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Gusto Italian Food & Wine Festival Halifax

Thank you for joining us for Gusto 2026. From regional Italian wine tastings and aperitivo-style gatherings to chef-led dinners, cheese pairings, outdoor cinema, cooking classes, and the Grand Italian Wine & Food Tasting at Richmond Yards, Gusto brought a taste of Italy to Halifax.

We are grateful to our guests, chefs, sommeliers, restaurant partners, sponsors, importers, producers, volunteers, and everyone who helped support the festival. The 2026 events have now concluded, but the Gusto story continues. Stay connected for festival highlights, recap video content, and future announcements for next year.

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2026 Festival Highlights

Grand Italian Wine & Food Tastings at Richmond Yards
A Passport to Italy
Taste Liguria & Sicily
Formaggio e Vino
Venetian Cinema at The Armview
Southern Italian Cooking
Flavours of the Southern Italian Sun
Aperitivo Hour across Halifax

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Gusto at Richmond Yards

Richmond Yards provided a modern Almon Street setting for Gusto Festival's signature experiences, including A Passport to Italy and the Grand Italian Wine & Food Tastings.

From roaming aperitivo-style tastings to open-format wine sessions, Richmond Yards offered a central Halifax backdrop for guests to gather, taste, compare, and discover.

A festival format built around appetite, atmosphere, and curation.

Across the week, Gusto showed the brand at full strength: not just an event listing, but a hospitality experience shaped by food writing, sommelier instinct, and strong local relationships.

The festival featured chef collaborations, Italian-focused wine and beverage storytelling, venue-specific energy, and enough range to appeal to serious wine drinkers, enthusiastic diners, media, and hospitality insiders alike.

Grand Wine & Food Tasting

Grand Italian Wine & Food Tastings

Guests sampled 50+ Italian wines across Italy's most iconic regions — including exclusives poured only at Gusto — with Italian-inspired small bites in The Richmond Yards' new private event space.

Sat June 27, 2026 • Afternoon 3–5 / Evening 7–9 • Almon St • The festival finale

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A week of Italian food, wine, and hospitality across Halifax.

Gusto 2026 featured a week of Italian food, wine, and hospitality experiences across Halifax, including regional wine tastings, chef-led dinners, aperitivo features, cheese and wine pairings, outdoor cinema, cooking classes, and the Grand Italian Wine & Food Tasting at Richmond Yards.

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The 2026 events have now concluded — a week that spanned the Grand Italian Wine & Food Tasting at Richmond Yards, chef dinners, cheese pairings, outdoor cinema, cooking classes, and Aperitivo Hour across Halifax. Join the list to hear first about recap video content and future Gusto announcements for next year.

Gusto Italian Food & Wine Festival Halifax

Gusto at Richmond Yards

A festival format built around appetite, atmosphere, and curation.

Grand Italian Wine & Food Tastings

A week of Italian food, wine, and hospitality across Halifax.

A video recap is on the way.

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