The Fabulous Vancouver International Wine Festival - the Taylor Swift ticket of wine events - UPDATED winery dinner tickets - available Jan 3rd; tastings on sale now!

UPDATED - Vancouver International Wine Festival dinner tickets go on sale Wednesday January 3, 2024 - don't delay! MANY SOLD OUT!

Wine Barbarian Bill Tieleman at the Penfolds
wine dinner in 2022 with Penfolds Senior
Brand Representative David Nicolls   

One of the best features of the fabulous Vancouver International Wine Festival is the wine dinners - where a great winery and a great Vancouver restaurant combine forces for a fantastic dinner pairing wines and food! 

And every single year every wine dinner sells out! Fast! 

So when VIWF winery dinners go on sale Wednesday January 3 at 9:30 a.m., consider them to be the Taylor Swift tickets of the Wine Festival!

And with Italy as the VIWF focus region, you just know there will be great Italian wine dinners - and there are! 

Check the wine dinners website page and get your credit card out! For your convenience, here are the links to the VIWF wine dinners: 

UPDATE - Many of the dinners are already SOLD OUT as of Friday January 5 at 11 a.m. - see below - hurry, hurry! 

2024 Winery Dinners

Saturday, February 24 Bacchanalia Gala Dinner + Auction Fairmont Hotel Vancouver $600 Monday, February 26 House of Puglia  SOLD OUT Riley’s Fish & Steak $175   A Night with Robert Mondavi SOLD OUT Boulevard Kitchen & Oyster Bar $225   Tuesday, February 27   Capturing Time in a Bottle SOLD OUT Bacchus Restaurant $225    Dine with Inama  SOLD OUT CinCin Ristorante + Bar $225   Frescobaldi: A Tuscan Dynasty SOLD OUT The Vancouver Club $225 Gérard Bertrand’s Languedoc The Keg Steakhouse + Bar $145   A Taste of Ruffino SOLD OUT The Roof at Black + Blue $225

Wednesday, February 28 32 Generations in Chianti GOING FAST Italian Kitchen $175   Carpineto: Explore Tuscany SOLD OUT La Terrazza $225   Ciao, Piemonte! SOLD OUT Giardino $225   A Family Tradition of Excellence Provence Marinaside $225   Gusto d’Italia La Piazza Dario Ristorante Italiano $175   Life’s a Masquerade The One Sixty Wine Bar & Cafe $145   Serata Italiana con Stile SOLD OUT Carlino $225   La Vita è Bella!  SOLD OUT Cioppino’s Mediterranean Grill & Enoteca $225

And here's the schedule for remaining tickets to go on sale:

Upcoming ticket on-sale dates:

• Winery dinners go on sale Wednesday, January 3 at 9:30 a.m. 
• All remaining public events go on sale Wednesday, January 10 at 9:30 a.m.
• Trade Days events go on sale Wednesday, January 17 at 9:30 a.m.

Tickets are currently on sale for the four International Festival Tastings, the Super Passand Trade Days Pass, and the Bacchanalia Gala Dinner + Auction, presented by National Bank Private Banking 1859.