WINE FESTIVALS ITALY–TUSCANY

If you’re visiting Tuscany there’s a good chance there’s a wine festival or other wine event on the top of your to-do list. Tuscany is world renowned for its wines and perhaps the best known of those is Chianti. There are a few Chianti festivals each year, each one worth checking out, and the one held at the best time of year is held in Montespertoli.

Montespertoli’s hilltop location is the perfect place to be after your eyes have been colored as garnet as the Chianti you sip. You can tilt back a glass, or two, or ten, and enjoy amazing views of Florence and other Tuscan cities. The Chianti Wine Festival, going on its 46th year in Montespertoli, is well known among oephiles and professional buyers alike. Don’t be shy: pick up a bottle or a case of your favorite vintage and bring it back to your rented villa. It’s cheaper than you think to enjoy a classic and comfortable villa in Tuscany and affords you all the privacy and freedom of home but with a much greater view.

Tuscany seems to have a festival atmosphere nearly year round, but Montespertoli’s wine festival is held in May. Give yourself a couple of weeks and see the whole region one town at a time, you’ll be glad you really got to know Italy.