XII Kalends September: Vinalia Rustica
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artemisdartAugust 19, XII Kalends September
Jupiter and Venus
Vinalia Rustica
"At the second festival to wine in the year (the first was held in April) both Jupiter and Venus were honored. The first wine festival celebrated the opening of the fall vintage and tasting. This festival in August, the Vinalia Rustica, held in the countryside, was to protect the growing grapes and announce the upcoming vintage, when it was auspicious to harvest the grapes.
Offerings to Venus included incense, myrtle, mint, and bands of rushes hidden in a cluster of roses. [ . . . ] [O]n this day the goddess is venerated and those who tend kitchen gardens and farm gardens rest from their work, for it is thought that all gardens are under the tutelage of Venus."
(from Classical Living, p. 158)
Jupiter and Venus
Vinalia Rustica
"At the second festival to wine in the year (the first was held in April) both Jupiter and Venus were honored. The first wine festival celebrated the opening of the fall vintage and tasting. This festival in August, the Vinalia Rustica, held in the countryside, was to protect the growing grapes and announce the upcoming vintage, when it was auspicious to harvest the grapes.
Offerings to Venus included incense, myrtle, mint, and bands of rushes hidden in a cluster of roses. [ . . . ] [O]n this day the goddess is venerated and those who tend kitchen gardens and farm gardens rest from their work, for it is thought that all gardens are under the tutelage of Venus."
(from Classical Living, p. 158)
