The Oxford Wine Festival takes place August 23 to August 24. This special wine festival takes place in areas of the Oxford Union that include the courtyard, debating chamber and historic rooms.

The plans for the Oxford Wine Festival have the festival divided into different zones. Four of the zones include The English Wine Tasting Room, Emerging Regions, Old World Wines and New World Wines.

Events will include wine talks and tutored wine tastings led by wine writers, educators and merchants. Special master classes and wine tastings will be available but spaces are limited and an additional fee is required for masterclasses.

Master classes and wine tasting sessions include:

• Italian Masterclass
• Wine Blind Tasting by the authors of The Concise Guide to Wine and Blind Tasting
• Bordeaux Tasting
• The Top Swiss Wines with Alpine Wines
• Australian Masterclass
• Burgundy tasting with Flint Wines – SOLD OUT
• Madeira Wine Tasting
• Grand Cru Champagne Tasting
• Croatian Wine Tasting
• Red Squirrel Wines – “Well Known Countries, Unknown Regions.”
• Sherry Tasting
• Winety Boutique Wines- “The Best of France (in Chile)”
• English Wine
• Saint-Emilion Tasting
• California Tasting: The Wines of the Francis Ford Coppola Vineyard
• Georgian Wine Tasting with The Georgian Wine Society

The Oxford Wine Festival will donate funds to the local charities and ticket purchasers can choose from the selected list.

If you have an opportunity to attend the Oxford Wine Festival, try some of the wines that you may not have tried before. If you haven’t already done so sign up for the free Century Wine Club application.

Cheers!
Kathy