Top wine festivals you should consider visiting in 2022

Until the end of 2021, there’s time to decide which of the best wine festivals to visit next year. There are fewer and fewer restrictions for visiting any events and venues, and with a Covid-19 green pass, it’s possible travel everywhere. The long and tedious quarantines are finally history, so wine festivals would be the perfect combination of relaxation, having fun, and tasting some of the glorious wines they present. 

A wine festival is a better option than any other type of event since it provides a delightful mixture of parades, music, culinary delights, socializing experiences, and a sip of some of the outstanding wines from the best wineries in the entire world.

Visiting a wine festival alone or with friends, it’s always exciting, so from local brands to top-rated wineries, here is a list of wine festivals from various countries that will make the visit a memorable one. 

Saint-Vincent Tournante Festival

Let’s start with France, one of the best wine countries in the entire world. The 78th edition of the phenomenal Saint-Vincent Tournante festival takes place on January 29th and 30th, 2022, in three sites, Corpeau, Blagny, and Puligny-Montrachet. All three areas are filled with natural beauties that will take the breath away.

The 2022 edition will be created around the theme of four different elements, those being earth, water, fire, and air. Honoring the diversity and complementarity of their terroirs, the Saint-Vincent Tournante activities can be visited even if someone doesn’t like to taste any wine, but that isn’t the point, right? It’s possible to purchase a tasting kit for only 20 euros, and it’s a greatly enjoyable festival since the festivities and decorations have been prepared by their volunteers for three years. By the way, there will be a Mystery vintage that no one knows what it is, so Rendez-Vous on the 29th and 30th of January next year to have a sip of the secret wine.

Bordeaux Wine Festival

For those who already have planned their activities for January, a great idea is planning ahead now for a visit to the famous Bordeaux Wine Festival. A wine enthusiasts can immerge themselves into the glorious vineyards comprising some of the most prestigious wines worldwide. The 2022 event will be held from June 23rd to 26th, and it definitely shouldn’t be missed.

If you buy a wine tasting pass before June 14th, the price is only 16 euros, and you will get one glass of wine and 13 tastings of 5ml in the pavilions. You will also have the chance to walk through the historical streets of the amazing Bordeaux, where along the Garonne River, there will be a tasting road of two kilometers. Having more than 80 different magnificent wine appellations from the legendary Bordeaux and Aquitaine regions speaks for itself.

To make the experience even more glorious, every night starting at 23h, every visitor will be fascinated by the projected images and resonant sounds displaying the incredible wine universe over the Palais de la Bourse from the 18th century.

Bardolino Wine Festival

Almost everything you see in Italy has some fantastic tale of history and gives exciting chills while walking through its cities. The same goes for Bardolino, which is a small town located in the region Veneto, about 130 km west of Venice, that organizes the impressive Bardolino Wine Festival. This location also gives you the chance to visit Venice while you are there, but first, you can have a wonderful experience tasting the wines of the festival.

Its original name is ‘’Festa dell’Uva e del Vino,’’ and it was born back in 1929 in order to celebrate harvest and wine. The two main reasons why you should visit this wine festival are their mix of food and beverage, music, colors, shows, and local handicrafts. The second and main reason, of course, it’s the wine that you will taste while visiting this warm and welcoming place.

A nice piece of advice would be to click here and have a thrilling opportunity to taste some of the most glorious Italian wines you can see on 8Wines, and prepare yourself for your amazing trip to the Bardolino Wine Festival that will happen from October 1st to 4th, 2022.

Santa Barbara Wine + Food Festival

Santa Barbara is located in California, and California is considered the best wine-producing region in the world by many wine experts. It is also a magnificent place for your next vacation that you can combine with the Santa Barbara Wine + Food Festival that will be held on June 25th next year. What is even more exciting is that this wine festival takes place at the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History.

You can experience a splendid summer in the Museum’s oak woodland to sip and savor more than 100 wines from some of the best Central Coast wines that the festival has to offer. Also, the mix of culinary delights and wine makes the visiting experience even more delightful. The general admission price is $110, and if you fancy an earlier arrival one hour before everyone else, you can purchase an exclusive early entry for $160. Both admissions provide a tasting of more than 100 wines that will make you want to come back again next year. Drinking wine of any kind is always pleasurable, but drinking wine in California makes the visiting journey even more spectacular.

San Mateo Festival – Rioja Wine Harvest Festivity

The 2022 San Mateo Festival of wine will be held in Logrono, a historic city that is the capital of the province of La Rioja, and it was an old settlement firstly of the Romans. Next year’s glorious wines you can taste from September 21st to 25th, and it is a great wine festival to visit after your summer vacation in Spain to end on a high note.

It is part of the traditional ‘’Fiestas de San Mateo’’ that dates back to the 12th century. The region of La Rioja is synonymous with wine, and some of the festival’s classic activities include parades, music, gastronomic events, and stomping grapes as one of the oldest traditions. You will have an experience filled with tasting beautiful wines and a feeling of an electrifying atmosphere since this town held a strategic point through history that helped to become one of the leading centers of commerce.

Stuttgart Wine Festival

Believe it or not, Germany has around 1,250 wine festivals, and it is a known fact that Germans like to attend boisterous parties, especially when they are held in public. They are experts when it comes to beer also, and in the wine world, Germany is right after some of the leading countries worldwide. This reason is one more argument to attend the Stuttgart Wine Festival in 2022, which will be held from August 24th to September 4th.

This wine festival will provide you with an astonishing atmosphere, the taste of many glorious wines, and it has an enormous quantity of visitors from all over the world. It is held outdoors, and since it happens at the end of August, the weather is perfect; it is not too cold or too hot, but anyway, the taste of wine will warm your body and soul from the first sip.

You will have the chance to try almost 250 locally produced wines of various types, and when you mix some of them with the delicious German food, you will put Stuttgart on your traveling list forever.

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