The 2019 Zero Compromise Wine Festival

On May 10, with the support of the Association of Natural Wine and LEPL National Wine Agency, Georgia hosted the natural wine festival “Zero COMPROMISE”. This year’s festival was distinguished for its many guests, who came especially from all over the world, among them importers, winemakers and sommeliers.

The 2019 festival stood out for two special guests in particular- the renowned French wine Magister Isabelle Legeron, the largest international Natural Wine Festival ‘Raw Wine’ founder, and Josko Gravner, legend of Italian Wine.

Zero COMPROMISE was represented by new growers like Alexander’s Wine Cellar , Zhuka-Sano Wine Cellar, which were among over 70 cellar participating in the festival. Popular cellars such as the Oda family Winery, Gvardzelashvilis Marani, Iago’s Winery, Okro’s Wines and others also had a strong presence.

The number of participants and wine makers is growing by the year and the festival has proved itself a window for new wine cellars to boost the popularity of Georgian Wine abroad.

The day before the festival there was a presentation of Simon J. Woolf’s book ‘Amber Revolution: How the world learned to love Orange Wine,’ a book devoting a large discussion to Georgian Wine.