Wine Festivals

I'll introduce about the wine festival in Ikedacho, Hokkaido. It’s held every October on first Sunday. The admission fee is 3800 yen. I think it’s a little expensive, but the events are wonderful! You can eat as much as you like, and drink as much as you want. For example, there are beef sausages, hamburger, vegetables, sermon, and so on. I recommend you to eat barbecue of beef. You have to get it at once, because it’s very popular, so it will be eaten for 3 hours. Also, you can drink Tokachi wine. You can pour wine from casks. It’s very interesting. If you can’t drink alcohol, there is also grape juice. In addition, there are some interesting events. For example, contest of drinking wine and guessing it. And other contest is wine brewing. Only women can join the contest. Women who wear shoes which are made from woods press juice from grapes. The person who presses it the most will become winner. Like this there are some events, so I think you can enjoy the festival.

Next, I’ll introduce about the wine festivals in the world. There are a lot of wine festivals, for example, in Switzerland, France, , Hungary and so on. The most popular Swiss wine festival is Expovina. It is held on the 12 ships in Zurich. You can taste about 4000 kinds of wine there. Other festival is International Wine Festival in Budapest. Budapest is a capital city in Hungary. You can taste wine but also eat Hungarian foods and cheese. Then, Beaune wine festival. It’s held in France for three days. There are cheese, breads, and wine. In addition, you can enjoy parade. Like this, there are a lot of wine festivals around the world. If you are interested in it, please check it.