Coming up on Saturday 17th and Sunday 18th May is the third edition of the Wine Fest dedicated to Vernaccia di San Gimignano with tastings, masterclasses and entertainment in the territory of the Denomination.
Regina Ribelle – Vernaccia di San Gimignano Wine Fest will open its doors to the public again on May 17 and 18, 2025, following the success of previous editions, especially 2024, which attracted over 1,000 visitors. The event entirely dedicated to the great white wine of Tuscany, desired and organized by the Consorzio del Vino Vernaccia di San Gimignano in partnership with the municipal administration of San Gimignano, is now an eagerly awaited event for wine lovers, a unique opportunity to taste and learn more about this Denomination in the places where its centuries-old history began and where it continues to thrive today. The program includes two days of itinerant tastings through the historic center of the city, masterclasses , meetings with the producers of Vernaccia di San Gimignano, wine tastings , food and wine pairing workshops with typical Tuscan products – such as Prosciutto Toscano DOP, Finocchiona IGP and Pecorino Toscano DOP – and local restaurants and, again, entertainment for the public with the evening DJ set in the suggestive Rocca di Montestaffoli – and for the little ones. At the end of the event, on Sunday 18, an important collaboration with AIS Toscana is confirmed: this year too, the exam tests, the final and the award ceremony for the Best AIS Sommelier 2025 in Tuscany will take place in San Gimignano during the Wine Fest. “The first editions represented a gamble, a new way to promote our Tuscan White Queen. We expect the 2025 edition to be not only a confirmation of the public success of previous years, but also to contribute to the constant growth of this denomination, historic but projected today more than ever towards dynamism and the future” – comments the President of the Consortium, Irina Strozzi. The event will be, also for this edition, preceded by a two-day event – May 15 and 16 – reserved for the Italian and foreign trade press, gathered for the occasion to taste the new vintages of Vernaccia di San Gimignano at the De Grada Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art and to deepen their knowledge of the territory thanks to a press tour of the wineries.