April 22-30, 2023
2023 Vancouver International Wine Festival
Various locations, Vancouver, B.C.
Tickets: $45-$575 depending on event
Super Pass: $490
International Festival Tastings, Vancouver Convention & Exhibition Centre West
Thursday, April 27, 7:00 p.m.-10:00 p.m.: $115
Friday, April 28, 7:00 p.m.-10:00 p.m.: $125
Saturday, April 29, 2:30 p.m.-5:00 p.m.: $115
Saturday, April 29, 7:00 p.m.-10:00 p.m.: $135
2023 Gala Details Bacchanalia Gala Dinner + Auction
Saturday, April 22
The Fairmont Hotel Vancouver, 900 West Georgia Street
6:00 p.m.-11:00 p.m.
Tickets: $575
Over 1,450+ wines, 148 wineries, 17 countries, 25 venues, 57 events, 9 days, 25,000+ attendees
The Vancouver International Wine Festival, Canada’s premier food & wine event, has three mandates: to provide an informative, educational and entertaining wine experience for 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 2023 festival is scheduled for April 22-30.
VanWineFest is Canada’s premier wine show and widely considered to be the best wine event in North America. With ~18,000 admissions and at 44 years of age, it is one of the biggest and oldest wine events in the world. Its slogan is “The Wine World is Here”. It has been voted the “#1 Food, Wine & Hospitality Event in Canada” for eight years running by New York’s BizBash. Trade Days, which runs April 26-28 in 2023, comprises ~10 of the festival’s ~36 events.
The heart of the festival is the Tasting Room, where the public can choose from ~800 wines at four International Festival Tastings, and industry professionals can sample those at two Trade Tastings. There are ~30 special events that orbit the tasting room (seminars, vintage tastings, winery dinners, lunches, brunches, wine minglers and more) at which ~550 other wines are served.
The 2023 festival will feature wines from 17 countries. There is a focus on a different region or country every year the featured region has its own section in the tasting room and offers thematic seminars and food and wine pairings throughout the week. In 2023, the festival will celebrate wines from South America.
VanWineFest attracts some of the biggest industry names from around the world and is firmly established as the continent’s premier wine event and among the biggest, best and oldest wine events in the world. It features wine tastings and pairings, gourmet dinners and luncheons, educational seminars and culinary competitions.
This is a rare opportunity to meet owners, winemakers and senior representatives from wineries around the globe. For either the experienced wine lover or the novice, the festival has something to please every palate and pocketbook.
The festival is produced by the Vancouver International Wine Festival Society, which has three mandates: provide an informative, educational and entertaining wine experience for public and trade be a premier marketing opportunity for the wine industry and festival partners and raise funds for the Bard on the Beach Theatre Society. Since inception in 1979, the festival has raised $9.2 million for the performing arts. The festival is made possible through the gracious support of our participating countries’ consulates and embassies.
