Piemonte · Northern Italy
The Monferrato hills, in plain English.
Every village, sagra and wine festival in these UNESCO hills — written by people who are here, kept current, and still useful long after the festival has packed up.
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UNESCO vineyards an hour south of Turin — and far quieter than Tuscany.
The birthplace of Italian sparkling wine, poured straight from cellars carved into the tufa beneath the hills.
A food-and-wine sagra in some village nearly every weekend, spring to autumn.
Unhurried, and genuinely glad you came — a place that still takes three hours over lunch.
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Events across Monferrato
17
Sep
2026
Bra's
Bra
Every two years, Bra's fills the historic centre of Bra (Roero) — a gastronomy festival for Salsiccia di Bra sausage, plus cheese, bread and rice.
food-festival
18
Sep
2026
Festa del Vino del Monferrato
Casale Monferrato
Casale's big harvest wine festival, spread over two September weekends in Piazza Castello — dozens of Pro Loco kitchens, thirty Monferrato producers pouring, and a pyromusical show over the castle.
Wine festival
18
Sep
2026
Festa della Vendemmia
Canelli
Right in the heart of Canelli, a September harvest festival fills the streets — food and wine stalls, folk music and dancing, old-crafts demonstrations, and the traditional "cantè j'euv" through the piazzas.
Harvest festival
18
Sep
2026
Mercato settimanale di Nizza Monferrato
Nizza Monferrato
Every Friday morning Nizza's open-air market fills the central squares — food, fruit and veg, local produce, and clothing and household stalls.
MarketLocal↻ Every Friday morning
19
Sep
2026
Barbatellando — Festa della Vendemmia
Nizza Monferrato
Cascina la Barbatella's harvest party above Nizza Monferrato — the Fraschette dei Castelli Romani brought to the vineyard for street food from Sora Lella's Roman recipes, poured with the estate's own Nizza DOCG and Barbera. Free entry.
Food & wine eventLocal
19
Sep
2026
Fiera Medievale
Cocconato d'Asti
A medieval fair through Cocconato's historic centre, medieval food and all.
festival
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Everything you need to plan — in one place, in plain English.
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Local information is scattered across Italian posters, PDFs and Facebook posts. We gather it, translate it and lay it out so you can actually use it.
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