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If you’re coming to Sitges for the weekend, then you are in for a gourmet treat! This weekend is the annual Autumn Harvest Festival. Every year, Sitges Wine Festival takes place along the beachfront.

There is a gourmet food exhibition on the beach, together with the opportunity to taste some very fine wines from the Penedes Region. The Grape Trashing competition on Sunday is not to be missed.

- Come for the Weekend – 3 day stay from just EUR 42 per person per night.
- Book a tour of the Penedes Wine Region

Or view last year’s festivities here.

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.

This September is shaping up to be one of the hottest yet.. As you know we’ve got great weather and some hot bears..but thats not all..

First of all, its a long weekend in Sitges.. tomorrow is Catalunya Day…so expect Thursday night to be crazy everywhere!

Then, shop till you drop this weekend, as the Sitges Annual Stock Fair takes place at La Fragata from 10am in the morning ’till alate in the evening on Sunday the 13th of September. Great bargains to be had!

Then, next weekend, indulge you palette as the annual Sitges Wine and Gourmet Food festival takes place along the seafront.

Then finish off Sitges with the Santa Tecla Festival. Think of it as a sort of mini Fiesta Mayor! Complete with fireworks, fire processions, dancing giants and more! Not to be missed and a great way to finish the Summer Season!