Wine & Dine Festival draws crowds

October 31, 2026

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Organised by the Tourism Board, the Wine & Dine Festival kicked off at the Central Harbourfront Event Space and Tamar Park on October 29 for four consecutive days.

Many festival-goers have dressed up to join the fun, embracing this year’s theme: "Taste the World's Best". 

This year's festival has expanded significantly, featuring over 340 booths - a 10% increase from last year.
 
Exhibitors have travelled from around 30 countries and regions, including new pavilions showcasing Australia, Canada and Korea.
 
For one Korean exhibitor, the event marks a major milestone. Having attended the festival as a visitor every year, she finally has her own booth.
 
Korean exhibitor Sky Oh:

It is my dream come true! I am really happy to be here. A lot of people have already visited our booth. They try our drinks. Some people just buy it. A lot of people say it is good, it is really new.

Hong Kong is open for the foreign market everywhere, even like sake or like French wine. When they start (their business) outside of their countries,I know they are starting from Hong Kong. So, even like Korean alcohol drinks, we (are) also (the) same.

When I came here (the) first time, I decided someday, I am going to have a booth here. Today is the day.

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A British tourist, who had attended a few years ago, returned to Hong Kong to raise a glass once again.
 
British tourist: 

I really like this Bordeaux wine that I am having. It is very sweet.

I would love there to be something like this in the UK. It is a real reason to come. It is vibrant. It is fun. It is exciting.

I love the fact that when I come to Hong Kong, I can fill my itinerary. I can feel it so much that I do not get everything done that I want to do, and I have to come back again in the future.

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A wine lover from Guangzhou made a special two-day trip to Hong Kong just to enjoy a few drinks with friends. They said that the festival offers a much wider variety of wines at far more affordable prices compared to the Mainland.
 
The ever-popular Grand Wine Pavilion returns, this time highlighting a rare vintage over a century old up for auction.
 
For the first time, the festival has introduced three curated wine walks and more than 20 expert-led masterclasses.

True to Hong Kong’s reputation as Asia’s culinary capital, the event serves up an indulgent array of global food and drink.
 
A local third-year exhibitor has infused Hong Kong’s iconic egg waffle with 50-year-aged dried tangerine peel and Pu’er tea, promoting it as an exclusive "Only in Hong Kong" festival highlight.

For locals, egg waffles are nostalgic, while tangerine peel and Pu’er tea celebrate traditional Chinese culinary culture.
 
After seeing visitors queue for hours last year, the exhibitor has doubled the equipment this time around, anticipating a 20% surge in revenue.
 
The festival runs until 1 am on Saturday night and until midnight on Sunday.

Organised by the Tourism Board, the Wine & Dine Festival kicked off on Thursday, beginning a four-day run, at the Central Harbourfront Event Space and Tamar Park. This year's festival features more than 340 booths – a 10% increase over last year.

Many festival-goers have been dressing up in costumes to relish the fun and embrace this year’s theme: "Taste the World's Best".

The festival attracts lovers of wine and food from Hong Kong, the Chinese Mainland and overseas. One British tourist who had attended the event previously praised it as a vibrant, exciting reason to visit Hong Kong. He added that his itinerary in Hong Kong is always so packed that he can never complete everything he wants to do, prompting him to return repeatedly.

Meanwhile, a tourist from Guangzhou had made a special two-day trip to Hong Kong to enjoy a few drinks with friends, and remarked that the festival offers a much wider variety of wines at far more affordable prices compared to the Mainland.

Exhibitors have travelled from around 30 countries and regions, and the festival boasts new pavilions showcasing Australia, Canada and South Korea.

After attending the event in previous years, one Korean exhibitor described having her own booth at the festival as a dream come true. Highlighting that Hong Kong is open to foreign markets – helping to bring international attention to products such as sake and French wine, for example – she hopes to make the most of the opportunity to promote Korean drinks.

Aside from beverages, of course, the event also offers an array of delicious food.

One local third-time exhibitor is offering a bold twist on Hong Kong’s iconic egg waffles, infusing these with 50-year-aged dried tangerine peel and Pu’er tea and promoting the delicacy as an exclusive "Only in Hong Kong" festival highlight. After visitors queued for hours last year, the booth's on-site cooking equipment has been doubled this time around, with the exhibitor anticipating a 20% surge in revenue.

The festival runs until 1am tonight and until midnight tomorrow night. Admission is $40, and tasting tokens can be purchased on-site to sample the wine and food.