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Open Day 2026
11:00–16:00
Purchase Tickets Open Day & Wine Sale Join us at our annual Open Day and wine sale at Warden Abbey Vineyard and enjoy a walk amongst the vines. At your leisure, you can learn the fascinating story of how a vineyard came to be planted on this beautiful Bedfordshire site in medieval times. Learn how it came to be replanted in 1986 by pioneers of the English wine revival, and about its current incarnation as a community project and social enterprise producing award-winning wines. Why come to Open Day 2026? 🍷 Free wine tasting 🚶 Guided vineyard tours 🌿 Historic medieval vineyard site 🧀 Local food and artisan stalls 🍦 Ice cream and refreshments 🐑 Family-friendly entertainment 🎓 Expert wine tasting sessions 🚗 Free parking This year’s wines We’ll be introducing our 2025 wines at the 2026 Open Day. 2025 was a great year with a long hot summer and early harvest. We have a 2025 Reformer , a blend of Reichensteiner and Müller-Thurgau grapes and returning after a short absence we have a 2025 Bacchus . We’ll also be selling our popular 2021 English Fizz and our unique 2023 Pink Fizz . Entertainment & stalls Weather permitting, Animal Edge petting farm and Hemlock Morris will be joining us. Our food stalls and ice cream van are returning along with a range of local food and craft stalls. There’s something for all the family. Pop-up Wine School with Mark Horton Mark Horton, from Cambridge Wine in Ampthill, will be running his popular Pop-up Wine School tutored wine tasting sessions. In this year’s fun and informative session Mark will be comparing styles of our English 2025 Reformer and Bacchus wines with a pair of wines from Alsace, a Pinot Blanc and aromatic Gewurztraminer. Space is limited to 15 places for each session and this year tickets are only available in advance at £10 each – Please note that the wine samples equate to a total of 2 units of alcohol consumed for the whole tasting. The tutored tasting ticket does not include an entrance ticket to the Open Day. Mark will be running 3 sessions at 12:00, 13:00 and 14:00. Tickets Online: Entry £4. Gate: Entry £5. Children under 16 go in for free. Combine with vineyard tour (+£5) and/or tutored tasting (£10). When booking a ticket, entering your name and email is optional. If you enter your email, we will add you to our mailing list and send occasional emails notifying you of future vineyard events. We will not share your email with other organisations. Practical information Well-behaved dogs on leads are welcome – please clear up after your dogs and take all poo bags away with you. Please note the vineyard is on a gentle slope and the ground is uneven. There is no winery on the site but there’s a free tasting of Warden Abbey wines which are also available to purchase. We have plenty of car parking.
Vineyard Tour Sun pm
14:00–16:00
Come and visit our vineyard, find out about our community vineyard project and how our wonderful volunteers nurture our vines throughout the year. After the tour sample a couple of our delightfully fragrant wines. The tour takes 1½ to 2 hours. The vineyard opens for afternoon tours at 1:00pm so why not bring a picnic lunch to enjoy before your afternoon tour. Unfortunately picnics after tours have finished is not possible. Unfortunately, as our tours and tastings last up to 2 hours, they are not suitable for young children. Well behaved dogs on leads are welcome We regret that we cannot refund if you cancel with less than one week’s notice in the event of “no shows”, but you may transfer your ticket to someone else if you are unable to come. In the event of cancellation due to bad weather your ticket can be refunded or transferred to another date. For further details please check our About our Tours page .
Vineyard Tour May 25 am
This is your ticket – you must bring this with you to the Vineyard Thank you for your purchase, and we look forward to welcoming you to Warden Abbey Vineyard. The tours generally go ahead in all weathers, so please be prepared if it is wet with umbrellas and suitable footwear as it may be wet underfoot. If very adverse conditions mean we do have to cancel, we will email or telephone to notify you. In the event of cancellation, we will also leave a recorded message that you can check by ringing 0
Vineyard tour May 27 am
This is your ticket – you must bring this with you to the Vineyard Thank you for your purchase, and we look forward to welcoming you to Warden Abbey Vineyard. The tours generally go ahead in all weathers, so please be prepared if it is wet with umbrellas and suitable footwear as it may be wet underfoot. If very adverse conditions mean we do have to cancel, we will email or telephone to notify you. In the event of cancellation, we will also leave a recorded message that you can check by ringing 0
Vineyard Tour 14 June pm
This is your ticket – you must bring this with you to the Vineyard Thank you for your purchase, and we look forward to welcoming you to Warden Abbey Vineyard. The tours generally go ahead in all weathers, so please be prepared if it is wet with umbrellas and suitable footwear as it may be wet underfoot. If very adverse conditions mean we do have to cancel, we will email or telephone to notify you. In the event of cancellation, we will also leave a recorded message that you can check by ringing 0
Vineyard Tour July 6 pm
This is your ticket – you must bring this with you to the Vineyard Thank you for your purchase, and we look forward to welcoming you to Warden Abbey Vineyard. The tours generally go ahead in all weathers, so please be prepared if it is wet with umbrellas and suitable footwear as it may be wet underfoot. If very adverse conditions mean we do have to cancel, we will email or telephone to notify you. In the event of cancellation, we will also leave a recorded message that you can check by ringing 0