Aprilia Wine Festival

The Aprilia Wine Festival

The Aprilia Wine Festival is the food and wine event that celebrates the wines and typical products of the Agro Pontino every year in late May. Launched in 2025 by the Carroceto Neighborhood Committee, the event takes place in the expansive green space of the Comunità Raggio di Sole, located on Via Aldo Moro in Aprilia—a 4,000-square-meter area that turns into a grand open-air lounge for the palate for two days.

A tasting journey in the heart of the territory

The festival offers a multisensory voyage through local flavors: wine from regional cellars is paired with pasta, pizza, focaccia, fried delicacies, zero-kilometer mozzarella, cheeses, cured meats, truffles, extra virgin olive oil, artisanal pastries, honey, gelato, and chocolate. The goal is to showcase the productive richness of a young and vibrant land like the Pontine area through the palate.

The wineries and producers

The heart of the festival lies in the wineries of the Agro Pontino and the Castelli area, which present their labels for tasting. Key participants include renowned local names:

• Casale del Giglio, Casal De Luca, Tenimenti Leone, and Donato Giangirolami;
• I Pampini, Tenuta Iacoangeli, Cantina Raparelli, and Amor Vitae;
• Casale 5 Scudi, I Chicchi, Cardea, Casale San Paolo, Artico, and Tenuta de Castro;
• as well as craft beer (29NOVE brewery) and spirits (Domarc Distillery).

Accompanying the wines are artisanal producers of honey, oil, cured meats, cheeses, sweets, and gelato, alongside restaurants and pizzerias participating in the RistoraAprilia initiative.

Aprilia, the «City of the Chalice»

During the festival weekend, Aprilia presents itself as the «City of the Chalice»: a definition that highlights the oenological vocation of a territory that, despite its recent reclamation, has built a quality wine supply chain appreciated far beyond the borders of Lazio. As the organizers explain, the event was born «to give a voice to a vibrant productive ecosystem,» fostering encounters between producers, experts, enthusiasts, consumers, restaurateurs, and tourism operators.

Aprilia and its winemaking vocation

As the second most populous municipality in the province of Latina, in the Lazio region, Aprilia sits in the heart of the Agro Pontino, an area reclaimed in the 1930s and now one of the most dynamic agricultural hubs in central Italy. The area is known for its grape varieties and a steadily growing wine production: the Aprilia Wine Festival is its most direct showcase, an opportunity to discover the best of the local wineries and shops in one single location.