Saturday 17 October 2026 // Victoria Warehouse

Exhibitors

Brands, importers, distributors and producers with wines from all corners of the globe. Names you know and love, plus the best new finds to blow your socks off. Tap any exhibitor to find out more.

Food

ErstUK Top 50 · National Restaurant Awards

Ranked number 37 in the UK at the National Restaurant Awards 2026, up from 50th when it first entered the list in 2024. Ancoats’ celebrated natural wine bar and small-plates restaurant, from chef Patrick Withington. Expect fire-led cooking, bright punchy flavours and seasonal British produce.

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Slice Culture PizzaTaproom pizza

Taproom pizza specialists, cooking up a wine-themed pizza menu especially for the festival.

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The Crafty Cheese ManLancashire cheesemonger

A Lancashire cheesemonger bringing some of the region’s best cheese, made for pairing with everything you’re tasting.

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Oyster BuoysOysters

Sourcing the best oysters in the country, perfect with a glass of fizz or a crisp white.

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Wine & drinks

Chapel DownTenterden, Kent

England’s leading wine producer, growing on the chalky North Downs of Kent. Best known for traditional-method sparkling wines, alongside award-winning still wines. Its sparkling rosé became the first English rosé to win Best in Show at the Decanter World Wine Awards.

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Champagne Laurent-PerrierTours-sur-Marne, Champagne

A family-owned Champagne house founded in 1812 and run by the de Nonancourt family. Famous for a fresh, elegant house style, the iconic Cuvée Rosé and the prestige cuvée Grand Siècle.

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UK Vineyard GuideEnglish & Welsh vineyards

A national guide to more than 1,100 vineyards across England and Wales, with regional maps, visitor information and editorial to help you plan wine trips, from a day out to a long weekend.

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AmathusImporter & merchant, est. 1978

A family-owned drinks importer, distributor and specialist retailer, with a portfolio sourced from all corners of the world by its in-house Master of Wine.

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MinutyCôtes de Provence, France

A family estate on the Saint-Tropez peninsula, run by the Matton-Farnet family since 1936 and a Cru Classé since 1955. Its rosés, including M de Minuty in the famous fluted bottle, are icons of the French Riviera.

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Nainai WinesChinese wine importer, London

A London-based importer bringing Chinese wine to UK drinkers.

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The Wine WallyAuthor & wine creator

Liam D’Arcy, aka The Wine Wally, has no wine qualifications, just a lot of hours spent decoding labels in the supermarket aisle and filming his wine experiments. His new book, The Wine Wally: A shelf-hacking guide to buying better bottles, launches at the festival, and he’s hosting two masterclasses with Côtes du Rhône.

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Cloudy BayMarlborough, New Zealand

Founded in Marlborough in 1985, Cloudy Bay’s Sauvignon Blanc helped put New Zealand wine on the world map.

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Burgundy Wine ClubBurgundy importer

Connecting the people making Burgundy’s future with the people ready to drink it. They work hand in hand with growers, from the region’s next voices to its legends, and import their wines so the stories behind them reach you ready to open and pour.

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MorgenrotBeer & wine shippers, est. 1970

Importing wines, beers and sherries from around the world since 1970 and supplying some of the UK’s best bars, restaurants and retailers. On the wine side, the focus is vegan, biodynamic, organic and natural.

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PortfolioChampagne boutique, Manchester

The UK’s first dedicated Champagne boutique, on Manchester’s Bridge Street. More than 250 Champagnes from over 70 producers, with a big focus on independent growers, from an affordable glass to rare prestige cuvées.

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ThinK Wine GroupLiverpool, England

Organic, vegan Prosecco and sparkling rosé from Treviso in north-east Italy, with lower calories and less sugar. A certified B Corp, pouring in bottles, cans and minis.

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Paso PrimeroSomontano, Spain

Shrewsbury couple Tom and Emma Holt’s dream of making Old World wine, in partnership with Batán de Salas in the Pyrenean foothills. They champion rare local grapes like Alcañón and Moristel and are moving towards organic.

