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Festa do Albariño
Vendima do Albariño en Cambados
Date(s)	First Sunday of August
Frequency	Annual
Location(s)	Cambados (Pontevedra), Spain

Fiesta of International Tourist Interest
Designated	2018

The Festa do Albariño is a gastronomical feast in Cambados, Galicia, Spain celebrated during the week leading to the first Sunday of August. It is the oldest wine feast of Galicia and the second of Spain.

The origin of this feast was a challenge in 1953 between Bernardino Quintanilla and Ernesto Zárate for determining the best wine of 1952.

The Festa

Nowadays, the festa is celebrated during the week leading to the first Sunday of August. It is a popular event in which both the wine Albariño and the people are the stars. Every year this party concentrates about 150.000 people. This event is one of the most important of the Galician feast calendar.

The Festa do Albariño has two faces. One of then is the public face: musical shows, fireworks, exhibitions, sport competitions, artworks, workshops about the Albariño and a collective tasting of the wine. The second face is formed by all of the official acts like the parade of the Capítulo Serenísimo do Albariño, which is held on the Sunday of the feast and goes from the Town Council Square to the Fefiñans Square.

References

Festa do Albariño

v t e Fiestas of International Tourist Interest (Spain)
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Aragon	Holy Week in Saragossa (2014) Ruta del tambor y el bombo including the Holy Weeks in Albalate del Arzobispo, Alcañiz, Alcorisa, Andorra, Calanda, Híjar, la Puebla de Híjar, Samper de Calanda and Urrea de Gaén (2014) Fiestas del Pilar (2019)
Asturias	International Sella River Descent (1980)
Canary Islands	Carnival of Santa Cruz de Tenerife (1980) Carnival of Las Palmas (2023)
Cantabria	Cantabrian Wars Fest (2019)
Castile–La Mancha	Corpus Christi in Toledo (1980) Holy Week in Cuenca and its Religious Music Week (1980) Holy Week in Hellín (2007) Albacete Fair (2008) Holy Week in Toledo (2014) Fiestas Mayores of Almansa (2019)
Castile and León	Holy Week in Valladolid (1980) Holy Week in Zamora (1982) Holy Week in León (2002) Holy Week in Salamanca (2003) Holy Week in Medina de Rioseco (2009) Holy Week in Medina del Campo (2011) Holy Week in Palencia (2012) Holy Week in Ávila (2014) Running of the bulls in Cuéllar (2018) Corpus Christi in Béjar (2019)
Extremadura	Holy Week in Cáceres (2011) Holy Week in Mérida (2018) Carnival of Badajoz (2022) Magical Autumn (2024)
Galicia	Fiestas of Santiago Apóstol (2001) Viking Festival of Catoira (2002) Ortigueira's Festival of Celtic World (2005) Rapa das Bestas of Sabucedo (2007) Corpus Christi in Ponteareas (2009) Holy Week in Viveiro (2013) Holy Week in Ferrol (2014) La Pinta Arrival to Baiona (2015) Bonfires of Saint John in La Coruña (2015) Festa do Albariño (2018) Carnival of Xinzo de Limia (2019) Fiesta del Cocido of Lalín (2020) Fiesta del Pulpo of Carballino (2022) Fiesta de la Lamprea of Arbo (2023) Arde Lucus (2023)
Community of Madrid	Fiestas of the Mutiny of Aranjuez (2014)
Region of Murcia	Fiesta de la Santísima y Vera Cruz de Caravaca (2004) Holy Week in Cartagena (2005) Festival del Cante de las Minas (2006) The Burial of the Sardine in Murcia (2006) Holy Week in Lorca (2007) Holy Week in Murcia (2011) Bando de la Huerta de Murcia (2012) Carnival of Águilas (2015) Carthaginians and Romans of Cartagena (2017) Holy Week in Jumilla (2019) The Night of the Drums of Mula (2022) Holy Week in Cieza (2023) Fiestas de la Virgen in Yecla (2024)
Navarre	Festival of San Fermín (1980)
Valencian Community	Falles in Valencia (1980) Moors and Christians of Alcoy (1980) Mystery Play of Elche (1980) Bonfires of Saint John in Alicante (1983) International Habaneras and Polyphony Contest of Torrevieja (1994) Procession of the Palm Sunday in Elche (1997) La Tomatina (2002) Moors and Christians of Villajoyosa (2003) Entrada de Toros y Caballos de Segorbe (2005) Magdalena Festival (2010) Holy Week in Orihuela (2010) Holy Week in Crevillente (2011) Falles in Sagunto (2013) Moors and Christians of Crevillente (2017) All Saints' Fair of Cocentaina (2019)
Note: Within parentheses, the year when honored

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