A calendar full of events entirely dedicated to food. This is Volterragusto.
The place provides you with the opportunity to visit the region famous for its artistic, historic, and natural beauties. It also has a bounty of products including: cheese, wine, oil, chocolate, and tartufo.
Each weekend from the 11th of October to the 23rd of the November, there will be shows and food stands in Piazza XX Settembre. The food stands will have a rotation of products and exhibitors.
Contemporaneously, on the 25th, 26th and 31st of October and the 1st and 2nd of November, the eleventh White Tartufo Market will be held. People will be able to taste and buy one of the most prized products of the area.
There will be opportunities to attend demonstrations of tartufo hunting. Volterragusto starts on Saturday the 11th and Sunday the 12th of October with two days dedicated to local cheese.
During the weekend, producers from the area will offer tastings. In addition, there will be a racing competition for cheese from Volterra in which the neighborhoods will fight each other in a cheese rolling contest. The following weekend (the 18th-19th of October), will be dedicated to the vineyards with tasting events.
Author: Serena Wiedenstritt
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