Castione Andevenno - Valtellina

Castione Andevenno (SO)

Valtellina - Lombardy (Italy)

Castione Andevenno is a town in the province of Sondrio.
Small village at the gates of Sondrio located in a valley surrounded by vineyards.
The population was historically occupied in agriculture and breeding of dairy cattle.
Livestock breeding (Brown Mountain) forced the population to ensure a seasonal transhumance grazing.
The winter spent in the country, spring and autumn the average share maggengo and summer in the mountains.
Until the sixties, the population occupying the area between the share of the vineyard and coppice.
Today the band is populated between the valley and the portion of the vineyard.
In the first week of July there is the Summer Festival on Sunday afternoon and delivered the Ciapèla gold producer in the best wine of the Valtellina.
Participate in the contest all the small producers of wines from Valtellina.