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Grape stomping and harvest experiences

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Pick grapes by hand, stomp them barefoot, or join a winery for a day of the harvest. Below are places that offer it to visitors, what you do there, when it runs and how to book, followed by the harvest festivals to build a trip around.

Where you can join in

Each one is offered on the operator’s own site. Dates change with the vintage, so confirm with the operator before you plan around one.

Pick, press and lunch · Loire Valley, France

Grape harvest day at Château de Nitray

Pick the year's grapes with secateurs and boots provided, watch them pressed, tour the cellars and sit down to a long lunch with estate wines.

When:
September, October and November, says the château.
Booking:
The page gives a price for a group of 30 and no booking steps for smaller parties, so ask the château how a couple or family books.
See it on Château de Nitray’s site

Stomp · Douro, Portugal

Grape treading at Croft, Quinta da Roêda

Tread grapes in the granite lagares, the tanks where the wine is made.

When:
During the harvest.
Booking:
Advance booking is required. Visits are by appointment, in Portuguese, English, Spanish and French.
See it on Croft Port’s site

Pick, stomp and stay · Douro, Portugal

Two-day Douro harvest programme

Take the train from Porto to Pinhão, cruise on a Rabelo boat and sleep in Favaios. Next day, visit a quinta, pick grapes, eat a lunch cooked in iron pots and tread grapes to live music. Transfers back to Porto are included.

When:
September. From mid-September the quinta offers treading only, with no picking.
Booking:
Book online or send a no-commitment request on the operator's page.
See it on Cruzeiros Douro’s site

Pick, stomp and lunch · San Gimignano, Tuscany, Italy

Live the Harvest at Tenuta Torciano

Meet a local guide, pick grapes, see the winery's machinery and the path from destemming to fermentation, and join the traditional grape stomp when possible. It ends with a four-course Tuscan lunch and a tasting.

When:
Tied to the grape harvest. The page does not name months.
Booking:
Booking is required and subject to availability. About two and a half hours, with the vineyard part around one hour.
See it on Tenuta Torciano’s site

Join the harvest · Kakheti, Georgia

Rtveli harvest at Teliani Valley

Take part in every stage of rtveli, the Georgian harvest celebration, described by the winery as festive, with music, laughter and long working days.

When:
The harvest begins in September and lasts several weeks.
Booking:
Email the winery for details and bookings.
See it on Teliani Valley’s site

Stomp · Cape Winelands, South Africa

Stomp the Harvest at Soetmelksvlei

Feel the grapes between your hands, then stomp them to get the juice out, as it was done before the turn of the 19th century. Afterwards you get a traditional mosbolletjie and a glass of grape juice. It is messy, so dress for it.

When:
The listing on the site ran across February 2026. Next dates are not posted yet.
Booking:
Booking opens through the event page when dates are posted.
See it on Babylonstoren’s site

Join the harvest · Alenquer, near Lisbon, Portugal

Harvest programme at Cas'Amaro

A harvest programme (Vindimas) among the winery's wine-tourism experiences. The programme PDF linked from its wine-tourism page sets out the details.

When:
August and September each year, on announced dates, according to the winery's programme PDF.
Booking:
Booking is required, by phone or email through the winery's wine-tourism page.
See it on Cas'Amaro’s site
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Harvesting grapes by hand in a vineyard
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Harvest festivals

Towns that celebrate the grape harvest with tastings, music and new wine. Open one for its timing, where to stay and how to get there.

Barossa Vintage Festival, Tanunda

Barossa Vintage Festival

Tanunda, Australia

One week in April, biennial (odd years)

Festa das Vindimas do Douro, Peso da Régua

Festa das Vindimas do Douro

Peso da Régua, Portugal

Mid-September, several days

Fiesta de la Vendimia de Colchagua, Santa Cruz

Fiesta de la Vendimia de Colchagua

Santa Cruz, Chile

Mid-March weekend

Fiesta Nacional de la Vendimia, Mendoza

Fiesta Nacional de la Vendimia

Mendoza, Argentina

Annual, first two weeks of March

Rtveli: Georgian Grape Harvest Festival, Various (Kakheti)

Rtveli: Georgian Grape Harvest Festival

Various (Kakheti), Georgia

Throughout September and October

Vendemmia a Barolo, Barolo

Vendemmia a Barolo

Barolo, Italy

Third weekend of September

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Before you go

  • Book ahead. Several operators above say bookings are required or by appointment.
  • Picking and stomping only happen while the grapes are coming in, so the window can be short and moves with the weather.
  • Wear clothes and shoes you do not mind getting stained. Babylonstoren warns that its stomp is messy.
  • Ask whether you will pick, stomp or both. On the Douro programme above, picking stops partway through September and only treading is left.

Want to work a harvest rather than visit one? Read our harvest volunteer guide and the grape-picking guide. To see when each region picks, use the harvest calendar.

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