Slow Wine Fair 2026: What’s Back and What’s New
From February 22 to 24 winegrowers and winemakers, wine enthusiasts and wine professionals—buyers, restaurateurs, wine shop owners, wine bar managers, distributors, cooks and sommeliers—will once again come together in Bologna to celebrate and discuss good, clean and fair wine.
Organized by BolognaFiere and conceived by Slow Food, the Slow Wine Fair is an international event dedicated to wines born from sustainable viticulture, respectful of biodiversity and the landscape, aimed at supporting rural communities and raising consumer awareness about the cultural value of wine.
The event hosts the international meeting of the Slow Wine Coalition, the inclusive and collaborative global network that brings together key figures from the world of wine. During the three days of the Slow Wine Fair, hundreds of producers from every region of Italy and around the world will gather at BolognaFiere to discuss the future of wine and viticulture.
But the Slow Wine Fair is not just for winemakers and winegrowers. The event is also dedicated to enthusiasts and trade professionals, who can enjoy a rich program of talks and tastings while sampling thousands of wine labels from around the world, all selected by a panel of experts. The exhibition area is further enriched by the participation of FederBio, the Italian Federation for Organic and Biodynamic Agriculture.
Organized by BolognaFiere and conceived by Slow Food, the Slow Wine Fair is an international event dedicated to wines born from sustainable viticulture, respectful of biodiversity and the landscape, aimed at supporting rural communities and raising consumer awareness about the cultural value of wine.
The event hosts the international meeting of the Slow Wine Coalition, the inclusive and collaborative global network that brings together key figures from the world of wine. During the three days of the Slow Wine Fair, hundreds of producers from every region of Italy and around the world will gather at BolognaFiere to discuss the future of wine and viticulture.
But the Slow Wine Fair is not just for winemakers and winegrowers. The event is also dedicated to enthusiasts and trade professionals, who can enjoy a rich program of talks and tastings while sampling thousands of wine labels from around the world, all selected by a panel of experts. The exhibition area is further enriched by the participation of FederBio, the Italian Federation for Organic and Biodynamic Agriculture.
Slow Wine Fair 2025 in numbers
To provide you with an idea of the path taken by Slow Wine Fair, here are at a glance the numbers describing the 2025 edition of the event:
- 1,053 exhibiting wineries (+18% compared to 2024) from all Italian regions. A total of 32 countries represented: Argentina, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belgium, Bolivia, Bulgaria, Chile, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Italy, Japan, Latvia, Mexico, New Zealand, Poland, Portugal, San Marino, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, South Africa, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, the UK and the USA. Of these, 896 wineries were from Italy and 157 were international.
- 754 wineries certified as organic, biodynamic or in conversion; 335 members of FIVI (Italian Federation of Independent Winegrowers)
- 5,300 labels available for tasting
- 17 international Masterclasses
- 21 conferences, meetings and presentations held at the fair
- 58 tastings at the Mixology Lab and institutional areas
- 31 Off events held around Bologna
- 1.5 million social media impressions, 1.6 million website page views, 250 accredited journalists and 940 media mentions (+25% compared to 2024)