Raising a Glass to our Partners (and $280,000 for Bard) At the opening night of Much Ado About Nothing last week, the vice-chair of the Vancouver International Wine Festival board, Mark Hicken, [...]

UNTIL WEDNESDAY, MAY 31, 2017 Apply Online The 40th Vancouver International Wine Festival, Canada’s premier trade and consumer wine show, takes place February 24 to March 4, 2018. This is [...]

We celebrated Canada’s 150th birthday in style at the 2017 festival, with the largest representation of Canadian wineries ever at an international wine show. It was our 39th year of pairing [...]

Download pdf 40th Vancouver International Wine Festival – February 24-March 4, 2018 VIWF by the numbers (* indicates 2017 data) 40th annual (founded 1979) 8 days (Bacchanalia Gala, Feb 24; [...]

The 2017 Vancouver International Wine Festival came to a close on Sunday, February 19, after eight glorious days of wine and food. This year, 180 wineries from 16 countries participated in 54 [...]

CELEBRATING EXCELLENCE: VIWF ANNOUNCES 2017 TRADE COMPETITION WINNERS Spirited Industry Professional, Sommelier of the Year, Wine Program Excellence Awards Vancouver, BC (February 17, 2017) – The [...]

The festival app is now available for download in the App Store and Google Play Store. Search for VanWineFest. You’ll get details on all wines served at winery tables (180 wineries, ~780 [...]

The doors open tonight on the first of four International Festival Tastings, the heart of the Vancouver International Wine Festival. Tickets are still available for Friday evening and the [...]

Wine lovers rejoice! 39th VanWineFest serves up 82,000 wine glasses; 42,000 bottles of wine Vancouver, BC (February 15, 2017) – It’s a bad week for dishwashers but a great week for wine lovers. [...]

VanWineFest is now in full swing – half-way through festival week – but the main event is being set up right now! The Tasting Room is home to four International Festival Tastings and [...]