Autoctono – Wine Festival

Autoctono 2025, the second edition

From August 15 to 17, 2025, the village of Pellare, in Moio della Civitella (Salerno), hosted the second edition of Autoctono – Wine Festival, organized by the Pro Loco Moio della Civitella APS. Three days with free entry built around the native grape varieties of Cilento — Aglianicone, Fiano di Paestum, Santa Sofia, and Barbera del Cilento — with tasting stalls, guided tastings, workshops with sommeliers, local crafts, and activities for children.

The 2025 edition opened on August 15 with the unveiling of the Fountain of Bacchus by sculptor Emanuele Stifano, a bronze piece with mosaic details by Carla Passarelli, installed permanently in the village as a tribute to Pellare's winemaking vocation. On August 17, the Salerno delegation of ONAF, together with AIS Cilento and Vallo di Diano, conducted two tasting sessions pairing local white wines with artisanal cheeses. The evenings were enlivened by folk music concerts, folk groups, and vinyl sets until late at night.

Friday, August 15, 2025

• 9:00 PM — Unveiling of the Fountain of Bacchus, a bronze work by Emanuele Stifano with mosaic details by Carla Passarelli.
• From 9:30 PM — Domenico Monaco and the rockabilly band STRAGATTI.
• 11:30 PM — ALLABUA, folk music.
• Following — DJ set with Simon Gee.

Saturday, August 16, 2025

• 9:30 PM — Pina Speranza & Cilento Tarant.
• 11:30 PM — I Bottari di Macerata Campania.
• Following — DJ Novanta, vinyl set.

Sunday, August 17, 2025

• 7:00 PM and 8:00 PM — Guided tastings by ONAF Salerno and AIS Cilento and Vallo di Diano: local white wines (including producers Alfonso Rotolo, Marco Peduto, Viticoltori De Conciliis, Botti, Tempa di Zoè, Tenuta Cobellis) paired with buffalo milk mozzarella, semi-aged caciocavallo, and caciocavallo aged in grape pomace. Limited places with mandatory booking.
• 9:30 PM — DJ Mikem.
• 11:30 PM — Rittantico live.

Throughout the festival: winery tasting stalls, craft market, visits to the ethnographic museum and the Civitella archaeological park (guided tour at 5:00 PM by reservation), and activities for children.

• Inauguration of the Fountain of Bacchus by Emanuele Stifano on August 15.
• Guided ONAF and AIS tastings pairing Cilento white wines with artisanal cheeses.
• I Bottari di Macerata Campania and Pina Speranza & Cilento Tarant on the village stage.
• Visits to the Civitella archaeological park and the museum of peasant civilization.
• Free entry to the entire event.