Calici di Stelle (Sardegna) is one of the wine festivals that anchors the Sardinia calendar, drawing both local visitors and international wine travellers each year. The festival is held at multiple participating villages and wineries across Sardegna, in the heart of the Sardinia 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 Sardegna, 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.
Sardinia is Italy's second-largest island and a wine region of growing reputation. Cannonau di Sardegna (Grenache) is the flagship red, producing concentrated herbal wines often associated with the island's longevity culture. Vermentino di Gallura DOCG — Sardinia's only DOCG — produces saline aromatic whites in the granite hills of the north. Carignano del Sulcis, Vernaccia di Oristano (a sherry-like fortified wine), Nuragus and Monica complete a varied regional picture.
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.
Sardinia is reached via Cagliari, Olbia or Alghero airports, plus extensive ferry connections from Italy and France. Gallura in the north is the closest wine area to the holiday economy of the Costa Smeralda. The Cannonau zones in central Sardinia (Nuoro province) and the Sulcis area in the southwest are more rural. Sardinian cuisine pairs the wines with pane carasau, porceddu (suckling pig), bottarga, pecorino sardo, and the saffron-flavoured malloreddus pasta.
