Festa des Vermar 2026
Mallorca's wine-harvest festival in Binissalem — grape-treading, a famous grape fight and weeks of celebration.
Inland from the coast, the village of Binissalem sits at the heart of Mallorca's wine country, and each September it throws the island's best-loved harvest festival — the Festa des Vermar. Spread across roughly three weeks, it celebrates the vermada (grape harvest) with tastings, processions, music and one gloriously messy highlight.
What to expect. The programme builds through September with concerts, traditional dancing, a grape-treading ceremony and plenty of chances to taste the local DO Binissalem wines. The famous finale is the batalla des vermar — a good-natured grape fight in the main square that leaves everyone purple. There's a real village warmth to the whole thing.
Practical bit. Binissalem is about 20 minutes inland from Palma and sits on the Palma–Inca train line, which is a genuinely easy way to visit (and sensible if you're wine-tasting). A hire car opens up the other wine villages and the Tramuntana foothills nearby. Most events are free; some tastings and dinners are ticketed.
It's a lovely, lower-key alternative to the coastal resorts and a great excuse to see a different, greener side of Mallorca.