Photo provided Guests enjoy the annual D’Vine Wine and Beer Festival at The Commons, benefiting Developmental Services, Inc.
With a purchase of a ticket to the annual D’Vine Wine and Beer Festival, patrons get more than just unlimited samplings from local wineries, breweries and distilleries.
They also get the chance to make their own flower bouquets or hats, get permanent jewelry, listen to live music and much more, all while supporting Developmental Services, Inc. and their programs. As DSI puts it, the organization’s 18th annual festival is coming back bigger and better than ever this year.
“We have actually expanded the amount of vendors that we have coming this year. We started doing that gradually last year by inviting more than just wineries and breweries, but also connecting with local small businesses and we’re actually up to over 35-ish vendors now,” DSI senior director for marketing and development Ellie Moore said. “We’ve got everything from your traditional Best Vineyards, Ertel Cellars, Shake Up, all your wineries and breweries, but then we’ve also got some more experiences to make it more fun throughout the day.”
The festival will be from 1 to 5 p.m. Feb. 21 at The Commons. Tickets on the day of the event will be $50 per person.
Early bird tickets cost $30 per person or $50 per pair. VIP tickets, which include one hour early access to the festival, souvenir tasting glass and a VIP pin cost $50 per person or $75 per pair. Tickets may be purchased at givebutter.com/dvine2026.
Wineries, breweries and distilleries come from all across the state to be a part of the festival, with some newcomers including Shake Up Cocktails of Indianapolis and Wizard Wines and Vines of Bloomfield. Harmony Winery of Knightstown, Holtkamp Winery and Vineyards of Dearborn County and Cultured Urban Winery of Anderson are just a few more of the vendors who will be at this year’s festival.
Live music will be provided by Circle City Steel and the Dark and Stormy Jazz Band. Charcuterie from Malone Charcuterie is included as part of the ticket, but if you’re looking for other bites, vendors like Little Loaf, the Polish Oven and Patriot Pizza have you covered.
Patrons can also shop at vendor booths from Petal Pony Mobile Flower Bar, Mouthy Mom Merch, the Crafty Bookstore, Y’all’s Hat Shack and much more. The silent auction this year also has some amazing baskets to bid on, Moore said.
“We’ve got Holiday World tickets that are going to be in one of the baskets, we’ve got Perfect North Slopes, Columbus Parks and Rec did a basket,” Moore said. “Almost all of the vendors have donated something to the baskets as well, Vera Bradley donated some bags, so it’s just going to be a really nice silent auction and then we always do our 50/50 raffle as well.”
All funds raised from the festival will go back towards DSI. As one of their larger fundraisers of the year and with changes that are up in the air regarding federal funding, Moore said it’s nice to have these kind of events that bridge the gaps in funding and support their various services and programs.
“We’re always trying to build up our education and enrichment programs, so funds from this will help support art supplies,” Moore said. “We have a choir that we just started up this year… we want to look at expanding it from just them singing to them having kind of a show choir aspect and getting some props and maybe some costume changes for them to build up the choir.”
When DSI first began the D’Vine Wine and Beer Festival 18 years ago, Moore said there weren’t too many wine and brewery festivals out there. As more festivals have began to pop up, she said they wanted to make their festival more unique by supporting local businesses and partnering with their vendors throughout the year. For example, many of the vendors who came to their Dog Days of Summer career fair are coming back for D’Vine.
Moore said they like to make this a community event and an opportunity for people to get to know what DSI does. For those who don’t and attend for the fun and tastings, she said they also get to learn about DSI and what the funds will go towards while they’re there.
“… and it’s always neat for someone who’s never been there before to become kind of a regular that keeps coming year after year to not just enjoy the event, but to support DSI as a whole,” Moore said.
