Torrey DeVitto heads into Italy on Hallmark Channel in Toast to Italy, which premieres on Saturday, August 1. The film opens Hallmark Channel’s 25th birthday celebration with a romance built around a search for a special bottle of wine.
Jenny’s wine search
DeVitto plays Jenny, who travels to Italy to find a special bottle of wine for her sister’s wedding. That setup gives the movie a practical deadline right away: the bottle is not just a keepsake, it is tied to a family event, and the story leans on that pressure rather than treating the trip as a simple getaway.
Jenny also meets Arrigo, who is looking for the famous Love Wine. Their search becomes the engine of the film, and the premise turns the hunt for a bottle into a shared path that leads to a love of their own. It is a clean Hallmark Channel formula, but the wine quest gives the setup a more specific hook than a standard meet-cute.
Will Kemp and Torrey DeVitto
Will Kemp stars alongside DeVitto, with Raul Sanchez Inglis writing and Michael Robison directing. The names matter because this is not a one-off title dropped into the schedule; it is a new Hallmark Channel film built by a familiar production team around a self-contained story that can carry a premiere night on its own.
The movie also blends family, adventure, love, and a special vintage, which keeps it from leaning only on romance. That mix matters here because Jenny is not chasing a fantasy for its own sake; she is trying to solve a family need while the story keeps pushing her toward Arrigo and the Love Wine.
Hallmark Channel’s 25th birthday
August 4 adds the bigger programming move. A special celebration in NYC is scheduled to be live streamed, extending the birthday rollout beyond the premiere night and giving viewers a second entry point into the anniversary event.
For viewers, the practical choice is simple: watch Toast to Italy on Saturday, August 1, then treat August 4 as the follow-up event if they want to stay inside the birthday programming. Hallmark Channel is using the film to launch the celebration, and DeVitto’s Jenny gives that rollout a story with a clear personal stake rather than a generic holiday label.
