Calici di Stelle (Trentino Alto Adige) is one of the wine festivals that anchors the Trentino-Alto Adige calendar, drawing both local visitors and international wine travellers each year. The festival is held at multiple participating villages and wineries across Trentino Alto Adige, in the heart of the Trentino-Alto Adige 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 Trentino Alto Adige, 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.
Trentino-Alto Adige is Italy's northernmost wine region, sitting against the Austrian border and producing fresh Alpine wines from a wide grape catalogue: Pinot Bianco, Pinot Grigio, Gewürztraminer, Sauvignon Blanc, Lagrein, Schiava, Teroldego and Pinot Nero. The Trento DOC and Alta Langa DOCG appellations produce traditional-method sparkling wines at high altitudes, with Ferrari, Cesarini Sforza and Cavit among the largest names. The Merano WineFestival is the region's most internationally visible event.
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.
Trentino-Alto Adige is reached via Verona, Innsbruck or directly to Bolzano via train. Wine tourism here combines naturally with Alpine activities: hiking in the Dolomites, the Lagorai range, vineyard walks along the Strada del Vino, and the spa town of Merano with its turn-of-the-century Kurhaus and Trauttmansdorff botanical gardens. South Tyrolean cuisine combines Italian and Alpine traditions with speck, knödel, schluttkrapfen, strudel and the local Apfelstrudel.
