Great Wine Capitals

Bingen Winegrowers’ Festival
2026-08-28 - 2026-09-07
Eleven-day wine festival featuring local wines, daily live music, fireworks, a wine parade, tastings, regional food, and a fairground along the Rhine.

Port Wine Day
2026-09-10 10:00 - 19:00 UTC
To celebrate Port Wine Day, the Institute of Douro and Port Wines (IVDP, IP) is opening the doors of its historic building, right in the heart of Porto, for an Open Day of free experiences, designed for those who love to discover, taste, and feel the very best Portugal has to offer.
From 10:00 AM to 7:00 PM, the IVDP, IP will transform into a meeting point between tradition and modernity, in a relaxed atmosphere open to everyone — the curious, wine lovers, or simply urban explorers.

Aotearoa Chardonnay Symposium
2026-09-17 08:00 - 2026-09-18 17:00

Wine & Sparkling Wine Terrace at the Alzey Winemakers’ Festival
2026-09-18 - 2026-09-22
Five-day city-wide wine festival featuring selected regional wines, live music, and food, with the wine and sparkling wine terrace as the central tasting area.

Ingelheim Red Wine Festival
2026-09-26 - 2026-10-04
Nine-day wine festival showcasing Ingelheim’s red wines, live music, regional food, and tastings in the historic setting of the Burgkirche.

Destinations Vignobles 2026
2026-10-06 - 2026-10-07
Created in 2004, “Destination Vignobles” is organized by the French Tourism Development Agency Atout France every two years in autumn in a different vineyard of France. For its 11th edition, the event comes to Cognac on October 2026, 6th and 7th.
“Destination Vignobles” is a professional event that aims at promoting France and its vineyards to foreign buyers.
It is one of the many promotional actions that are led by Atout France to help market wine tourism in France.
This event dedicated to wine tourism is one of a kind in France.
On the program: 1,5 days of face-to-face* appointments between the French industry professionals and international tour operators, most of them European.
For several years now, the offer has been enriched by new investments in visits and accommodation, as well as a greater number of destinations awarded the “Vignobles & Découvertes” label, improving the quality of the experience offered to visitors and increasing economic spin-offs.
In 2026, Atout France will be offering a rich program of meetings and experiences to help realize the significant growth potential of this industry, which fully embodies France’s sustainable tourism ambitions.
Inscription for Tour Operators will open in June 2026.

Royal Adelaide Wine Show
2026-10-09

Festival of Young Wine
2026-10-09 - 2026-10-12
Four-day wine festival in the historic old town featuring young wines, Federweißer, tastings from local wineries, regional tapas, and live music.

Great Wine Capitals Annual Conference and AGM
2026-10-18 - 2026-10-22
Join us for the 26th Annual Great Wine Capitals Conference and AGM in Hawke’s Bay in 2026. Registrations open now!

FINE Italy: The B2B Marketplace Dedicated to Wine Tourism Development
2026-10-27 - 2026-10-28
On 27 and 28 October 2026, FINE #WineTourism Marketplace Italy returns to Riva del Garda—the leading B2B event for those looking to turn wine tourism into a concrete business opportunity. A unique format based on targeted matching between top-tier wineries and the best international buyers.

Taste Hastings
2026-11-06 17:00 - 21:00
Get ready for Hastings’ street party of epic proportions! Taste Hastings is back for another epic evening of wine, food, and live music right in the central city.
Over 20 Hawke’s Bay wineries will be popping up along Heretaunga Street East, serving a huge variety of wines to taste and enjoy. Add in food trucks, live music, a DJ, and the laid-back vibes of the street lounge, and you’ve got the recipe for a perfect night out.

Harvest Hawke's Bay
2026-11-21 11:00 - 17:00
A selection of the Hawke’s Bay’s best wineries and eateries will offer festival goers the opportunity to sample some of the region’s finest wine matched with food produced by some of the region’s award winning chefs using locally sourced ingredients. All set against the background of live entertainment playing throughout the day from three local entertainers.

VINITECH-SIFEL
2026-12-01 - 2026-12-03
Vinitech-Sifel is the global benchmark trade show for the wine, arboriculture, fruit, and vegetable sectors. Bringing together in Bordeaux (France) several hundred exhibitors and a comprehensive program of conferences, the event provides a prime platform for discovering the latest innovations, exploring new solutions, and connecting with key industry players.
Held in a context of rapidly evolving agricultural challenges, this biennial meeting brings professionals together around the sector’s essential issues and highlights technological advancements and promising opportunities for the future.

Barossa Vintage Festival
2027-04-01

11th International Masters of Wine Symposium
2027-04-15 - 2027-04-18
