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Barrels, Garlic and Party

Summary by berria.eus
In Montepulciano, in Tuscany, Italy, a wine barrel race has been organized every year since 1974. Until then, there were major riots due to the horse race that was held, and in an attempt to avoid this, they decided to replace the animals with barrels. It cannot be said that Vitoria-Gasteiz is the Basque Montepuciano, but in 2016 the Blues and Girls Committee found a model in this Italian town to replace the donkey race that had been customary o…
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In Montepulciano, in Tuscany, Italy, a wine barrel race has been organized every year since 1974. Until then, there were major riots due to the horse race that was held, and in an attempt to avoid this, they decided to replace the animals with barrels. It cannot be said that Vitoria-Gasteiz is the Basque Montepuciano, but in 2016 the Blues and Girls Committee found a model in this Italian town to replace the donkey race that had been customary o…

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berria.eus broke the news in on Friday, July 25, 2025.
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