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A massive wine and fizz festival is coming to Manchester

Three hours to sample as much wine as you like, for just £15 a ticket

Georgina Pellant Georgina Pellant - 5th October 2022

A huge wine and fizz festival will land in Manchester this weekend, bringing over 100 different styles of vino to one of the city’s most iconic venues.

Taking over the newly-reopened New Century concert hall at NOMA, for just £15 a ticket wine lovers can spend three hours sampling as much (or as little) wine and fizz as they like.

With a fine selection of new and old world wines, natural and biodynamic varieties, and some of the city’s best and brightest wine experts on hand to tell you more (if you so wish), it sounds like a veritable wine lover’s paradise.

Image: The Manc Eats
Image: The Manc Eats

Celebrating local independent retailers from the north west, the ticket doesn’t just cover unlimited wine sampling opportunities either.

As part of the £15 ticket price, some wine retailers will be serving up specially matched grazing food. You’ll also be able to take part in tutored tastings, flower arranging and painting sessions, peruse market stalls, grab a glass at the wine bar and enjoy live music throughout.

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Wine retailers confirmed as taking part include Cork of the North, Pretwich favourite Grape to Grain, Italy Abroad, That Wine Cellar, Sip Wine Bar, Northern Quarter newcomer Ad-Hoc, Central Wines, Ancoats lockdown favourite Le-Social, MFDF award nominee Suppher and UkiYo Republic.

There’ll also be market stalls from some of the most exciting independent foodie favourites around including Ancoats Coffee, Mello.Haus, Trafford Horticulture, MFDF Award-winner Dormouse Chocolates and celebrated local artist Caroline Dowsett.

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Read more: A natural wine truck has parked up in Manchester city centre

Taking place across Friday 7 (6-9pm) and Saturday 8 October (2-5pm and 6-9pm), there are three different three-hour sessions available to book.

Tickets are available to buy in advance here and will also be available on the door on the day.

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Image: Supplied
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You can find the full free wine masterclass schedule below:

Friday 7 October

6pm-9pm 

Bah FloralsFlower Arranging Workshop
Join local florist Bah Florals to create some beautiful bouquets for you to take home and enjoy! 

6:30pm-7:00pm
Cork Of The NorthTutored Wine Tasting
Taste through a selection of tip-top wines, with expert commentary from Cork of the North’s head honcho Marc Hough. Cork of the North’s award winning wine tastings are relaxed and informal, and are just as entertaining as they are educational’. 

7:30pm-8:00pm

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Italy Abroad – ‘Extreme Italian wines”

There isn’t a universally accepted definition of extreme wines but these could be defined as “heroic” wines, wines obtained thanks to the fatigue, the sweat, the persistence of small, passionate winemakers, produced in little knows, geographically impervious areas, tiny patches of land retaken from the mountains, in between rocks, or the sea’.

Saturday 8 October

2pm-5pm and 6pm-9pm 

Cork and Canvas: Painting Workshop
Popup ‘sip and paint’ providers Cork and Canvas
Cork and Canvas will be bringing their paints and brushes for you to learn how to paint the perfect sunset whilst enjoying beautiful wines. What could be better?

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2:30-3:00pm
Cork Of The North – ‘Taste through a selection of tip-top wines, with expert commentary from Cork of the North’s head honcho Marc Hough. Cork of the North’s award-winning wine tastings are relaxed and informal, and are just as entertaining as they are educational’. 

6:30pm-7:00pm

Italy Abroad – ‘Shades of Montepulciano. Montepulciano is a fantastic grape, the dream grape of every winemaker, it has all it is needed to make great wines, still it is often the cheapest wine on the shelf; it lacks the reputation it deserves. The Montepulciano grape is grown in the centre of Italy and it is the main grape of the Montepulciano d’Abruzzo DOC and DOCG Colline Teramane, because of its characteristics it is used in many blends and appellations’.

Feature image – Supplied / The Manc Eats