Wine festival

Wine festivals are special events that celebrate wine and the making of it. They usually happen after grapes are harvested, which in many places is in late September and through October. These festivals are found in many wine regions around the world and are similar to other harvest celebrations.

The ancient Egyptians honored the god Osiris with wine, but the earliest known wine festivals came from Greek celebrations for their wine god Dionysos. At these festivals, people enjoy drinking wine, watching grapes being pressed, eating local foods, and listening to music.

In culture

Grapes and the wine made from them are important in many cultures. They are not just tasty food or drinks but also have special meanings in many traditions and religions.

Competitions

Wine festivals often have fun competitions where people taste and judge different wines. Some famous competitions are the Oregon Wine Competition, the Concours Mondial de Bruxelles, the International Wine and Spirit Competition, and the Varsity blind wine tasting match. These events celebrate the skill and creativity of winemakers around the world.

Festivals

Wine festivals are special events that celebrate wine and the people who make it. They usually happen after the grapes are harvested, which in places like Europe is often in late September or October. These festivals have a long history, with some of the oldest ones linked to ancient gods like Dionysos from Greece.

Armenian festivals

• Areni Wine Festival
• Yerevan Wine Days

Australian festivals

• Barossa Vintage Festival
• Caxton Street Seafood and Wine Festival
• Grampians Grape Escape
• Kings Cross Food and Wine Festival
• Melbourne Food and Wine Festival

Brazilian festivals

• Festa do Vinho (Santa Catarina))
• Festa do Vinho de Andradas

Canadian festivals

• Cowichan Wine and Culinary Festival, British Columbia
• Niagara Grape and Wine Festival

German festivals

• Baden
  • Wine festival calendar Archived
• Hessische Bergstraße
  • Winzerfest, Groß-Umstadt
• Mosel
  • Moselfest, Winningen
  • Weinfest der Mittelmosel, Bernkastel-Kues
• Palatinate
  • Burg- und Weinfest, Wachenheim
  • Deidesheimer Weinkerwe, Deidesheim
  • Deutsches Weinlesefest, Neustadt
  • Dürkheimer Wurstmarkt, Bad Dürkheim
  • Eselshautfest, Mußbach
  • Fest des Federweißen, Landau
  • Kändelgassenfest, Großkarlbach
  • Mandelblütenfest, Gimmeldingen
  • Stadtmauerfest, Freinsheim
• Rheingau
  • Rheingauer Weinwoche, Wiesbaden
• Rheinhessen
  • Weinmarkt Mainz, Mainz
  • Backfischfest, Worms
• Saxony
  • Herbst- und Weinfest, Radebeul
• Württemberg
  • Fellbacher Herbst, Fellbach
  • Stuttgarter Weindorf, Stuttgart

French festivals

• Beaujolais Nouveau
• Bordeaux Wine Festival, Bordeaux, France

Hungarian festivals

• Badacsony Wine Weeks, Badacsonytomaj
• Balatonboglár Grape Harvest Days, Balatonboglár
• Balatonfüred Wine Weeks, Balatonfüred
• BorZsongás, wine festival of Villány
• Budapest International Wine Festival, Budapest
• Budavári Borfesztivál, Budapest
• Eger Grape Harvest Festival, Eger
• Eger Star Wine Festival (Egri Csillag Borfesztivál), Eger
• Etyek Cellar Festival, Etyek
• Gourmet Festival, Budapest
• Grape Harvest Festival of Tokaj-Hegyalja, Tokaj
• Győr Wine Days, Győr
• Pannonhalma Wine Region Cellar Festival, Pannonhalma
• Rosé Riesling and Jazz Days, Veszprém
• Sopron Grape Harvest Days, Sopron
• Szekszárd Grape Harvest Festival, Szekszárd
• Tihany Grape Harvest Days, Tihany
• Tokaj Wine Festival, Tokaj
• Villány Grape Harvest Festival, Villány
• VinAgora, Budapest
• Wine Festival of Balaton's wines, Budapest

United States festivals

• Beaujolais Wine Festival, Dallas, Texas
• Boston Wine Festival, Massachusetts
• Cleveland Wine festival, Cleveland, Ohio
• Food Network South Beach Wine and Food Festival, Miami Beach, Florida
• French Quarter Wine Festival, New Orleans, Louisiana
• Hilton Head Island Wine and Food Festival, one of the oldest in the US
• Keystone Wine and Jazz Festival, Keystone, Colorado
• Maryland Wine Festival, Maryland
• Naples Grape Festival, Naples, New York
• North Carolina Wine Festival
• Paso Robles Wine Festival, California
• San Diego Bay Wine & Food Festival, California
• Simply Wine Festival, California
• Oregon Wine Experience, Oregon
• Tallahassee Wine and Food Festival, Florida
• Temecula Valley Balloon & Wine Festival, California
• Vendemmia Festival Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
• Vendemmia Festival Societa' DaVinci, Wilmington, Delaware

Argentinian festivals

• Fiesta Nacional de la Vendimia, Mendoza City, Argentina
• Médanos, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Other festivals

• Feria Nacional de San Marcos, Aguascalientes, Mexico
• Festival of Wine, United Kingdom
• Haro Wine Festival, Haro, Spain
• Port Wine Fest, Vila Nova de Gaia, Portugal
• Qormi Wine Festival, Malta
• Vendemmia Festival Sicily, Sicily, Italy
• Vineyard Harvest of Surco, Santiago de Surco, Peru
• Wine Festival of Cyprus, Limassol, Republic of Cyprus
• Zielona Góra Wine Fest, Poland