Change the wines we drink.
An annual festival and a yearlong series of panels and tastings for California's independent, natural winemakers. Based in Berkeley.
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Give independent winemakers the visibility they deserve.
The Bay Area's independent winemakers make remarkable wine, yet most of it is missing from local restaurant lists, bottle shops and wine bars, even in the heart of America's Slow Food movement.
Through a yearlong series of panels and tastings and an annual festival that is the largest gathering of independent wineries in Berkeley's history, UNFILTERED gives these producers the visibility they deserve and builds the demand that brings their wines to restaurants, shops and wine bars.
The festival
Each summer, dozens of independent California wineries pour side by side in Berkeley, with panel conversations, food and music. Buyers from Bay Area restaurants, shops and wine bars come for an industry hour.
See the archiveThe yearlong series
Panels, winemaker talks, guest pours and wine-bar takeovers between festivals, so these producers stay in front of the people who choose what we drink.
Upcoming eventsBuy from the makers
The surest way to change the wines we drink is to buy them. Every producer who has poured at UNFILTERED is linked here, straight to their own shop.
Shop the makersEvery year, on the record.
Each summer UNFILTERED brings independent California wineries to Berkeley for tastings, panel conversations, food and music. 2025 was great. 2026 was even better. Every year's photos, winemakers, panels, recordings and press are kept here.
A Celebration of Wine on the Edge
Industry hour 12 to 1, general admission 1 to 5, after-party 6 to 9 at Vintage Berkeley's Vine Street store.
Photos by Mike Elgan and Dylan Clendenin. Live panel sketches by Julia Weber. More on Instagram.
Saturday, July 25
Pouring Saturday- AmByth Estate
- Analog Wine Co
- Caleb Leisure
- Clos Saron
- Donkey & Goat
- Driftwood Cottage
- En Cavale
- Feral Ecology
- Forlorn Hope
- Frenchtown Farms
- Fres.co
- Ghostnote
- Grenachista
- Ian Brand Wines
- Intertidal Wines
- Iruai Wine
- Joseph-Jibril
- Lula
- Matt Crutchfield
- Prima Materia
- Reclamación Wines
- Rootdown Cellars
- Spur Road
- Thee And Thou
- A Tribute to Grace
- Unturned Stone
- Vine Farm Ridge
- Volta
- Wonderwerk
Saturday mapWhere each winery poured, by table number. Tap to enlarge.
Sunday, July 26
Pouring Sunday- 280 Project
- Arcadian
- Bedrock
- Donkey & Goat
- Ellsworth
- Enfield
- Etteilla
- Gondak Cellars
- Haarmeyer
- Helia Wine Co
- Hovik
- Intertidal Wines
- Mad Marvlus
- Madson Wines
- Maison des Plaisances
- Minus Tide Wines
- Native Bloom Winery
- Newfound Wines
- Precedent
- Onward
- Ottavino
- Popelouchum Estate
- Ruby Blanca
- Ruth Lewandowski
- Ryme Cellars
- Samuel Louis Smith
- Schema Wines
- Ser Wines
- Stagiaire
- Trail Marker
- Virgo Magic
- Ward Four
Sunday mapWhere each winery poured, by table number. Tap to enlarge.
OvinLoven by Rachael Strickler and Fins & Feathers by Jin Chua on Saturday. Rosie's chef-driven sandwiches and Sarah Schecter, chef and artist, on Sunday.
DJ Dan spinning hunky house on Saturday. James Lucas on Sunday.
UNFILTERED: Conversations About Wine
The first UNFILTERED. An industry-only tasting from 12 to 1, then general admission.
- Adam Saake
- Anthony Beckman
- Bertus van Zyl
- Bibi Adams
- Blair Guthrie
- Chris Walsh
- Connor Brockman
- Darek Trowbridge
- Don Henderson
- Emily Fernwood
- Jake Des Voignes
- James Jelks
- Kristie Tacey
- Megan Hughes
- Monica & Beno Stewart
- Nat Wong
- Pax Mahle
- Sam Bilbro
- Tom Sherwood
- William Allen
Between festivals, the conversation keeps going.
Panels, winemaker talks, guest pours and wine-bar takeovers around the Bay Area. Many are recorded for The Indie Wine Podcast.
Past events
On the record.
Every UNFILTERED panel, recorded with Matt Wood of The Indie Wine Podcast, and what the press has written about the festival.
Buy straight from the winemakers.
Every producer who has poured at UNFILTERED, at the festival or in the year-round series. Each link goes to the winery's own site, so your money goes straight to them.
Wear it.
UNFILTERED caps, tees and totes. Prices don't include shipping, which is added at checkout.
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UNFILTERED Tote$25Natural 10 oz cotton shoulder tote, 18 x 15 x 3 in, with black handles. UNFILTERED wordmark on one side and the UNFILTERED "i" on the other, printed in black...
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UNFILTERED Tee$20Natural Bella+Canvas 3001 unisex jersey tee. Front reads "Natural wine is made in the vineyard... or in Berkeley!"; the UNFILTERED wordmark is on the back. P...
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UNFILTERED Cap$20Khaki cotton cap with the UNFILTERED wordmark embroidered in black, with the red dot. Embroidered in Santa Rosa by Sonoma Design Apparel.
