Sagra dell'Uva di Donnas
The festival of the harvest and Donnas DOC wine, since 1956
About Sagra dell'Uva Donnas
The Donnas DOC wine festival
Every early October, the municipality of Donnas, in the lower Aosta Valley, celebrates the harvest with the Sagra dell'Uva (Grape Festival), one of the most cherished food and wine festivals in the valley. The star is Donnas DOC, a red wine produced from Nebbiolo grapes grown on the typical pergolas that climb the mountain terraces, an expression of some of the northernmost heroic viticulture in Italy.
A tradition dating back to 1956
Organized by the Pro Loco of Donnas, in collaboration with local wine cooperatives, the festival was founded in 1956 and has spanned decades of local history. It is traditionally held on the first Sunday of October, extending over the entire weekend with a program that combines conviviality, gastronomy, and agricultural rites.
Tastings, dancing, and the Grappolo d'Oro
The program includes street food and dancing evenings, a tasting dinner featuring dishes from Aosta Valley cuisine paired with local wines, and on Sunday, the vignerons' lunch open to all. The heart of the festival are the delivery of grapes by the winemakers and the awarding of the Grappolo d'Oro (Golden Bunch), an award for the best grape bunches. There is also a mass and a parade with the town band.
Aosta Valley's wine identity
The Sagra dell'Uva di Donnas is much more than a village festival: it is the moment when the community celebrates its bond with the land and wine, showcasing the wine-growing identity of Donnas, in the province of Aosta, and of the entire Aosta Valley.
Sagra dell'Uva Donnas — edition 2026
For 2026, the Sagra dell'Uva di Donnas returns on the first weekend of October, with the first Sunday of the month (October 4) as the highlight. The formula combining street food and dancing evenings is renewed, along with the Saturday tasting dinner, and on Sunday, the grape delivery, mass, parade with the band, vignerons' lunch, and the Grappolo d'Oro award ceremony, in honor of Donnas DOC.
Programme Sagra dell'Uva Donnas 2026
The detailed program for the 2026 edition, with exact times and prices, will be published by the Pro Loco of Donnas in the weeks preceding the event.
Based on recent editions, the festival is structured over the weekend as follows:
- Friday evening — Street food and dancing evening
- Saturday evening — Tasting dinner with aperitif in the vineyard and dishes from the lower Aosta Valley (reservations required), followed by a dance evening
- Sunday — Delivery of grapes by the winemakers; mass; parade with the town band; vignerons' lunch (reservations required); afternoon of festivities and, to conclude, award ceremony for the best grapes with the presentation of the Grappolo d'Oro
Details and reservations on the official Pro Loco of Donnas page.
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Practical information — Sagra dell'Uva Donnas
How to get there
Donnas can be reached by car from the A5 motorway (Pont-Saint-Martin exit), in the lower Aosta Valley. By train to Pont-Saint-Martin station, which is nearby.
Reservations
The tasting dinner and the vignerons' lunch require reservations. Information and reservations can be made through the Pro Loco of Donnas.
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