Riverside Winefest is coming March 29th to April 3rd – experience an Ontario Wine Tour in your own backyard when award-winning wineries and growers from Prince Edward County, Niagara Wine Region, and Lake Erie North Shore come to Toronto for Riverside’s 2ndAnnual WineFEST. Sponsored by the Riverside Business Improvement Area (BIA), Ralph Thornton Center, Boxcar Social, and Chef Scott Savoie, Riverside WineFEST will showcase 10 wineries and dozens of wines for 20+ events at venues along Riverside – Queen St East from the DVP to Empire Avenue.
The Festival’s signature event is the FREE Community Riverside Wine Expo hosted at The Ralph Thornton Centre (765 Queen St E, 2nd Fl) on April 2nd from 2-5pm:
- FREE Wine tasting from award-winning and new wineries: Three Dog Winery, Vineland Estates, Trail Estate Winery, 13th Street Winery,Kabaca Vineyards, and Broken Stone Winery
- FREE Cheese tasting and wine pairing talk by Fromager Cecilia Smith (3-3:30pm)
- Performance of “Alarm Clocks” by Lara Bozabalian, award-winning poet and Riverside resident (4pm) and book signing of new book “Tourist”
- Premiere of “Riverside District”, a fine art photography exhibition by Robert Young, artist of YOUNG Faces of Pan Am (2-5pm)
- Fair trade chocolate sampling and wine pairing brought to you by Cocoa Couriers (2-5pm)
- Live music by local artist Samantha Kate Sheppard
- Canadian and international cheese platters by award-winning specialty shop Sandy Aleksander
Let us know you’re coming!!!