The Clos Montmartre is a vineyard of about 1,500 vines on the north slope of the Butte, planted in 1933 to stop the plot being built on. Its wine is not very good and everyone says so; the bottles are auctioned for the arrondissement's social projects.
The festival around the harvest has run since 1934 and now fills five days with tastings from French wine regions in marquees across the 18th, a parade of confréries in robes and sashes, concerts and a firework display from the Sacré-Cœur terrace.
No attendance figure is published.
It is anchored to the second weekend of October. Montmartre is already among the most visited quarters in Paris and the festival weekend adds a substantial local crowd on top of the tourist flow; the vineyard itself is normally closed and open to visitors during the fête, which is the specific reason to go.
PlanningAnchored to the second weekend of October, when the Clos Montmartre is picked.