15+ fantastic wine festivals in Melbourne and around Victoria in 2025

Fill your diary with these wonderful wine festivals in Melbourne and Victoria in 2025!

While we love a chilled day of cellar door hopping, wine festivals are a great way to try more wines in less time. Typically featuring dozens of producers and potentially hundreds of wines, often with a regional or varietal focus, all in one location, it’s a recipe for a great day out. And with ticket prices often well under $100 with unlimited tastings included, it works out as pretty good value compared to attending multiple cellar door tastings. Plus, you may have the chance to try wines from further afield thanks to international importers or interstate wineries attending.

Melbourne and Victoria have a bunch of long-running wine festivals, several of which have already announced dates for 2025. Whether you want to explore a new region on a weekend escape, delve into prosecco or pinot noir, or sample gastronomical delights with a good dose of vino, you’re sure to find something that appeals.

Read on for a list of all the wine festivals in Melbourne and around Victoria to fill your diary this year.

January

We all need a breather after the festive season 😉

February wine festivals in Melbourne

Saturday 15th February 2025: PULP: The People’s Wine Show at Collingwood Yards celebrates innovation and diversity from Yarra Valley producers. Taste unique small-batch wines, chat to the makers, and vote for your favourite drops to crown winners in six categories all chosen by the people.

Saturday 22nd February 2025: The Prosecco Festival at Abbotsford Convent will feature more than 50 proseccos from Italian and local producers. Kick back on the lawn with a glass of your favourite to wash down delicious Italian dishes like arancini and cannoli from the range of food vendors.

March wine festivals in Melbourne and regional Victoria

Saturday 1st March 2025: Wine & Cheese Fest returns to The Timber Yard, Port Melbourne to celebrate the most perfect pair of drinks and snacks. For over a decade, they’ve been bringing together local wineries, cheese makers and artisan producers for a day of tastings and masterclasses.

Friday 7th March to Sunday 9th March 2025: Tastes of Rutherglen invites you for a long weekend of cellar door hopping. Explore the north-eastern region with shuttle buses to take you between wineries and a range of special events.

Saturday 8th March 2025: Swan Hill Region Food & Wine Festival features tastings, live music and even a grape stomp. Make a weekend of it with a twilight cruise on the Murray River on Friday evening and a culinary trail called Swan Hill Dine & Find on Sunday.

Friday 21st to Sunday 30th March 2025: Melbourne Food & Wine Festival presents events with incredible local and global chefs. Browse the program for a range of unique experiences, from one-off dinners with matched wines to a chance to make your own wines at Melbourne Winery.

April wine festival in Victoria

Saturday 26th April 2025: Tastes of the Goulburn brings Station Street in Seymour alive with wine and beer tastings plus chef demos, food trucks and more. Enjoy an autumn day sampling the offerings from local Goulburn Valley producers.

May wine festivals in Melbourne and Victoria

Friday 2nd to Sunday 4th May 2025: Grampians Grape Escape celebrates Western Victoria’s finest wine, food and music in the heart of a national park. Head out for a weekend in the stunning scenery of Gariwerd and enjoy tastings from the Grampians, Henty and Pyrenees regions along with masterclasses, cooking demos and more.

Friday 30th May to Sunday 1st June 2025: Good Food and Wine Show Melbourne at Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre brings together delicious eats and drinks from around the nation. You’ll need your stretchy pants on to explore over 300 exhibitors.

June

Nothing yet!

July wine festival near Melbourne

2025 dates TBC: the Fireside Festival by Wine Yarra Valley curates a bunch of cosy winter events over two weeks, spanning the cellar doors of the valley.

August

Nothing yet!

September wine festival in Melbourne

2025 dates TBC: Le Grape Escape by So Frenchy So Chic in St Kilda partners with French wine importers to give you an opportunity to taste wines from France’s best wine regions.

October wine festivals in Victoria

2025 dates TBC: Heathcote Wine & Food Festival fills the Heathcote Showgrounds. Sample new release wines and recent award winners from dozens of local winemakers.

2025 dates TBC: Toast to the Coast by Wine Geelong brings together cool-climate wines from the Moorabool Valley, Surf Coast, and Bellarine Peninsula. A handful of distilleries and breweries join wineries from the area.

2025 dates TBC: Shedfest by Yarra Valley Smaller Wineries is a chance to visit family-run venues with food and activities available at all of them.

November wine festivals in and around Melbourne

2025 dates TBC: Pinot Palooza hits the Royal Exhibition Building for a weekend with pinot noir producers from across Australia and New Zealand. Last year’s event featured an enormous 220+ wines to taste.

2025 dates TBC: Budburst Macedon Ranges Wine Festival is a once-a-year chance to meet the family-owned and small-batch makers with shuttle buses to more than 20 wineries.

2025 dates TBC: VineHop on the Mornington Peninsula spans several venues, with a festival hub plus several wineries that you can access via various transport options. Taste drinks from craft producers and enjoy festival vibes and entertainment.

December

Nothing yet!

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