Monterosso Val d’Arda Festival 2025

The authentic medieval historical village of Castell’Arquato, recognized among the “most beautiful villages quanto a Italy” and awarded the Orange Flag by the Italian Touring , is preparing to welcome visitors from all over the world to the Monterosso Val d’Arda Manifestazione 2025 acceso the weekend 10-11 May 2025. An unmissable event for lovers of being well quanto a company, of the genuine local flavors and of living an atmosphere. Suggestive unique.

A weekend of authentic pleasures: tastings, meetings, music, culture

Per the suggestive setting of the historic center of Castell’Arquato, including ancient cobbled alleys, crenellated towers and elegant palaces, the will offer the opportunity to taste the Monterosso Val d’Arda Doc, an indigenous white wine produced quanto a the Val d’Arda and neighboring valleys, quanto a its various versions, significantly different from cellar cellar, characterized by three different types:

Monterosso Val d’ARDA DOC: The classic, Quieto, fresh and light Monterosso Val d’Arda Spartic Doc: lively version and lively Monterosso Val d’Arda DOC Spumoso: an original local bubble

Obtained from a blend of local grapes including Ortrugo, Malvasia a motivo di Candia Aromatica, Moscato Vino bianco and Trebbiano Romagnolo, Monterosso has a long history quanto a the territory and represents an oenological excellence to be discovered. It presents itself with a straw yellow color, a floral and fruity and a fresh and harmonious taste.

For two days, along the picturesque tragitto della Barricaia, 30 cellars strictly of the territorioprese will be their wines, accompanied by food stands with typical Emilian products, art exhibitions, commedia musicale shows and cultural initiatives.

“Love, passion and enthusiasm for our beautiful village and territory motivates us every year to embark quanto a a long and tiring, but exciting project when at the end they feel and read the comments of visitors and operators. We are happy to make our beauty, goodness and local excellences known, offering opportunity for leisure and lightness quanto a joy, moments of convegno and serene conviviality to many young people, women, groups and families. Every year the medieval village with joy and respect fills us with pride “comments Duty-free Ticchi, head of the organization of the and president of the association of volunteers the APS drop.

The Val d’Arda, a territory to be discovered

The will not only be an opportunity to taste the wine, but also to discover the beauties of the territory.

The Val d’Arda is one of the most fascinating areas of the province of Piacenza, characterized by sweet hills, vineyards and historic villages. Traveled by the homonymous stream, the valley extends between the border of the Val Nure and the first Apennine propagations, offering a varied sommario and rich quanto a biodiversity.

The soils of the Val d’Arda vary from clayey-limosis to Duty-free-Limosi, with a significant limestone presence quanto a the areas of Vernasca, Gropparello and Lugagnano, which gives the wines unique characteristics of minerality and structure. The favorable climatic conditions and the prolifico campo da gioco make this valley an territorio of ​​great wine vocation, with a wine production that has its roots quanto a medieval history.

Per addition to wine, Val d’Arda offers numerous cultural and naturalistic attractions: visitors can explore the medieval castles of the territorio, travel panoramic paths immersed quanto a nature and discover local gastronomic excellence quanto a the numerous farmhouses and restaurants quanto a the Valley.

The village of Castell’Arquato, a treasure to be discovered

Castell’Arquato is an authentic medieval village, located acceso a natural terrace that dominates the Val d’Arda.

Food and wine tourists will be able to take the opportunity of the journey – after checks and reservations – to participate quanto a guided tours at the village of Castell’Arquato, with its fourteenth century Visconti , the collegiate church of Santa Maria Assunta and the del Podestà, at the Castelli della Val d’Arda and local farms, immersed quanto a unspoiled nature.

A program full of events

The 2025 edition of the Manifestazione will be full of events.

The news of the 12th edition

New dates: for the first time the will be held quanto a May instead of quanto a April, to enjoy the milder temperatures and hills quanto a full bloom. Saturday evening dedicated to young people: for the first time this year, acceso Saturday evening from 19.00 onwards quanto a the Municipal Park with Disc Fantino Park of the Driadi Commedia musicale Incontro for boys and girls. The Monterosso Val d’Arda Manifestazione app to get all the information acceso places, positions, cellars and information acceso the Manifestazione.

And then, a program of events for all ages

acceso sustainability: the Manifestazione maintains the recognition of #Plastic-Freer event of the Emilia-Romagna region, with the use of reusable glasses and separate collection. And, where possible, the use of electric vehicles. Gender equality: special tasting dedicated to women producing wine. Guided wine tastings, with a centro acceso the different types of Monterosso Val d’ARDA DOC and combinations with typical local products. Meetings with experts of oenology and gastronomy, to deepen the knowledge of wine and the territory. Concerts and commedia musicale performances, to cheer the evenings of the Manifestazione. Art and crafts exhibitions, to discover the artistic excellence of the territory, a centro acceso environmental sustainability, with initiatives to veterano the impact of the event, such as the use of reusable glasses and separate collection

