What to expect
The public tastings are on Friday and Saturday at the Victoria Conference Centre on Douglas Street. Friday’s grand tasting is 7 to 9:30 p.m. On Saturday there’s an afternoon tasting from 3 to 5:30 p.m. and a grand tasting from 7 to 9:30 p.m.
Each tasting runs two and a half hours, with more than 400 wines from around the world, and you can walk in any time during the session. Seminars on Friday and Saturday are ticketed separately and run an hour each.
Tickets run $47 to $300 depending on the ticket, and the price includes the wine. It’s 19+ only, and the festival asks for two pieces of ID at the door.
The facts
- When
- Friday 6 to Saturday 7 NovemberFrom 7 p.m.
- Sessions
- Friday, November 6, 7 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.
- Saturday, November 7, 3 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.
- Saturday, November 7, 7 p.m. to 9:30 p.m.
- Cost
- $47 to $300depending on the ticket
- Booking
- Tickets online
- Suits
- 19+ only, two pieces of ID
- Where
- Victoria Conference Centre720 Douglas Street, Victoria
- Organiser
- Victoria International Wine Festival
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