Wine&Spirits Ukraine #129
Wine&Spirits Ukraine: Ukraine’s Leading Wine & Spirits Showcase
Wine&Spirits Ukraine is the country’s largest exhibition of wines and spirits, featuring the most extensive showcase of wineries and distilleries. The event brings together producers, importers, distributors, retailers, sommeliers, and HoReCa professionals from Ukraine and abroad, creating a platform for business, learning, and professional exchange.
At the heart of the event is the exposition of wine and spirits producers, showcasing both established brands and emerging wineries and distilleries. Visitors can taste new releases, explore regional specialties, and connect directly with producers.
Wine&Spirits Awards – Professional Benchmark of Quality
Wine&Spirits Awards – professional tasting competition. Where wines and spirits are evaluated through blind tasting by a jury of certified sommeliers and experts.
The competition highlights the highest-quality products, encourages continuous improvement among Ukrainian producers, and provides recognition and visibility to winners both domestically and internationally.
Wine&Spirits Academy: Discovery, Education & Professional Dialogue
Wine&Spirits Academy combines two hubs: Discovery Hub, a space for new products, brands, and regional portfolios, and Education Hub offering masterclasses, lectures, and workshops led by Ukrainian and international experts.
Exhibition hosts dedicated forums for professional exchange:
- Winemakers Forum – a platform where producers discuss industry challenges, regulatory issues, and market development strategies with government representatives and peers.
- Retail & HoReCa Forum – a space for retailers and restaurateurs to exchange insights, share best practices, and address trends shaping the Ukrainian wine and spirits market.
Best Assortments in Retail & Restaurants
Wine&Spirits Retail & Restaurant Awards reward excellence in assortment, aiming to increase both the quantity and quality of Ukrainian wines and spirits available in retail and HoReCa.
The awards encourage businesses to showcase a broader range of domestic products and support the development of a more competitive market.
Resilience, Visibility, and Global Relevance
The exhibition connects producers, buyers, and professionals from all regions of Ukraine and abroad, fostering market growth, quality improvement, and innovation. By combining a major exhibition, professional competition, educational programs, and forums, Wine&Spirits Ukraine strengthens Ukraine’s wine and spirits culture, enhances the visibility of domestic products, and maintains international relevance despite challenging circumstances.
Reviews
“Wine&Spirits Awards was a real pleasure for me as a taster. I discovered many new wines and was pleasantly surprised by the quality of many of them, especially some of the sparkling wines.”
“Wine&Spirits Ukraine is an important meeting point for the domestic wine market. It gives Ukrainian wineries a chance to present their wines, find new partners and expand distribution. Even though I know the market quite well, every year at the exhibition I meet new representatives of retail and HoReCa from different regions of the country. This shows how widely the event reaches and how valuable it is for the professional community.”
“Wine&Spirits Ukraine is the main meeting point for the country’s wine community. It is a platform where the industry speaks a common language and looks for new ideas, partnerships, and meaning. This is where the modern face of Ukrainian wine is being shaped – from young winemakers to experienced experts, from local stories to global initiatives.”