Everything you need to know about the Liverpool Independent Wine Festival

Wine lovers unite! The Liverpool Independent Wine Festival makes its debut in the Baltic this Winter with wines from around the world.

How’s this for a pre-Christmas day or night out? The Liverpool Independent Wine Festival launches at the Baltic Warehouse on 9th and 10th November 2019. Bringing natural and vegan wines from around the world all under one roof. Throughout the weekend, festival-goers will be able to enjoy a vast range of wines plus live music from the fantastic Alan Cross, Speakeasy Bootleg Band and live DJ’s in the evening.

Alongside a range of top class wine, there’s a chance to learn more about your favourite tipple and broaden your knowledge of the industry with talks from the experts. Now, all that wine sipping will no doubt work up an appetite. The Baltic Warehouse will also be hosting a number of restaurant pop ups including Bitter Social and Maray, to further tickle your taste buds.

Festival organiser Jacob Hickey said, “The Liverpool wine scene has been on the rise for a couple of years, as has our independent bar scene. To marry these under one roof has been a dream of mine for a long time, and I’m excited to work alongside the businesses involved.

“As a local bar manager, I’m passionate about showing our guests where in our city they can drink their new favourite wines, as well as injecting even more fun into our local drinks scene.”

Here’s 5 things you need to know about The Liverpool Independent Wine Festival 2019…

1 – Where & When

The Liverpool Independent Wine Festival 2019 takes place on Saturday 9th and Sunday 10th November 2019 at the Great Baltic Warehouse, New Bird Street. Saturday opening times are 12pm – 11pm, Sunday opening times 12pm – 7pm.

2 – Tickets

Tickets cost £14 per person (plus booking fee) and include two drinks tokens. Tickets for Saturday are available here. Tickets for Sunday are available here.

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3 – How Does It Work

The festival will work on a token-basis, with each stall showcasing their best picks. Guests will be able to purchase tokens on arrival to exchange for 75ml samples of wine ‘priced’ from one token to three.

4 – One For The Road?

Found your new favourite vino? Want to take some home? There will be a shop on site, run by Liverpool’s greatest wine merchants, for event goers to buy the bottles they enjoyed during the day.

5 – Get Involved

To find out more and to get your tickets for The Liverpool Independent Wine Festival, head to the official event Facebook page here. For a sneak peek, follow @livindiewinefest on Instagram. Cheers!

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