Our popular Fall Wine Walk in downtown Barrington on October 8 is now SOLD OUT. We invite you to enjoy the day shopping & dining in downtown Barrington! As an added attraction during the day, you can watch artists paint in the streets as part of the Plein Air Art Festival in downtown Barrington hosted by the Barrington Cultural Commission!
The Barrington Fall Wine Walk offers nearly 20 stops each offering a red and white wine for sampling. All wine is available through our local wine purveyors. You will receive your official tasting program during checkin at Neoteca that identifies the wine you will enjoy that day. Specific wine notes are posted at each Wine Walk stop to enhance your wine tastng exerience; and the location where that wine is available for purchase.
The Fall Wine Walk will be held rain or shine. All sampling happens inside merchant locations. Parking is available on the street - in the Barrington Village Center parking lot, in the Village Hall parking lot, on Cook Street and in the BMO parking lot off of Cook Street, and in other locations.
All attendees must check in for their souvenir wine glass, Wine Walk tour map and sample tracking sheet. Attendees will be given staggered check-in times and specific starting locations to help manage the flow of attendees throughout the downtown. All IDs will be checked at registration. One sample of a red and white wine is available at each wine tour location. There are multiple wine stops. All Wine MUST be consumed inside the Wine Walk Stop!
This event will be conducted with COVID Conscious safety measures in place. Please do not attend the event if you are experiencing any COVID symptoms such as Fever, Dry Cough, Body Aches, Headaches, Sore Throat, Runny Nose, Tiredness, and Shortness of Breath.
The Wine Walk is a wonderful opportunity to experience the shops and restaurants in downtown Barrington. Plan to spend the afternoon walking around town, tasting fine wine, safely socializing with friends and shopping at unique stores. Then settle in for a wonderful dinner at one of our fine dining establishments!
ALL TICKET SALES ARE FINAL AND SUPPORT SMALL BUSINESS IN OUR COMMUNITY. For information, call (847) 381-2525.