[1] Its roots, however, go back to earlier historical events: coinciding with the secular festival is the feast of Our Lady of the Rosary, celebrated to commemorate the victory of the Holy League against the Ottoman Empire at the Battle of Lepanto on October 7, 1571.

The Christians, united for the occasion in the Holy League, were commanded by John of Austria, while the papal contingent was led by Marcantonio Colonna, lord of several Lazio fiefdoms including Marino.

The expedition, which ended victoriously, had been placed under the protection of Our Lady of the Rosary depicted in the Standard of Lepanto, now preserved in Gaeta Cathedral where it was deposited by Marcantonio Colonna at the time of his landing.

The grape/hectare yield is 165 quintals per hectare: in the 1990/1991 vintage 88,530 liters of this wine were produced, while in 1995/1996 the quantity was halved to 48,262: this is due to the difficulties of small farms in coping with competition from larger competitors and the decline in the primary sector that is somewhat common throughout Italy.

[5] Even in 1611 the Community in an extraordinary assembly on February 2 chose to adopt as its patron saint "His Divine Majesty" St. Barnabas, so that he would protect the fief from some continuous hailstorms that had occurred in the previous three years.

Following a serious production crisis, caused by a series of natural disasters, the municipal administration thought in 1904 to draw attention to the local wine with a major event: the Feste Castromenie.

[...] Tomorrow will be a truly memorable date for Marino.The Celebration Committee in charge of organizing the first Sagra was chaired by Luigi Capri Cruciani, who also offered much of the wine distributed from the fountains at 7 p.m. on Sunday, October 4, 1925.

[9] During the second edition, on Sunday, October 3, 1926, the Queen of the Grape Harvest was elected for the first time, in San Barnaba Square, in a fashion somewhat similar to a modern beauty contest; the parade of floats was attended by actor Bruto Castellani.

[9] The third edition, on Sunday, October 2, 1927, was accompanied by unfavorable weather: however, the president of the Festival Committee, Barnaba Ingami, informed the press that "the fountains of Marino spout wine even under water.

[9] On the occasion of the fourth edition, on Sunday, October 7, 1928, the abbot-parish priest Monsignor Guglielmo Grassi decided to bring in the religious procession for the first time also the Turkish shield kept in the Basilica of St. Barnabas, spoils of the Battle of Lepanto.

Through the promotion of Leone Ciprelli, the poetic-musical contests organized in Marino during the days of the Sagra attracted the attention of the greatest exponents of dialect poetry and music, from Trilussa and Petrolini to Romolo Balzani and Giuseppe Micheli.

[16] On the occasion of the ninth edition of the Sagra, on Sunday, October 1, 1933, the Ferrovie dello Stato and the Roman Castles tramways granted the application of the reduced popular fare for the routes between Rome and Marino.

[18] For the twenty-first Sagra, in 1946, Mayor pro tempore Zaccaria Negroni, Leone Ciprelli and the 49 members of the Festival Committee resumed construction of the plasterboard structures around the fountains from which the wine was to flow.

For the thirty-third Sagra of 1957, Senator Zaccaria Negroni proposed to prefectural commissioner Nicola Marini d'Armenia to reopen the Bottega del Vino, which had been opened by the fascist regime, and entrust it to the Pro Loco.

[23] At the thirty-sixth edition on Sunday, October 2, 1960, the atmosphere was still permeated by the aftermath of the Summer Olympics held in Rome: numerous sportsmen and foreign visitors took the opportunity to come to Marino for the festivities.

[22] For the thirty-seventh edition on October 1, 1961, Mayor Giulio Santarelli invited as guests of honor actress Sophia Loren with her husband Carlo Ponti: the couple owned a historic villa along the Via dei Laghi in Marino territory.

On Monday, October 2, 1961, a concert was held in Piazza San Barnaba with the participation of Carla Boni, Gino Latilla, Little Tony, Jenny Luna, Alighiero Noschese, Nunzio Gallo and Wolmer Beltrami.

[25] For the forty-sixth edition of the Sagra dell'Uva on Sunday, October 4, 1970, there was an evening concert by Banco del Mutuo Soccorso, a progressive rock group founded by Marinese Vittorio Nocenzi.

"[26] The concert of the 1973 edition featured Ricchi e Poveri and Pippo Baudo, and the parade of the historical procession was also held exceptionally in the hamlets of Frattocchie and Santa Maria delle Mole, which were in constant urban growth.

[26] The fiftieth anniversary of the Sagra, on Sunday, October 6, 1974, went almost unnoticed because of the crisis Marino had fallen into after the separation of the hamlet of Ciampino, which became an autonomous municipality in July: the organization of the event had reverted to the Pro Loco.

During this edition, some protests were raised, led by the abbot-parish priest Giovanni Lovrovich, to drape a nude Dionysus made of plasterboard towering in the very central Pompeo Castiglia Square.

[31] In preparation for the sixty-second edition, on Sunday, October 5, 1986, Mayor Giulio Santarelli created the Ente Sagra dell'Uva, which took on the task of organizing the event in a professional manner by turning away any voluntary contributions.

[31] The festivities for this edition began on September 20 with the departure of the "Giro del Lazio" and continued among exhibitions, cultural events and conferences until the show on the evening of Monday, October 6, with the participation of Gigi Sabani and Anna Oxa.

[32] In 1988, for the sixty-fourth edition, the Ente Sagra organized the I International Stone Stage, while on Monday, October 3, the day of the "Sagretta," Rai 2 filmed the Marino Star miscellaneous art show held in Piazzale degli Eroi.

At the Municipal Stadium, a soccer match was held between the titular team of SS Lazio and a representative group of local youths, which ended in a 10-0 win for the White and Sky Blues.

[45] In 2007, on Sunday, October 7, the eighty-third edition of the Sagra saw on the final evening a concert by Gigi d'Alessio in Piazza San Barnaba, at which a big screen was also mounted in Piazzale degli Eroi.

On Saturday, Oct. 4, a delegation from the Spanish twin town of Paterna was received at Palazzo Colonna;[46] the expense disclosed for the edition was around 70,000 euros,[47][48] and attendance on Sunday afternoon was calculated at 80,000 people.

[49][50] The mistake was widely reported in the national and even international press, so much so that the well-known British newspaper The Times devoted an article to the unusual episode:[51][52] A town where wine gushes from an ornate fountain in the main square is the ideal place to live for many people.

It featured Raimondo Todaro and Sara Santostasi in the roles of Marcantonio Colonna and Felice Orsini,[57] Mario Biondi and Max Giusti in the Saturday and Monday entertainment nights.

In recent years, the tone of the proclamation has been made more peaceful, avoiding remarking on the enormous losses inflicted on the Turkish enemy and the number of prisoners captured, who nevertheless still proudly stand, carved in peperino, tied to the fountain of the Four Moors.