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.
Address: Town centre, Cormons (GO), Italy, Friuli-Venezia Giulia
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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).
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.
Festa dell'Uva, Cormons runs 17 to 19 September. These are the wine tours and tastings in Friuli-Venezia Giulia to book for the days around it; most cancel free up to 24 hours ahead.
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