NeighbourhoodVouvray (place du Marche)

Tip: Vouvray's tuffeau cellars cut into the hillside above the village are open during the festival; combine the tasting stands with a free cellar tour. Domaine Huet's cellar door is in the village and runs by-the-glass tastings.

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Location

Address: Place du Marche, 37210 Vouvray, France, Loire Valley

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More wine festivals in Loire Valley

Fete des Vins de Bourgueil ★ 4.3

Bourgueil

The Fete des Vins de Bourgueil is the appellation's headline annual gathering, held on 15 August in the Bourgueil town centre since 1977. Several dozen Cabernet Franc producers from Bourgueil and Saint-Nicolas-de-Bourgueil pour the new and library releases alongside the Touraine wine brotherhood.

Tip: Bourgueil and Saint-Nicolas-de-Bourgueil are separate appellations on adjacent gravel terraces; taste both side by side at the fete and decide which Cabernet-Franc profile suits your palate.

Centre-ville, 37140 Bourgueil, France Book →

Salon des Vins de Loire ★ 4.7

Angers (Centre des Congres)

The Salon des Vins de Loire is the Loire's flagship trade tasting, bringing several hundred Loire producers together at the Angers Centre des Congres each February. Pays Nantais to Pouilly-sur-Loire, all major appellations represented; trade and press credentials required.

Tip: Combine the salon with the Levee de la Loire and Demeter Loire satellite tastings the same week for the most efficient Loire-wide assessment of the new vintage.

Centre des Congres, 33 boulevard Carnot, 49100 Angers, France Book →

Festivini Saumur wine culture festival ★ 4.4

Saumur and surrounding Saumur-Champigny villages

Festivini is Saumur's rolling wine and culture festival running from June through September, with producer open-doors, vineyard walks, tuffeau cellar concerts and tastings spread across the appellation. The format spreads the activity across the summer rather than concentrating it on a single weekend.

Tip: Saumur Brut producers including Bouvet-Ladubay and Ackerman participate. The festival calendar refreshes month-by-month so check the Festivini site for the active programme.

Place de la Bilange, 49400 Saumur, France Book →

Foire aux Vins de Sancerre ★ 4.6

Sancerre (place de la Halle)

Sancerre's annual wine fair is held on the Pentecost weekend in the hilltop town centre, with dozens of growers from Sancerre, Bue, Chavignol, Verdigny and surrounding villages pouring the new vintage of Sauvignon Blanc and Pinot Noir. Free entry on Saturday and Sunday with paid commemorative tasting glasses.

Tip: Buy the commemorative tasting glass on arrival, which gives access to all the producer stands. Combine with a walk along the GR3 footpath through the Sancerre slopes to Chavignol (3 km, ~1 hour) for a vineyard hike between the fair stands.

Place de la Halle, 18300 Sancerre, France Book →

Anjou Velo Vintage ★ 4.5

Saumur and surrounding Anjou vineyards

Anjou Velo Vintage is a vintage-bicycle festival staged in and around Saumur, combining period costumes, pre-1987 vintage bicycles, routes through the Saumur tuffeau cellars and the Saumur-Champigny vineyards, and tastings at producer cellars.

Tip: Vintage bikes are required for the headline routes; rental supply is limited so reserve at registration. The 30 km Saumur-Champigny cellar route is the best wine-tasting itinerary of the weekend.