Le Nez en l'Air Festival

Le Nez en l'Air: When Art Meets Wine in the Nantes Vineyard

Born in 2022 from the meeting between passionate winemakers and artists from the Peps'Art collective, the Le Nez en l'Air festival is an original cultural event that breaks down the barriers of art venues by placing artworks as close as possible to the vines. Every spring, for four days, the Muscadet wine estates open their doors to host exhibitions, concerts, shows, and artistic encounters in an exceptional setting.

An Artistic Trail Between the Estates

The festival unfolds across several towns in the Nantes vineyard and numerous prestigious wine estates. Visitors are invited to follow a route connecting the different sites on foot, by bike, or by car, discovering original works at each stop, presented in the cellars, tasting rooms, and estate gardens.

Participating Estates

• Domaine Landron in La Haye-Fouassière — a historic Muscadet estate, an emblematic venue for the festival
• Domaine du Grand Mouton in Saint-Fiacre-sur-Maine
• Famille Lieubeau in Château-Thébaud
• Domaine Bonnet Huteau in La Chapelle-Heulin (since 2025)

About Twenty Artists and Hundreds of Works

Each edition brings together around twenty local artists who present over 200 original works. A diversity of disciplines is on display: paintings, sculptures, drawings, photographs, and videos fill the spaces of the wine estates, creating an unprecedented dialogue between contemporary creation and wine heritage.

A Rich and Friendly Program

Beyond the exhibitions, the festival offers a varied program that emphasizes multidisciplinarity:

• Concerts and musical performances in cellars and outdoors
• Dance performances and theatrical and poetic presentations
• Meet-the-artist sessions and live demonstrations
• Creative workshops open to all (driftwood sculpture, light painting...)
• Free artistic hikes through the vineyards
• Wine tastings offered by partner winemakers

The Peps'Art Collective: Short-Circuit Art

The Peps'Art association, created in 2019, is a community art gallery run by a collective of about twenty Nantes-based artists. Its mission: to unite around artistic creation and promote professional artists in the visual arts field. Le Nez en l'Air is the collective's flagship event, embodying its philosophy of short-circuit art, accessible to all and rooted in the territory.

A Growing Festival

Since its first edition in autumn 2022, the festival has been steadily growing. From three towns and four estates in its early editions, the event has expanded to new venues, notably with the addition of La Chapelle-Heulin in 2025 and an immersive opening at the La Feuille gallery in Le Landreau planned for 2026. This growth reflects the enthusiasm of the public and winemakers for this unique initiative in the Nantes vineyard.