The zero-waste festival from Remy Wines will include art installations, live music, local cuisine, and more than twenty wineries
May 6, 2026 (McMinnville, OR) — Remy Wines announces that Queer Wine Fest will return on June 28, 2026 with the largest celebration of American wineries with LGBTQI2S+ leadership to date. Known as the world’s first event to exclusively highlight American wineries led by LGBTQI2S+ owners, winemakers, and vineyard managers, the outdoor festival in June will highlight more than 20 producers from Oregon, Washington, and California, as well as live music from Camp Crush, ample local cuisine, and a lively, community-driven atmosphere. The festival benefits Wine Country Pride, a local nonprofit dedicated to creating visible celebrations of the queer community while connecting all people through education and economic activity. The fifth edition in June 2026 is also the final Queer Wine Fest.
“This isn’t an ending: it’s a graduation!” said Queer Wine Fest and Remy Wines founder Remy Drabkin. “As we celebrate five incredible years, we’re choosing to go out on top with our biggest and best event yet. This June marks the perfect moment to honor everything we’ve built together and go out with a bang!”
Tickets are $135 per person and will go live on Monday, June 1 at midnight. The festival, which has welcomed guests from more than ten states and Canada in years past, is expected to sell out.
Beyond the event’s diversity and joyful energy, Queer Wine Fest has changed the model of traditional wine festivals. The event pays all participating wineries for their time and effort and has helped launch multiple producers. With sustainability as a core tenet of the festival, Queer Wine Fest partners with Zero Waste McMinnville to minimize its environmental footprint and operate as a zero-waste event.
“Queer Wine Fest has turned the traditional wine festival model on its head; we have demonstrated wine festivals can be inclusive and welcoming, feature well known and lesser known producers (while still selling out), can pay their producers to participate (instead of charging them), raise money for non-profit and for profit simultaneously and keep environmental sustainability as a core value,” Drabkin shared. “All of that while marking and memorializing the significant contribution of the queer community on the world of wine and creating important professional and personal networks.”
Confirmed participating wineries in 2026 include Augustina Cellars, Between Us, Bryn Mawr Vineyards, Camins2Dreams, Circadian Cellars, Elk Cove Winery, Emperors and Artists, Evergreen Family Wines, The Eyrie Vineyard, Fayetta Vineyard, Franchere Wine, K & M Wines, Maloof Wines, Remy Wines, ROCO, Seufert Winery, St. Innocent Winery, Sunset Cellars, Sylvi Wines, Terah Wine Co., and Zē Wines.
Guests can expect live music and a bountiful feast of international cuisine to accompany the festival-style walkaround wine tasting, which will be limited to 300 guests. Camp Crush will return to headline the festival’s stage show, alongside Lylac Does Drag, an aerialist, art installations and interactive activations.
Guests can join the night before for the Penthouse Party, held at The Atticus Hotel, for a private party with bubbles and live entertainment to start the weekend-long celebration. Tickets for the Penthouse Party will also be available June 1.
For more information, please visit queerwinefest.com.
Event Details:
Dates + Times:
Penthouse Party: Saturday, June 27, 2026, 7:30 to 9:30 pm at The Atticus Hotel
Queer Wine Fest: Sunday, June 28, 2026, 4 pm to 7 pm
Address: 17495 NE McDougall Road, Dayton OR 97114
Tickets: Available June 1, 2026 at 12:00 am on the Queer Wine Fest website, $135/person.
Tickets include: 30+ wines from 20 wineries poured by their LGBTQI2S+ owners, winemakers, and vineyard managers, ample international foods, live music, and other surprise elements.
Participating Wineries:
Augustina Cellars
Between Us
Bryn Mawr Vineyards
Camins2Dreams
Circadian Cellars
Elk Cove Winery
Emperors and Artists
Evergreen Family Wines
The Eyrie Vineyard
Fayetta Vineyard
Franchere Wine
K & M Wines
Maloof Wines
Remy Wines
ROCO
Seufert Winery
St. Innocent Winery
Sunset Cellars
Sylvi Wines
Terah Wine Co.
Zē Wines
and more!
About Remy Wines
Founded in 2006 by Oregonian and queer winemaker, Remy Drabkin, Remy Wines is a Willamette Valley winery rooted in service to the community. Much like its visionary founder, Remy Wines honors Old World winemaking traditions with a fresh, progressive voice and undeniable flair. Remy Wines boasts an impressive portfolio of Italian-style wines made primarily with Oregon fruit and a welcoming, unpretentious Farmhouse Tasting Room in Dayton, Oregon. Remy Wines hosted the world’s first Queer Wine Fest in June 2022 and will present its fifth and final edition on June 28, 2026.
