by PrimeItaly.com - A study about the festivals held in Italy, showed that in September most of gastronomical festivals are dedicated to grape or mushrooms. Next week-end confirms such study. A sample of events held next week-end across the country, from North to South.
- North-West, Piedmont.
In the surroundings of Turin, in the town of Nichelino, “sagra del vino e dell’uva” (wine & grape feast) and in the town of Costigliole Saluzzo (province of Cuneo) the “Sagra provinciale dell’uva Quagliano“.
- Lombardy
In the surroundings of Milan, the city of Lodi will host culinary events dedicated to a very typical Milanese dish, the risotto, and at the San Colombiano castle tastings of local wine and of a wide range of typical dishes from Lombardy.
In Emilia Romagna, Wine and beer feasts within close range. Sagra dell’Uva, in Riolo Terme and in the close town of Solarolo, the Beer Feast — the Oktoberfst of the Romagna.
- Southern Italy
In Apulia “Borgo in festa -Arriva la vendemmia” is an event celebrating the kick off. of the grape harvest season, in the rural village of Montegrosso, close the city of Andria.
In Molise, town of Cusano Mutri , the local Sagra dei funghi.
Finally, in the extreme south of italy, the Sicilian town of San Vito Lo Capo — province of Trapani, western Sicily, offer simething of different from grape, mushroom, and from Italian culinary tradition, with a cous cous feast.