The Pittsburgh Wine Festival is an annual festival celebrating wine in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.[3] The festival is sponsored by the Pennsylvania Liquor Control Board,[4] which maintains an on-site wine shop.[5] The Pittsburgh festival follows a similar one in Philadelphia.[2]
Pittsburgh Wine Festival | |
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Frequency | Annual[1] |
Inaugurated | 2003[2] |
Organised by | Pittsburgh Wine Festival LLC |
Website | www |
The first event was held in 2003,[6] amid some questioning whether a "beer city" like Pittsburgh could sustain a wine festival.[7] It is now well established, however, and the festival receives generally positive reviews from wine critics.[5][8][9] In fact, tickets usually sell out.[10] It was named to the Top 10 list of wine events in the United States by the Quarterly Review of Wines.[11] Its success inspired the Pittsburgh Whiskey & Fine Spirits Festival.[12]
Proceeds from the festival benefit charity.[13] By the fourth year, in 2007, the festival had raised over $400,000 for charity.[14] By 2009, that figure had grown to $6 million, with large portions going to Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh and the Pittsburgh Cancer Institute.[15]