Septemberannual, second weekend of September4 days (Thursday to Sunday)Ticket neededPiazza Liberta, Udine
Friuli DOC is the largest food and wine festival in Friuli-Venezia Giulia, taking over central Udine across four days in the second weekend of September.
Host: Comune di Udine and Camera di Commercio di Udine
Featured producers: schiopetto, livio-felluga, venica-e-venica, borgo-del-tiglio, vie-di-romans, specogna, ronchi-di-cialla, kante
Tip: Buy a Friuli DOC tasting glass and bracelet at the Piazza Liberta entrance; the same glass is the entry to every producer pour across the city centre for the four days.
Mayannual, last Sunday of May1 day (Sunday)0Collio, Colli Orientali, Isonzo and Carso
Cantine Aperte is the national open-cellar Sunday organised by Movimento Turismo del Vino on the last Sunday of May. The Friuli chapter activates more than 100 producers across Collio, Colli Orientali, Isonzo and Carso, with most cellars open from 10:00 to 18:00 without booking and a producer-by-producer map on the MTV FVG portal. The day is the busiest single visitor day of the Friuli wine year.
Host: Movimento Turismo del Vino Friuli-Venezia Giulia
Featured producers: venica-e-venica, livio-felluga, specogna, ronchi-di-cialla, lis-neris, bressan
Tip: Cantine Aperte Sunday runs without booking but the marquee Oslavia cellars cap visitor numbers; arrive at Gravner or Radikon before 11:00 for the best chance to taste.
Augustannual, August 10 (Feast of Saint Lawrence)1 eveningTicket neededPiazza XXIV Maggio, Cormons (plus Cividale, Buttrio)
Calici di Stelle is the national wine-tasting evening on August 10, the Feast of Saint Lawrence and the traditional star-shower night, organised by Citta del Vino and Movimento Turismo del Vino.
Host: Citta del Vino and Movimento Turismo del Vino
Featured producers: borgo-del-tiglio, edi-keber, venica-e-venica, specogna, bastianich
Tip: The Cormons tasting bracelet is bought on the night from the town hall stand on Piazza XXIV Maggio; the Enoteca Comunale pours the full Collio member roster across the evening.
Novemberannual, early November5 daysTicket neededTarvisio and Malborghetto, Valcanale
Ein Prosit is the international wine and food event held across Tarvisio and Malborghetto in the Valcanale (the Friulian-Carinthian-Slovenian three-borders area) in early November.
Host: PromoTurismoFVG
Featured producers: livio-felluga, venica-e-venica, vie-di-romans, kante, lis-neris
Tip: Ein Prosit masterclass tickets sell out 6 to 8 weeks in advance; book the headline-vintage Friuli masterclasses on the Ein Prosit portal as soon as the programme drops in early September.
Mayannual, late May or early June5 daysTicket neededButtrio, Udine
The Mostra dei Vini di Buttrio is the historic Colli Orientali wine fair held in Buttrio in late May and early June, running across the Republic Day long weekend (June 2 in Italy).
Host: Comune di Buttrio and Pro Loco Buttrio
Featured producers: volpe-pasini, miani, la-tunella, specogna, livio-felluga
Tip: The Buttrio Mostra often overlaps with the Republic Day public holiday on June 2; book Cividale or Udine accommodation early since the long weekend fills regional hotels.
Octoberannual, late October4 daysTicket neededCormons and the Collio cellars
Jazz & Wine of Peace runs in late October across Cormons and the Collio cellars, with daytime concerts in the cellar visitor spaces (Schiopetto, Venica & Venica, Borgo del Tiglio) and evening shows at the Cormons town hall and the Teatro Comunale. The festival pairs the harvest-finished cellar visit programme with an established Italian jazz line-up outside the major cities.
Host: Circolo Controtempo and Comune di Cormons
Featured producers: schiopetto, marco-felluga, venica-e-venica, borgo-del-tiglio, edi-keber
Tip: The cellar daytime concerts are limited capacity and require booking with the cellar visit; combine the festival pass with one cellar visit per day.
Octoberannual, second Sunday of October9 days0Trieste Piazza Unita d'Italia and Molo Audace
Barcolana is the regatta held on the Gulf of Trieste on the second Sunday of October, organised by the Societa Velica di Barcola e Grignano since 1969 and ranked as a major international sailing event by participating boats. The associated nine-day waterfront programme on Piazza Unita d'Italia and Molo Audace features Carso producer stands (Kante, Vodopivec, Skerk, Zidarich) and Trieste's Mitteleuropean coffee and buffet kiosks.
Host: Societa Velica di Barcola e Grignano
Featured producers: kante, vodopivec, skerk, zidarich, castelvecchio
Tip: The Carso producer stands run in parallel with the Barcolana regatta on the second Sunday of October; arrive on the Saturday for the producer pours before the race-day crowd.
Juneannual, last Friday and Saturday of June (26 and 27 June in 2026)2 days, 18:00 to 22:00Ticket needed55Duino (Castello di Duino)
The Vitovska growers of the Carso-Kras pour Vitovska, which the organisers call the most celebrated native grape of the Karst on the Trieste, Gorizia and Slovenian sides, at Duino Castle on the Trieste coast, with local restaurateurs serving food. The 2026 edition ran on 26 and 27 June from 18:00 to 22:00, preceded by a farm visit and an opening gala dinner at Lokanda Devetak on the two days before. Entry was 55 euros per day, 50 euros for AIS, ONAV and Slow Food members, with children up to 6 free.
Host: Associazione dei Viticoltori del Carso-Kras (Drustvo vinogradnikov s Krasa) with local restaurateurs
Septemberannual, third weekend of September, Friday to Sunday (19 to 21 September in 2025; 18 to 20 September in 2026)3 days, Friday to SundayCormons
Cormons, in the Collio, spreads its Festa dell'Uva across squares and streets for three days, with more than 40 stands of Friuli Venezia Giulia wines and food, concerts and a vintage market hub. Two masterclasses present Collio wines, and on Sunday a parade crosses the town with the provincial festival of brass bands, over 200 players from seven bands of the Province of Gorizia. A listing dates the festival to 1938.
Host: Comune di Cormons
Marchannual, about two weeks in March around the feast of San Giuseppe, from a Saturday to the last Sunday of March (15 to 30 March in 2025, 14 to 29 March in 2026)about 2 weeks, 16 days in 2026Bertiolo
Bertiolo, near Codroipo in the province of Udine, fills its streets with kiosks pouring wine and local food for about two weeks around the feast of San Giuseppe. The festival began in 1950 and includes the Mostra Concorso Vini DOC Bertiul tal Friul, started in 1984 and open to the wines of all the Friuli DOC consortia since 2011. The 2026 edition was the 77th.
Host: Pro Loco Risorgive Medio Friuli
