Riga Wine & Champagne festival is the largest and most decadent celebration of champagne, fine wine and food in the Baltic countries! Our mission is to spread the message of all things gourmet, while forming the reputation of Riga as the tastiest Baltic capital.

Since our foundation in 2012 (with a remarkable Peter Liem’s champagne masterclass) we have created numerous world-class tastings, masterclasses and dinners. We have established Latvia’s first competition of world wines judged by an international Jury headed by Michael Schuster & Andrew Jefford, and initiated the most anticipated tastings like Bubble Parade and TOP 100 Wines + Chefs.

Our annual Wine of the Year guide awarding Bronze, Silver and Gold medals to world wines imported in Latvia has become the most sought-after guide for Latvia’s wine lovers. In 2018 we also created the Baltic Wine & Drinks Awards - in association with Liebherr the Awards showcase the best and most wine-lover friendly restaurants and bars, the best wine lists of Riga, Vilnius, Tallinn. In 2024 we kicked-off our non-wine adventure Riga Whisky & Friends Festival – its inaugural edition took place in Riga Circus!

Riga Wine & Champagne festival welcomes around 2500 foodies & wine lovers every year.

We are very proud of the fact that some of the world’s most notable authors, experts and producers have visited Riga and are eager to visit us again: Peter Liem (champagneguide.net), Michael Schuster, Andrew Jefford, Ian d’Agata, Richard Juhlin, John Kapon, Mark Andrew MW, Essi Avellan MW, Michael Sager, Andreas Larsson, and our own Raimonds Tomsons (Europe’s Best Somm ‘17, World’s Best Somm ‘23) to name just a few.
 
We’ve had the pleasure to welcome W. Bründlmayer, Jean-Hervé Chiquet (Ch. Jacquesson), Charles Philipponnat (Ch. Philipponnat), Michel Drappier (Ch. Drappier), Mireia Torres (Jean Leon), Pierre-Emmanuel Taittinger (Ch. Taittinger), Gilles de la Bassetiere (Ch. De Venoge), Rodolphe Péters (Ch. Pierre-Péters), Laurent Fresnet (RIP), Christophe Constant (Ch. Brice), Frédéric Panaïotis (Ch. Ruinart), Adrien Dhondt (Ch. Dhondt-Grellet), Pascal Agrapart (Ch. Agrapart), Francis Tribaut (Ch. Lallier), Thomas & Laurent Champs (Ch. Vilmart), Catherine Curie (Ch. Piper-Heidsieck) and other leading producers and wine-makers.