Vancouver International Wine Festival

Vancouver International Wine Festival ranks 4th on the list of Best Annual Events in Vancouver. The Vancouver International Wine Festival, Canada's premier food and wine event, serves three purposes: to provide an informative, educational, and entertaining wine experience for the general public and trade; to be a premier marketing opportunity for the wine industry and festival partners; and to raise funds for the Bard on the Beach Theatre Society. The festival is scheduled for April 24-30, 2023.

VanWineFest is Canada's premier wine event, and it is widely regarded as the best wine event in North America. It is one of the world's largest and oldest wine events, with 25,000 admissions and a history of 43 years. "The Wine World is Here," it proclaims. For the seventh year in a row, New York's BizBash named it the "#1 Food, Wine & Hospitality Event in Canada." Trade Days, which will take place on May 19 and 20, 2022, is one of the festival's ten events.

The Tasting Room is the heart of the festival, where the general public can sample 750 wines at four International Festival Tastings and industry professionals can sample those plus an additional 160 wines at two Trade Tastings. The tasting room is surrounded by 45 special events (seminars, vintage tastings, winery dinners, lunches, brunches, wine minglers, and more) where 550 other wines are served. The festival in 2020 featured wines from 16 different countries. Every year, a different region or country is highlighted; the featured region has its own section in the tasting room and offers thematic seminars as well as food and wine pairings throughout the week. The festival will honor French wines in 2020.

Address: 1055 Canada Place, Vancouver, BC V6C 0C3
Website: vanwinefest.ca