Marlborough’s best day out! The Marlborough Wine & Food Festival is New Zealand's longest-running wine and food festival held annually on the second Saturday of February.

Showcasing excellence, provenance and promoting diversity of wines grown in New Zealand’s largest wine region.

2026 DATES
Entries Open - Thursday 25 August
Entries Close - Wednesday 16 September
Wine Samples due - Friday 9 October
Judging - 21-23 October
Results Notified - 29 October
Celebration & Trophy Presentation - TBC

Celebrate Marlborough Wines and the people behind them as we announce all the trophy winners from the Marlborough Wine Show.

Learn more and find tickets: https://www.marlboroughwineshow.com/celebration

Recognising that great wines begin in the vineyard, the Young Viticulturist of the Year competition celebrates the future of viticulture.

More information: https://www.nzwine.com/en/initiativesevents/youngvit/

Celebrated on the first Friday in May #SauvBlancDay is a global, social media wine tasting digitally connecting SB lovers around the world with Marlborough.

For emerging winemakers, the Tonnellerie de Mercurey Young Winemaker of the Year Competition is an opportunity for ambitious young people become future leaders.

More information:

https://www.nzwine.com/en/initiativesevents/youngwinemaker/