Festa dell'Uva (Grape Festival) – Impruneta is one of the wine festivals that anchors the Tuscany calendar, drawing both local visitors and international wine travellers each year. It is held at Piazza Buondelmonti in Impruneta, in the heart of one of Italy's most distinctive wine areas. It has been running since 1926, with a long unbroken local tradition behind it.
Float parade by four town quarters, folkloristic dances, shows, wine and product tastings, craft exhibitions. One of oldest grape festivals in Tuscany. 100th anniversary milestone in 2026. Italian grape and harvest festivals — sagre and feste dell'uva — are some of the country's longest-running celebrations, with many running uninterrupted for a century or more. Programmes typically combine grape-stomping demonstrations, traditional music, parades of allegorical floats, food stalls offering regional specialities, and tastings of the area's wines. The events have strong local character and are often as much community celebrations as wine programmes, with town councils, parish committees and local producer associations sharing the organisational load. Many festivals incorporate religious elements — blessings of the harvest, processions to the parish church — that connect the wine calendar to the liturgical year. The event is organised by Municipality of Impruneta / four town quarters, which sets the tone and direction of the programme each year.
Tuscany is one of the world's most-visited wine regions, with Sangiovese-based reds at its core: Chianti and Chianti Classico across the central hills, Brunello di Montalcino in the south, Vino Nobile di Montepulciano around its namesake hilltown, and the Super Tuscans that established Bolgheri as a Bordeaux-style outlier. The region's UNESCO-listed landscape of cypress avenues, hilltop villages and stone villas is closely tied to its wine festival calendar, with the major anteprima events of February and the late-summer harvest celebrations as key dates.
The 2026 edition is scheduled for Last Sunday of September 2026 (approx. 27 September 2026). Cost details are best confirmed directly with the organiser ahead of travel. Full programme, ticketing and updated information are published on the official site at impruneta.com. 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.
Tuscany is reached via Florence, Pisa or Siena, all linked by high-speed train and major airports. A festival visit pairs naturally with classic Tuscan tourism — Florence's museums, the Uffizi, Siena's Piazza del Campo, San Gimignano's medieval skyline, and the cypress-lined roads of the Val d'Orcia. Tuscan cuisine pairs closely with the wines: bistecca alla fiorentina, ribollita, pici al ragu, pecorino di Pienza, and panforte. Spring and early autumn offer the best weather without high-summer crowds.
