Whanganui's Hops and Vines festival good to go after Covid-19 postponement 8 Apr, 2021 05:00 PM 2 minutes to read Around 300 people have already bought tickets to Hops and Vines. Photo / Supplied Mike Tweed is a multimedia journalist at the Whanganui Chroniclemichael.tweed@nzme.co.nzWhangaChron The inaugural Hops and Vines festival will host hundreds of beer and wine connoisseurs at Whanganui's Majestic Square next week. Originally scheduled for March 6, recent Covid-19 alert level 2 restrictions forced the organisers to postpone until Saturday, April 17. Organiser Gioia Damosso said despite the change of date, very few of the 300 people who had already bought tickets wanted a refund.