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This weekend, Sitges celebrates the 50th Annual Wine Harvest Festival. The event, which has been expanded over the past 5 years, now includes a wine-tasting and gourmet food village on the Seafront. The event kicks off on Friday the 16th of August and finishes on Sunday with the “Wine Barrel Race” and the “Trashing of the Grapes”.

For further information check out the Fiesta de Verema page on Gay Sitges Guide here.

Sitges celebrates the wine harvest every year with a Wine and Food festival by the Sea. On the 18th and 19th of September, you will have the opportunity to try a selection of the very best wines available from the Penedes region.

There will also be a wine-trashing competition on the Sunday at La Fragata from 6pm and a gourmet food village along the seafront. Enjoy.

The Sitges wine festival concluded on Sunday with the trashing of the grapes. Check out the video before which shows a lighter side of the festival, where the winner of the beauty pageant gets to win her own weight in wine!

Video Courtsey of Wirdheim in Vilanova

The wine festival takes place every September and is sponsored by Torres one of the most famous vineyards in Spain.

There is also an international food fair with plenty of advice on what wine goes with what food!

Produce ranges from delicious chocolates to local cheeses..

Competition amongst the teams for the barrel rolling and grape trashing is fierce!

The festival is now over 4 decades old and celebrates the culmination of the wine crop for each year.

We mentioned earlier last week about the Sitges Wine Festival 2010. The event, which takes place over the weekend, features delicious gourmet food stalls right on the seafront on Saturday and Sunday along with the annual barrel run and trashing of the first grapes on the Sunday Afternoon.

Check out the Sitges Wine Festival Page on Gay Sitges Guide here for further information.

Don’t forget, on Sunday Evening the annual trashing of the grapes takes place right in front of the church in Sitges. Watch as teams from the various wineries take eachother on to become the first to press all of their grapes!!! Check Gay Sitges Guide’s Events Section for more information.

For the 13th and 14th of September, the 47th Sitges Wine Festival takes place on Psg de la Ribera. But this is not just about wine. There will be gourmet food stalls selling everything from honey, pils, marmalades, chees and breads.

Visitors will also have the opportunity to taste Sitges Malvasian Wine, or “Malvasia de Sitges”.

Wines will be available for tasting from 12pm to 3pm and from 6pm to 10pm. You can try out a gourmet place and 2 wine tatsings for EUR 4… push the boat out and for EUR 6 you can try 4 tastings and a gourmet place. With over 14 different wineries taking part from across the region, there will be something for every palatte.

Learn More about the festival by visiting the events section of Gay Sitges Guide here.

We've captured the best bits of the Wine Trashing competition at the Sitges Festa de La Varena and put it all on video.

The Festa De La Verema was indeed an unusual event. From blessing the wine to screaming in anticipation at a good trashing… it was everything a Sitges festival should be…
Continue reading “Festa De La Verema”

When: Sep 15th to Sep 17th.
Where: All over Sitges – See Events Calendar

What better way to celebrate a party with some wine… and what better party to celebrate than the wine festival. Held every September, this year's wine festival is dedicated to to Cantabria (Northern Spanish region).

For further information and a full Calendar of Events visit the events listing page on GSG.