Food festivals in Tuscany, August

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Wine Festival of Castagneto CarducciFesta del Vino

Mid-August Castagneto's centro storico turns over to the Bolgheri wine zone for two evenings of open cellars and tastings under the cypresses Carducci wrote about. Producers from the coast pour Sassicaia-adjacent bottles at fair-tasting prices; restaurants set tables in the squares; folk bands play through both nights. Easier to navigate than the bigger fairs further inland.