All the details you need about the Vin Vivant wine festival
Great, delicious, healthy wine is a good start. Wine that is made with care by hand or by foot, from producers whose entire lives are dedicated to the noble pursuit of turning grapes into wine.
Wines which express the 'terroir' or sense-of-place of where they once grew as grapes, tended by producers who eschew industrial processes, pesticides, large doses of sulphites, and who don't chase the mass-market.
Wine that is produced with love. Unfortunately nowadays, the 'conventional' way to make wine is at-scale, with factory processes ensuring standardised flavour profiles year in, year out. Converting the natural process of fermentation to something completely unnatural.
(Image: Vin Vivant) Maybe it's reassuringly mundane that '9 Crimes' does it exactly what it says on the tin forever and ever amen. Maybe we are taking more comfort in conformity these days, perhaps we're becoming less adventurous. Is drinking natural wine adventurous?
You won't find these wines in Sainsbury's (or even Waitrose). You have to seek out specialist shops, where expert and enthusiastic wine sellers are on hand to guide you to something, or several things, that may suit your palate. These shopkeepers normally manage this feat without you being able to taste most of the wines they have on their shelves.
I suppose that's where an event like Vin Vivant comes in quite handy. Where else in Scotland would you have the opportunity to taste from over 120 of these fine, produced-with-care wines, at no extra cost? With the purchase of a single ticket, you're able to spend a wonderful wine-focused dream of an afternoon (at Clydeside's beautiful Briggait, no less), tasting and learning about fine organic, biodynamic, natural, minimal intervention wines.
(Image: Vin Vivant) Lutte Raisonnée - what's that? What about spontaneous fermentation? What are the characteristics of Pét Nat and how does it differ from Champagne? Is orange wine made from oranges?
You can ask these questions at the festival, because the people pouring wine into your glasses are Scotland and the UK's top independent wine importers - experts in this specific field; passionate about bringing quality wine into this country and promoting it.
You can buy their wine directly from them, and learn which local shops and restaurants stock them, now that you're avoiding the supermarkets - which by the way, have gotten quite expensive recently.
I suppose the beauty of this festival is that 4 or 5 hours there could change your entire future relationship with wine - as well as positively influencing your shopping habits - as you think more about independent shops, shopkeepers and the provenance of your food and drink.
Or, if you go back to 'conventional' wine, then at least you'll have had a fun day out with your pals. I hear there are oysters and cheese boards to be had too. Vin Vivant - a festival of natural and unconventional wine - is held at the Briggait in Glasgow on Saturday 14 June 2025 and suitable for adults aged 18 and over.
Tickets are available from www.vinvivant.wine
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All the details you need about the Vin Vivant wine festival
Great, delicious, healthy wine is a good start. Wine that is made with care by hand or by foot, from producers whose entire lives are dedicated to the noble pursuit of turning grapes into wine. Wines which express the 'terroir' or sense-of-place of where they once grew as grapes, tended by producers who eschew industrial processes, pesticides, large doses of sulphites, and who don't chase the mass-market. Wine that is produced with love. Unfortunately nowadays, the 'conventional' way to make wine is at-scale, with factory processes ensuring standardised flavour profiles year in, year out. Converting the natural process of fermentation to something completely unnatural. (Image: Vin Vivant) Maybe it's reassuringly mundane that '9 Crimes' does it exactly what it says on the tin forever and ever amen. Maybe we are taking more comfort in conformity these days, perhaps we're becoming less adventurous. Is drinking natural wine adventurous? You won't find these wines in Sainsbury's (or even Waitrose). You have to seek out specialist shops, where expert and enthusiastic wine sellers are on hand to guide you to something, or several things, that may suit your palate. These shopkeepers normally manage this feat without you being able to taste most of the wines they have on their shelves. I suppose that's where an event like Vin Vivant comes in quite handy. Where else in Scotland would you have the opportunity to taste from over 120 of these fine, produced-with-care wines, at no extra cost? With the purchase of a single ticket, you're able to spend a wonderful wine-focused dream of an afternoon (at Clydeside's beautiful Briggait, no less), tasting and learning about fine organic, biodynamic, natural, minimal intervention wines. (Image: Vin Vivant) Lutte Raisonnée - what's that? What about spontaneous fermentation? What are the characteristics of Pét Nat and how does it differ from Champagne? Is orange wine made from oranges? You can ask these questions at the festival, because the people pouring wine into your glasses are Scotland and the UK's top independent wine importers - experts in this specific field; passionate about bringing quality wine into this country and promoting it. You can buy their wine directly from them, and learn which local shops and restaurants stock them, now that you're avoiding the supermarkets - which by the way, have gotten quite expensive recently. I suppose the beauty of this festival is that 4 or 5 hours there could change your entire future relationship with wine - as well as positively influencing your shopping habits - as you think more about independent shops, shopkeepers and the provenance of your food and drink. Or, if you go back to 'conventional' wine, then at least you'll have had a fun day out with your pals. I hear there are oysters and cheese boards to be had too. Vin Vivant - a festival of natural and unconventional wine - is held at the Briggait in Glasgow on Saturday 14 June 2025 and suitable for adults aged 18 and over. Tickets are available from
