The annual Old Vine Conference Heritage Showcase builds on the momentum of our annual London tasting as one of largest tastings of old-vine wines from around the world. The 2026 edition will take a slightly different format: a traditional walk-around & free-pour format will include not only wines from old vines but from heritage cuttings, vines of ancient genetic lineage and those of great cultural significance.

Members of the wine trade & media are invited to taste their way through this vast collection of old vine wines, meet The Old Vine Conference community and view the pop-up exhibition of the shortlisted entries from the inaugural Old Vine Photography Awards 2026.

The venue for our 2026 tasting is St John’s, 73 Waterloo Road, London, SE1 8TY. Steeped in heritage of it's own, St John's is the perfect setting for our Heritage Showcase, a light, open plan space for our producers and guests to taste through the walk-around tasting of 150 old-vine wines upstairs in the Nave, peruse and vote for the Shortlisted entries from the inaugrual Old Vine Photograhy Award at our pop-up exhibition downstairs in the Crypt and attend one of three masterclasses being held in the Forum. 

The Old Vine Conference is changing the path for old vines and their wines and in its first 5 years has contributed exponentially to the awareness, understanding and support of the global old vine movement and the creation of a global category for wines made from old vines.

COME PREPARED: view the full list of wines in the walk around tasting before you arrive
>> the tasting booklet will be available to view at the end of April

BE READY TO LEARN: make time in your schedule for one of our evocative old-vine wine masterclasse
>> the timetable will be released soon