2025 Trade: Trade Tasting FRI

Individual tickets available on Wednesday, January 22 at 9:30 a.m.

The Trade Tasting, presented by ContainerWorld, is the best opportunity to explore the Tasting Room with your industry peers. This is a fantastic opportunity to meet wine producers from around the world, to taste rare wines, and perhaps to discover the next big thing in the industry. 

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West Coast U.S. Wines
In 2025, the festival is turning the spotlight on the United States, with 50 wineries from California, Oregon, and Washington travelling north to share their wines and their stories. From Sonoma to Santa Barbara, Walla Walla to Willamette, West Coast U.S. wines reflect the terroir and climate of each distinct region, from sun-drenched valleys to the cooler coast. Take a wine journey along the West Coast in a special section of the Tasting Room.

BCLIQUOR Festival Wine Shop
Free bottle check and wine delivery
All wines served at the winery tables are available for purchase at the BCLIQUOR Festival Wine Shop in the Tasting Room, but some are in VERY limited supply. When you discover a wine that you want to enjoy at home, don’t wait until the end of the session to buy it as it might be sold out – put it in the handy bottle check, and then continue your tasting session. Repeat as necessary. When you’re ready to leave, check out your wines. And if you live in British Columbia, whether you’ve bought one bottle or several cases, your wine can be shipped free of charge to your nearest BCLIQUOR store. Very convenient!

Please note: the entrance to the Festival Wine Shop is in the Tasting Room and is only accessible to International Festival Tasting ticketholders during their tasting session.

Words to the wise
This is a wine tasting, not a food event. Be sure to have a meal before you arrive. That said, food samples are available to enhance your tasting experience.

Pace yourself. Have a game plan – you can’t taste every wine in the room. And don’t swallow everything that’s poured into your glass. Have a taste and then make use of the spit buckets at every table, by spitting or pouring out the rest. And if you do want to taste a lot of wines, we offer four tasting sessions over three days, so repeat as necessary!

Please don’t wear fragrance! All the noses and palates in the room will thank you.

Must be 19 or older (No Minors) to attend Vancouver International Wine Festival events. Two pieces of ID (one containing photo & birthdate) are required. Infants and children are not permitted.

Don’t Wine and Drive!
Don’t even think about bringing your car or bike.

• Take transit. BCLIQUOR offers a free transit ticket at their Get Home Safe booth in the onsite Festival Wine Shop.
• Assign a designated driver
• Take a cab or limo
• Walk