Abergavenny Unfiltered: Weekend Ticket

Is Abergavenny becoming the next Loire Valley? Do you like natural wine? Isn’t all wine natural ? 

Across Wales more and more vineyards are being planted and Welsh winemakers are being celebrated internationally.

Many of these are growing using low intervention methods, as part of a global sustainable wine movement.

Abergavenny Unfiltered – the first festival to celebrate natural and Welsh wines – will open up your tastebuds to exciting new developments in wine.

Taste the wine, talk with the growers and the chefs who love it . Enjoy a full two-day entry for £60, which includes discussions with tastings (x2), food pairings (x2) and open tastings (x2)  

The event includes:

Saturday

• Introduction to natural wines: Lloyd Beedell (Chesters Wine Merchants), Ben Llewellyn (Carte Blanch Wines), Clare Thomson (5oclockapron), Jean du Plessis (Ancre Hill Vineyard). Panel discussion and tasting.
• Paired food and wine tasting: Dried fish and natural wines. Owen Morgan (Group Bar 44) and Kate Hawkings (wine expert and writer) with Ben Llewellyn.
• Walk Around Tasting #1: Try a selection of low intervention and Welsh wines, meet and chat with producers.

Sunday

• Natural wine - is it really happening in Wales? Panel discussion and tasting hosted by Joel Wright (Wright's Wines).
• Plant based food and natural wine. What do you pair with pulses and veg? Alex Vines (Ogof, Cardiff) with Joel Wright. Paired food and wine tasting.
• Developing a sustainable wine cluster in Monmouthshire: David Morris (Mountain People Wine), Sarah Dickins and Nick Miller (O'r Tir Vineyard) and Duncan Reed (Tiggy on the Hill Vineyard). Panel discussion and tasting.
• Walk Around Tasting #2: Try a selection of low intervention and Welsh wines, meet and chat with producers.

Ticket price includes a high quality re-useable Govino tasting glass - perfect for your tastings around the festival!