TOP 100 Wines + Chefs

Top 100 Wines + Chefs Parade brings together gourmets from Latvia and the Baltic States. Since 2014, the Parade has become an integral part of Latvia’s and the Baltics’ wine culture, serving as a guide to the best wines and restaurants.

The idea of the Parade:
🍇 To offer the chance to taste and discover up to 200 of the best wines imported into Latvia, all awarded Gold and Silver medals at the Wine of the Year competition.
🍇 To showcase the creations of Latvia’s finest restaurants and chefs – dishes and snacks prepared for the event.
🍇 To educate and promote wine culture through masterclasses led by top sommeliers and internationally recognized experts.
Entry is only permitted from the age of 18.

- How does it work? -
Each guest will receive:
🥂 A glass (for use during the event only)
📖 A festival catalogue with the full list of wines

Stroll around the tasting tables, experiment with something new, enjoy everything in order or focus only on your favourites, attend masterclasses, taste chef creations, and let yourself be carried away by music and company!

- When, Where, What time? -
🗓️ November 22, 2025
📍 Hanzas Perons
🕔 17:00 – 21:00 Top 100 Wines + Chefs Parade
🕘 21:00 – 23:00 Gala Party

- Tickets -
EUR 59 – Parade (17:00 – 21:00)
EUR 99 – Parade + Gala Party (17:00 – 23:00)
❗️Ticket prices will rise closer to the event ❗️

- What’s included in the Parade ticket price? -
As always, wines are included in the entrance price, while masterclasses, restaurant dishes, and chef creations will be available for a symbolic extra fee.

- Planned Masterclasses -
Led by Andrew Jefford, Aigars Nords, and Latvia’s leading sommeliers:
🍇 Fine Champagne – golden champagnes
🍇 Fine White France – outstanding French white wines
🍇 Fine Bordeaux – red wines of the Bordeaux region

Masterclass tickets and the wine lists will be announced soon!

- Special Highlight -
🎭 A wine performance-show during the Parade – a unique event in the history of Latvian wine culture: https://ej.uz/thetasteofbordeaux
🍷 Bonus – stories and commentary by Andrew Jefford and Aigars Nords on 3 Bordeaux wines served blind during the show.

🍽️ What will be on the table at the Parade?
An array of delicacies prepared by Latvia’s top chefs and award-winning restaurants (Barents, Pavāru māja, Snatch, Kest, LOWINE) will be available for a symbolic extra fee.

You may also like the following events from Riga Wine & Champagne:

• Next month, 20th November, 06:00 pm, The New France by Andrew Jefford. Powered by Rietumu Bank. in Riga
• Next month, 21st November, 06:00 pm, The Taste of Bordeaux in Riga

Also check out other Food & Drink events in RIGA, Parties in RIGA.