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Please check back to see what fun we have planned for Durango Wine Experience 2025!

Walkabout

Hundreds of wines featured with light appetizers at multiple downtown Durango locations.

Friday, April 25: 4 pm - 6:30 pm

Grand Tasting

At Buckley Park, it will feature hundreds of wines and Colorado spirits along with Durango's finest restaurants showcasing their delectable cuisine.

Saturday, April 26: 3 pm - 6 pm

Wristband Pick-up for Ticketholders -- Required for Entry to Walkabout and Grand Tasting

Thursday, April 24 & Friday, April 25, 2025
R Space | 734 E 2nd Ave
12:00 - 5:30 PM

Saturday, April 26, 2025
Edward Jones | 1201 Main Ave., Ste. 101
12:00 - 5:00 PM

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Walkabout Durango Tasting

Friday, April 25, 2025 | 4:00pm – 6:30pm
Multi-location: Downtown Durango

Hundreds of wines featured with light appetizers at multiple downtown Durango locations. The Walkabout is our signature, multi-location, tasting event. You will enjoy not only a taste of great wine & food, but also a taste of the local nonprofit sector in which the Community Foundation invests. You’ll have a chance to learn more about a dozen wonderful nonprofits that are making a difference across our region!

Libation tables will be featured at some of our favorite Durango galleries, shops & outdoor spaces, all in our historic downtown. Light appetizers are provided at each location and save room to purchase dinner at one of our amazing local restaurants!

*Please note, tickets are nonrefundable*

2025 Walkabout Locations

The Grand Tasting

Saturday, April 26, 2025 | 3:00pm – 6:00pm
Location: Buckley Park

Under the BIG tents at Buckley Park, we will feature hundreds of wines from around the world and regional Colorado spirits. Durango’s finest restaurants will showcase their cuisine in our annual Durango Restaurant Showcase. Look for our pairing recommendations in the BIG tent to take this culinary delight to a new level.

*Please note, tickets are nonrefundable*

Here were 2024 Restaurant Showcase Partners:

2025 Nonprofit Partners

10 local nonprofits will be selected to receive a $2,500 grant for volunteering at the Walkabout and the Grand Tasting. Our Durango Wine Experience guests will enjoy learning more about the nonprofit sector in SW Colorado.  Please check back in February for our 2025 nonprofit partners.

Here were our nonprofit partners from 2024:

Adaptive Sports Association — Durango Independent Film Festival (DIFF)— Habitat for Humanity of La Plata County — Humane Society of Pagosa Springs —  La Plata Historical Society/Animas Museum — Mancos FoodShare — Music in the MountainsSan Juan Citizens AllianceStillwater Music Southwest Conservation Corps  

*The public events of the Durango Wine Experience will have photographs and video taken for marketing purposes by professional and amateur photographers/videographers.

If you do not want your picture taken, please avoid the cameras!

Started in 2007, the Durango Wine Experience is a lively tradition!

“Wine & friends are a great blend.”

Ernest Hemingway