Calici di Stelle (Campania) is one of the wine festivals that anchors the Campania calendar, drawing both local visitors and international wine travellers each year. The festival is held at multiple participating villages and wineries across Campania, in the heart of the Campania wine area. It is an annual event with an established local audience and a consistent place in the regional calendar.
Italy's most romantic wine evening, held around the Night of San Lorenzo when the Perseid meteor shower peaks. Organised jointly by Movimento Turismo del Vino and Città del Vino, the event runs across hundreds of villages, wineries and historic squares from northern Italy down to Sicily. In Campania, participating wineries and town councils organise open-air tastings combining the area's wines with local food, live music and stargazing. Calici di Stelle takes its name from the Night of San Lorenzo on 10 August, when the Perseid meteor shower peaks over Italy. Wineries and town councils across the region run open-air tastings under the night sky, often combined with local food, live music and astronomy programmes. The atmosphere is relaxed and family-friendly, with wines typically poured in the form of guided tasting flights through the participating area. The event is organised jointly by Movimento Turismo del Vino and Città del Vino, with each participating town or winery setting its own programme within the broader nationwide framework. Many editions include amateur astronomers giving talks during the evening, adding a cultural dimension to the wine tasting itself. The event is organised by Movimento Turismo del Vino + Città del Vino, which sets the tone and direction of the programme each year.
Campania's wine culture rests on ancient varieties cultivated since Greek and Roman times: Aglianico (the structured red of Taurasi DOCG and Aglianico del Taburno), Fiano (Fiano di Avellino DOCG), Greco (Greco di Tufo DOCG), Falanghina, Coda di Volpe and Piedirosso. Volcanic terroirs around Vesuvius and the Irpinia hills give the wines distinctive minerality. The region also includes the dramatic vineyard landscape of the Costa d'Amalfi and the islands of Capri and Ischia.
The 2026 edition is scheduled for around 10 August 2026 (Night of San Lorenzo). Festival access is ticketed: paid (tasting pass, ~€10–25). Full programme, ticketing and updated information are published on the official site at https://www.movimentoturismovino.it/it/calici-di-stelle. Visitors are advised to check directly with the organiser for the latest schedule, as Italian festival programmes are sometimes updated close to the event date.
Campania is reached via Naples (Capodichino airport, central rail station with high-speed connections to Rome). Wine festival visits combine naturally with Campania's exceptional cultural offerings: Pompeii and Herculaneum, the Amalfi Coast, Capri, Ischia, the Royal Palace of Caserta, the Greek temples of Paestum. Neapolitan cuisine pairs the wines with pizza, ragù napoletano, mozzarella di bufala, sfogliatelle and the granita-based desserts of the south.
