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Utica Sips Of Summer

Sat, July 25, 2026 (11:00 AM - 5:00 PM)

Cost: $25

Escape to Utica for a day of summer sipping, strolling, and discovering local favorites during Sips of Summer.

Spend the day exploring charming downtown Utica while enjoying specialty cocktails and refreshing mocktails. Select stops will also offer delicious food samples and bites along the way, making this the perfect summer outing.

Your admission includes:

• 8 tasting tickets (1 tasting ticket = 1 oz cocktail taste or 1 oz mocktail taste or 1 food item taste)
• A commemorative tasting glass
• Event map/passport
• Access to a fun tasting experience throughout town

Additional tasting tickets will be available for purchase during the event for $1.25 each.

Event Details:

Check-In Location: Canal Market, 208 S. Clark St., Utica

Saturday, July 25, 2026

⏰ 11 AM – 5 PM

️ Admission: $20 Presale | $25 Day Of Event

This is an open-house format event, so arrive when you'd like and sip at your own pace while exploring everything Utica has to offer. Gather your friends and make a summer day of it!

Admission tickets are non-refundable. The event will happen rain or shine.

Tasting Stops

• August Hill Winery & ISC - Cocktail, Wine, Mocktail
• Blissfully Rooted - Mocktail
• Canal Port - Cocktail
• Clarks Run Antiques - Cocktail, Wine
• Clarks Run Creek Gifts & Wine - Cocktail, Wine
• Freckled Farm Girls - Mocktail
• Ginger Road Brewing Company - Beer
• Hazell’s Headdress - Mocktail
• Jamie’s OutPost - Cocktail
• Jeremiah Joe Coffee - Mocktail, Food
• Joy & Eds Bar and Grill - Cocktail
• Kind Creations - Food
• Locker Room - Mocktail
• Lodi Tap House - Cocktail, Mocktail
• Olivetta Market - Food
• Red’s City Limits - Cocktail, Mocktail, Food
• Roxie’s Sweet Confections - Food
• Scripture Bread - Food
• Shining Nerd 3D - Food
• Starved Rock Country Visitors Center & Gift Shop - Food
• The Alpaca Shoppe - Food
• The Sacred Rites - Mocktail, Food
• T’s Midwest Boutique - Mocktail, Food
• Village Green House, Inc - Cocktail, Mocktail, Food

Tags

• event
• wine
• winefestival
• winter
• winterwinewalk
• uticail
• Things to do in Utica, IL
• Illinois Wine & Food Events
• Utica Wine & Food Events