.

When the wine festival takes place in Montevago

The wine and typical products festival in Montevago takes place at the end of September, usually thelast weekend of the month. Obviously it is mainly a culinary appointment, free from any religious celebration, so its date can change from edition to edition but usually it is preferred to place it at the end of the month because it is one of the most significant periods for the grape harvest and the wine preparation.

Where the wine festival takes place in Montevago

The wine festival in Montevago is held in the splendid setting Piazza della Repubblica, the largest in the country and the beating heart of city life.

What to do during the wine festival in Montevago

The most awaited moment of the wine festival in Montevago is obviously the one dedicated tofood and wine, with numerous stands offering visitors tastings of local dishes paired with local wines. There is also the possibility of purchasing wines and delicacies to take home. To cheer up all visitors, however, numerous activities are organized which cover the entire weekend. Interested parties will, for example, be able to participate in the cellar tours to discover more closely the secrets of winemaking, furthermore the evening is enlivened by music and cabaret shows. Some activities are designed to entertain the little ones, such as grape pressing and other related workshops. Finally, guided tours of the town and its attractions and art and painting exhibitions are planned.

How to get to Montevago

Those who want to reach Montevago to take part in the wine and typical products festival can do so quickly and easily both from Palermo and Catania with theauto. In the first case, the reference motorway is the A29 with the Santa Ninfa-Partanna exit from which you then continue on the SS188 to your destination. Those coming from Catania, however, will have to follow the A19 with the Caltanissetta exit, and then continue on the SS115 up to Montevago.

The country does not have its own railway station, therefore the closest reference ones are those of Castelvetrano and Mazara del Vallo, from which you can then continue to your destination with the bus numbers premises that are supplied by the AST company.