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OtherUnexpected wine regions

Extraordinary wine from places you might not expect, from Moldova to Uruguay. Low-intervention bottles from independent winemakers, each with a story to tell.

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Still RoomEnglish vermouth

Vermouth made from English wine and infused with botanicals, in Dry and Sweet styles. Built for big-flavoured modern aperitifs.

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Burnt HouseSuffolk, England

A fourth-generation, family-run vineyard in the heart of Suffolk making award-winning wine, with tours, tastings and its own Vineyard Kitchen & Tasting Room.

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Klein GranietStellenbosch, South Africa

A family-owned vineyard in the Simonsberg foothills of Stellenbosch, making reds, a certified old-vine Sauvignon Blanc and a classic dry Blanc de Noir.

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Redamancy VineyardsStellenbosch, South Africa

A Stellenbosch label co-created by Soweto-born Antoinette Rapitsi and her husband Marc van Uytvanck. What began as a dream of making wine for friends and family became a brand where every bottle tells a love story.

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Beare Green WinerySurrey Hills, England

Founded in 2022 by Jimmy Smith, Sam Hill and Bethany Paterson. Small-batch wines from Southern England grapes, made with natural yeast: a Chardonnay and Pinot Noir clonal range, plus a Spring range playing with skin contact and ceramic vessels.

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Most WantedWines from around the world

Launched in 2015 by Off-Piste Wines, Most Wanted brings the world’s best-loved grapes and regions to everyone, without the snobbery. Its canned wines have become category leaders.

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Hidden WinesYork, England

A Yorkshire merchant hunting down the hidden gems of the wine world, from Georgia and Armenia to Moldova, Uruguay, Brazil and India.

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Eight GatesWestern Cape, South Africa

Founded by lifelong friends Carlo Suter and Kolja Stürmer. Traditional techniques like whole-bunch pressing and open fermentation, with wines aged in hand-made oak barrels from a cooperage in the Italian Dolomites.

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LocowinesManchester, organic wine

Manchester’s own modern organic wine brand: natural sparkling, chilled reds, orange wine and more, with no jargon and no snobbery.

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Fuselage WinesSouth Africa

A South African family wine farm where a love of flying meets winemaking. Every wine is named for aviation, from the Staggerwing old-vine Chenin Blanc to the Flight Circuit range.

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NoNo Wine BarLeeds wine bar

A wine bar and bottle shop in the Dark Arches at Leeds’ Granary Wharf, with over 50 wines by the glass, flights and tastings. Wine without barriers, and judgment-free.

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BellevueStellenbosch, South Africa

Guardians of Pinotage: one of South Africa’s first commercial Pinotage vineyards was planted at Bellevue in 1953. Look out for old-vine Pinotage, Cinsault and Chenin Blanc.

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Schultz Family WinesStellenbosch, South Africa

Winemaker Rudi Schultz comes from a family of top winemakers and grew up surfing near Somerset West. His wines are inspired by the ocean and famous surf breaks.

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Digby Fine EnglishEnglish sparkling wine

Traditional-method English sparkling wine, blended from grapes grown in vineyards across the south of England.

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SimonsigStellenbosch, South Africa

A family-run Stellenbosch estate, famous for making South Africa’s first Cap Classique sparkling wine, Kaapse Vonkel.

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Château GaloupetCru Classé de Provence

A Cru Classé Côtes de Provence estate on the Mediterranean coast, making rosé with a strong focus on biodiversity and sustainability.

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AhrensPaarl, South Africa · est. 2008

Founded in 2008 by Albert and Heidi Ahrens. Every wine is handcrafted at their small Paarl winery with minimal intervention, from vineyards across Swartland, Voor-Paardeberg, Wellington, Paarl and Stellenbosch.

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Portman VintnersIndependent wine merchants

A friendly independent merchant where founder Richard personally tastes every wine. Curated bottles for every budget, a strong South African range and a no-commitment wine club.

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DelânciaBotanical sparkling wine, Alentejo, Portugal

A botanical sparkling wine from Portugal's Alentejo, founded by two University of Manchester graduates. Crisp, dry and 10% ABV, in White, Rosé and Orange. Read their story.

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