Castellina in Chianti - The Wine Fest under Shooting Stars

Wine Festival and Shooting Stars in Castellina in Chianti

Going to Castellina to taste a delicious ice-cream at the Antica Delizia, we had not realized that Castellina, like many other towns in Chianti, was having one of the most interesting celebrations of the Tuscan Summer: Calici Sotto le Stelle (Flutes Under the Stars).
The whole idea is bound to the fact that Italy finds itself in a particular astronomical position right on the 10th of August, when from their territory Italians can admire literally hundreds of shooting stars falling each night. Tying up the wine event to the star shooting made the event very popular Tuscany-wide. The good thing is that all the wine farms participating to the wine fest are selected and bring in the streets of Castellina in Chianti extremely good products.

It was great to find ourselves in Castellina and learn that all you have to do to participate and drink as much good wine as you want is to buy an 8 euro wine glass (calice) and drink up, while also learning more and more about how each passionate wine producer tells you about why this wine is more or less fruity and why a bottle of a particular year costs way more than another, and so on.
It was lovely to see the town completely alive during all night, with all the shops open, singers and players in the street, people chattering and having fun, and it was great to drink and taste all that good Chianti wine.