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Champagniac, Singapore’s dedicated Champagne festival, returns this weekend on 14 and 15 November for its second edition. It has moved from Jewel Changi Airport to the Supreme Court Terrace at National Gallery Singapore.
Popping champagne in a former courthouse sounds like an objection, but I’m sure even lawyers won’t mind as long as their glasses are full.
Last year’s debut drew 1,400 people. The pitch hasn’t changed: Champagne for everyone, not only the person at dinner who smells “brioche” without being asked. Led by Yeo Xi Yang — he’s the 2022 Singapore National Sommelier Champion and runs Convivial, Southeast Asia’s first dedicated Champagne bar.
Champagne houses and growers pouring at Champagniac 2026
For a festival trying to make Champagne more accessible, they’ve managed to bring in some seriously good producers. Big houses like Billecart-Salmon, Pommery, Deutz and Jacquesson sit alongside the growers Champagne nerds go misty-eyed over: Egly-Ouriet, Larmandier-Bernier, Pascal Doquet. Then there’s Selosse Pajon, made by the grand-nephew of Jacques Selosse and pouring in Singapore for the first time. If that surname means nothing to you, the queue at that booth will explain it.
There’s sparkling from outside Champagne, too. Gusbourne and Roebuck Estates are flying the English flag, and Spain’s Bodegas Balmoral is there with its traditional-method Edoné range. It’s a good chance to test whether you can tell English fizz from French. I wouldn’t bet money on it.
What the S$98 ticket covers
A regular ticket gets you one three-hour session, an SKLO Linear N.1 glass to take home (valued at S$69) and one tasting per booth. Note the “one.” Some of the highlighted bottles are premium pours, paid for with tokens sold on-site at S$5 each. The festival hasn’t published the token prices for individual bottles, so it’s hard to know how much extra you’ll end up spending.
Is the Champagniac VIP ticket worth it?
VIP is S$198 and capped at 60 people per session. What you’re really paying for is access to the Glass Room, a private lounge with seating and eight premium cuvées personally selected by Yeo. These are rarer bottles from houses at the fair that won’t be poured on the main floor. Three he’s flagged are the Egly-Ouriet V.P. Grand Cru, Henri Giraud MV20 Aÿ Grand Cru and Jacquesson Cuvée 743.
For an extra S$100, that’s eight pours you won’t find elsewhere at the festival, plus somewhere to sit down. If you were already planning to burn through tokens, VIP makes sense. If you just want to discover a few new champagnes and have a good afternoon, the regular ticket is enough. VIPs can also pay another S$60 for the Grower package or S$80 for the Grande Maison package.
Masterclasses, art and everything else
There are three masterclasses, each capped at 24 seats and booked separately on top of a festival ticket. On Saturday at 2.30pm, Alexandre Collard runs a Collard-Picard session (S$68), and everyone goes home with a demi-bottle. Sunday’s 2.30pm slot is Champagne A. Bergère, also S$68. The Henri Giraud class (S$88) is on Friday’s preview night, which is for National Gallery members only.
There’s also a Champagne-and-watercolour workshop with French artist D’Gers, where you get to paint your own postcard. It’s free for the first 30 people each session and S$10 after that. German artist Míru is showing new work, and three DJs are on the decks.
Buy your tickets to Champagniac 2026
Address: Supreme Court Terrace, Level 4, National Gallery Singapore, 1 St Andrew’s Road, Singapore 178957
Dates: 14–15 November 2026 (members’ preview on 13 November, 7pm–10pm)
Sessions: 11am–2pm & 4pm–7pm, both days
Ticket prices: S$98 (Regular) or S$198 (VIP), plus S$5 tokens and S$68–S$88 for masterclasses
*Every ticket includes an SKLO Linear N.1 tasting glass (worth $69)
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