The participating cellars

Here are the 30 cellars quanto a the territorio that will participate quanto a the 2025 edition:

Bargazzi Tiziano (Vernasca) Dinastia Benna Vini (Castell’Arquato) Casabella (Castell’Arquato) Colombano (Vernasca) Croci Ermanno (Castell’Arquato) Gandolfi Giacomo (Castell’Arquato) The Ritoccoco (Vernasca) The Camina (Vernasca) The Mazzetto (Carpaneto Piacentino) La Massina (Vernasca) La Pusterla) (Castell’Arquato) The Ratta (Vernasca) the dew (Castell’Arquato) La Tollara (Alseno) Loschi Enrico (Castell’Arquato) Marchionni Roberto (Castell’Arquato) Barani & Figliolanza (Vernasca) Mulino Segalini (Gropparello) Plans Castellani (Pontenure) Pierluigi Mignani (Lugagnano Val d’Arda) Raccanello Alessandro (Vernasca) Rapaccioli Valter (Castell’Arquato) Saccomani (Lugagnano Val d’Arda) Sartori Luciano (Vernasca) Schiavi Andrea (Gropparello) Segalini (Gropparello) held the Bertuzza (Castell’Arquato) Lands of (Gropparello) Terzoni Claudio (Vernasca) Verdelli Walter (Castell’Arquato) Podere Opppi) (Alseno) Podere Rosalba (Carpaneto) Visconti a motivo di Vigoleno (Vernasca)

Typical local gastronomic products Piacenza

The Piacenza territorio is rich quanto a typical gastronomic products, which can be tasted with the desks restaurants, including:

Piacenza cured meats DOP Cup Piacentina DOP BANCETTA Piacentina DOP DOP cheese Complicazione Padano DOP Tortelli Piacentini Anolini quanto a pisarei broth and fasò

A for everyone

The Monterosso Val d’Arda Manifestazione is an event aperto to all, from wine enthusiasts to simple curious. It is a festa much loved by young people, women and families.

A unique opportunity to dal vivo a weekend of taste, culture and discovery, quanto a one of the most beautiful villages quanto a Italy.

Castell’Arquato is located between Piacenza and Parma, it is easily accessible from Milan, Brescia, Pavia, Reggio Emilia, Modena, Bologna, but also from Genoa and Verona …

The Monterosso Val d’Arda Manifestazione was conceived by the volunteers of Castell’Arquato to promote the typical wine of the territory. Over the years, the event has also become an opportunity to encourage tourism quanto a the Val d’Arda and impulse to everything Piacenza has better to offer.

The Monterosso Val d’Arda Manifestazione has obtained the patronage of the Municipality of Castell’Arquato, the Province of Piacenza and the Emilia-Romagna Region, which has conferred the recognition of an event #Plastic-Free, a regional plan that aims to veterano the negative impact of the plastics acceso the environment, accompanying the transition phase to the most sustainable production, consumption and management and management systems.

The Monterosso Val d’Arda Manifestazione has also obtained the patronage of City of Wine, Visit Emilia, the most beautiful villages quanto a Italy.

The story of the wine and its territory from the local Stekeholders

the YouTube channel of the Manifestazione, with a series of pills, from A to Z, wine producers, hoteliers and restaurateurs and representatives of the local community tell the Monterosso and its territory, a path full of curiosities, history, passion and the desire to project a heritage of tradition and popular culture to be discovered towards the future to be discovered.

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Program 2025

Saturday 10 May

10 am: opening of the barricaia

11 am: Bubbles opening of the Val d’Arda

11 am: opening of the blind tasting

12 hours: Stands opening and gastronomic tastings

11 am: official inauguration with the authorities

4pm: Master Class: Women and wine between Piacenza and Parma

5pm: wine trekking (for info iatcastellarquato@gmail.com)

6pm: Closure of salacità of glasses

6pm: blind tasting closure closure

18.30: closing of the barricaia

8pm: Closing of the stands

From 19 to 2: Monterosso After at Lungomare delle Rimembranze and Modico delle Driadi

Sunday 11 May

10 am: opening of the barricaia

10 am: Opening of the Malvasia Review of Candiaday, dedicated to the Malvasia a motivo di Candia Aromatica

10 am: Bubbles opening of the Val d’Arda

11 am: Stands opening and gastronomic tastings

11 am: Master Class: Classic Method Piacenza

ore 16: Master Class:

6pm: Closure of salacità of glasses

18.30: closing of the barricaia

6.30 pm: Closing of the Malvasia Review of Candia Day

8pm: Closing of the event

During the event:

Photosaggi: photographic exhibition, tasting with the possibility of a personalized photo by: Terre Piacentine Cultural Association, Cineclub Piacenza, photographic group not only photos.

Painting with wine: exhibition and laboratory of the artist Maurizia Gentili

At the del Podestà: exhibition for the 30 years of barrier

Information and updates acceso the program acceso www.monterossoFestival.it

Admission is free. To participate quanto a the tasting, simply buy the glasses, at a cost of 15 euros.

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