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Events

Life is worth celebrating! We host events year-round at our winery tasting room. 
Hope to see you soon!

Guests stomp grapes in wooden barrels on a sunny deck at the Oliver Winery Grape Stomp Championship, with a row of pumpkins and gourds lining the stage.

2026 Grape Stomp Championship Live Music with Tege Holt

Saturday, October 3 | 3-5pm
Free admission, $100 to compete
4 people/team

Grape Stomping Competition: teams of 4, two rounds, one winner-take-all championship. Champions win a hot air balloon ride. $25/person or $100/team, 21+, includes wine and a souvenir glass. Only 8 team spots. Free to watch: live music 3-5pm, food trucks, wine specials. Rounds at 3:30, 4:30 and 5pm.

Reserve your team's ticket here
Oliver Winery Tail Gate and Wine Event

Home Game Weekends: Tailgate Tasting

Football Home Game Weekends
$25.92 per person

Tailgate Tastings is here! Enjoy five wines paired with five tailgate favorites at Oliver Winery, a seated, reserved experience with limited dates and availability. Fixed menu, no substitutions. Come hungry, come thirsty, bring your game face. Every taste is a win!

Reserve here
Oliver Winery Home Game Happy Hour

IU Home Game Happy Hour: Southern Social (IU v. Western Kentucky)

Sept 18 4PM-6PM

Toast game day at Oliver Winery before IU takes on Western Kentucky! Enjoy happy hour specials, BOGO flights, yard games, and Southern Social Trivia (bourbon, barrels, derby!) with Hambone's, 4-6pm. Ticketed Tailgate Tastings also available. Grab your crimson and cream. Go Hoosiers!

Oliver Winery Home Game Happy Hour

IU Home Game Happy Hour: Smarty Party (IU v. Northwestern)

Sept 25 4PM-6PM
Free

Toast game day at Oliver Winery before IU takes on Northwestern! Enjoy happy hour specials, BOGO flights, yard games, and trivia with Hambone's, 4-6pm. Ticketed Tailgate Tastings also available, limited space. Grab your crimson and cream. Go Hoosiers!

Fall's First Sip: Pumpkin Pie Release Fall Picnic Weekend - Music with Hunter Lambert

Saturday September 26th
Free

Fall's First Sip: Pumpkin Pie Release Our new Pumpkin Pie wine has landed, and so has the best pumpkin patch in Southern Indiana. Come taste the season's first release, cozy, spiced, patio-weather perfection, while you wander the grounds and pick your pumpkin. Pumpkin Pie Wine Release Be first to sip our brand-new Pumpkin Pie wine, complimentary to taste all afternoon. Fall in a can never tasted this good — grab a bottle to take the flavor home. Pick a Pumpkin, Take It Home A hand-picked, seriously Instagrammable patch of pumpkins and gourds scattered across the grounds. Wander, find the one that speaks to you, and make it yours. Fall Flavors on the Patio Pumpkin-inspired bites made to pair with your glass of Pumpkin Pie wine. Live Music with Hunter Lambert Live tunes on the patio, 3–5pm, for a golden-hour kind of afternoon. Bring a blanket, bring your people, and settle into the coziest weekend of the season.

Flights and Flannel Weekend- Music with Live Orchid

Saturday October 10th
Free

Cozy up, Bloomington — it's time to break out your best flannel and soak in leaf peeping at its finest. Flannels & Flights Weekend trades summer patio vibes for crackling fires, golden hillsides, and the coziest wine weekend of the season. The grounds are at peak fall color — the perfect backdrop for your best shot yet. Layer up, grab your flannel, and come find your golden hour. What's in Store Stroll the grounds for leaf peeping at its finest, with Southern Indiana's best fall color as your backdrop — bring your camera, because this is prime Instagram territory. Our Apple Pie Frosé is back, frozen, spiced, and made for sipping on a crisp fall afternoon. S'more season is here too, enjoyed two ways: settle in for our fan-favorite tableside s'mores, or grab a s'more kit to enjoy out on the grounds — fireside or fireside-adjacent, there's no wrong way to get your fix. Cool off with buckets of cider, on special and made for sharing while you soak in the color. And live music with Black Orchid sets the mood on the patio from 3–5pm for a perfect fall afternoon. Wear your coziest flannel, bring your people, and settle in for an afternoon built for crisp air, warm fires, and good wine.

Tiles & Tastings with Mahj in Bloom (October)

Sunday, October 18 | 3-5:30pm
$43.49 per person

Tiles & Tastings is back at Oliver Winery! Join Mahj in Bloom for two rounds of American Mahjong open play, wine in hand. Ticket includes a complimentary glass of Oliver wine. Not a lesson, players should know the rules and bring their own 2026 NMJL card. Grab your glass and let's Mahj!

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A small white dog in a yellow bear costume sits inside a red and yellow honey pot on a Radio Flyer wagon at an outdoor pet costume contest.

2026 Howl-O-Ween

Saturday, October 4 | 12-6pm
Free admission

Howl-O-Ween is back at Oliver Winery! Bring your pup for dog costume contests, local rescue meet-and-greets, and fall vibes among the vines. Free admission, costume contest requires advance sign-up. Leashes on, costumes ready, see you and your best friend there! Check back soon for more info on register your furry friend for our dog costume contest.