Monterosso Val d’Arda Festival

For three days Castell’Arquato becomes the capital of typical wine: on April 25th, 26th and 27th, the village of Piacenza will host Monterosso Val d’Arda Festival, an event designed to promote and learn about wine and the typical products of the territory of Val d’Arda and surrounding areas.

The event, that as in the previous editions will be organized by the “La Goccia” cultural association in collaboration with AVIS and the Castell’Arquato Municipality, will take place over three days and will occupy the whole village. The protagonist will be the Monterosso Val d’Arda, the DOC wine that owes its name to the hill in front of the village of Castell’Arquato, and will present the companies that will allow tastings of their productions. There will be also typical products of local agriculture, and other typical products related to wine anyway.

In the Podestà palace, and other locations, conferences related to the production and culture of wine with tastings of wines and typical products will alternate.

In the lower part of town, a gastronomic stand will greet visitors, where you can have lunch, dinner or just have a simple snack enjoying a plate of salami combined with the typical “chisolini”, grilled or “investitura”, or the typical sweet of the Arquatese area, all washed down by the typical of Piacenza wine.

On Sunday 27th the stands will host also the combination of the Lomellina rice and Monterosso Val d’Arda. There will be entertainment and cultural events, with live concerts and shows. Worth to mention, the puppet theater show by the “Coppelia Theatre” company.

On Sunday 27th the great Renaissance re–enactment of the arrival of Pope Paul III Farnese will take place, with a parade that will cross over the village and will arrive in the monumental square where the coming of the Pope will be commemorated. A re–enactment that will conclude the festival with dances and songs of the sixteenth century to celebrate Paul III and his passion for the wine of Castell’Arquato.


Details of the program are available on www.monterossofestival.it