Festa das Vindimas Palmela
"Portugal's biggest harvest festival — Sept 4-9 — 300,000 visitors, 6 days of grape treading (pisa da uva), Queen of Harvest parade, blessing of the must, medieval courts on a hilltop above Setúbal."
Festa das Vindimas Palmela is a wine venue in an undisclosed location, Portugal. Portugal's biggest harvest festival — Sept 4-9 — 300,000 visitors, 6 days of grape treading (pisa da uva), Queen of Harvest parade, blessing of the must, medieval courts on a hilltop above Setúbal.
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Festa das Vindimas Palmela
Sept 4-9 Queen of Vindimas election! Traditional grape pressing, 30 exhibitors, village parade through wine country.
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Festa das Vindimas Palmela
Every September since 1963, the Confraria do Moscatel de Setúbal carries wooden barrels of new must through Palmela's medieval streets and announces the year's alcohol reading to the whole town. Castelão vines here survived phylloxera — deep sandy soils made the pest impossible — and some are still ungrafted, pre-1860 relics. The parade floats are illuminated at night through a hilltop town crowned by a castle where the Order of Santiago watched over these vines for nearly 400 years. The 20-year Moscatel Alambre from José Maria da Fonseca blends 19 vintages, the oldest approaching 80 years.
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