Fall 2024 Natural Wine Salons
A calendar of upcoming natural wine salons for September, October, and November 2024. Plus: A chat with Cécile Perrin-Lemasson of La Plage, and lunch at Morvan natural wine canteen Odessa L'Ecole.
Greetings from Burgundy, where I find myself weirdly out of sync with my vigneron friends, because I already wrapped up my own strenuous, unprofitable harvest of abandoned Languedoc vineyards on September 1st, and have since lapsed into a familiar state of standoffish post-harvest catatonia. Instinctively I want to offer to help out. But I’m already aching, already clawed to shreds by thistles and thorns.
Besides, there are other matters to attend to, such as this handy calendar of upcoming natural wine events.
New and noteworthy salons include: the fourth edition of Lyonnais restaurateur Mathieu Kochen’s La Rentrée at his Morvan outpost Odessa L’Ecole, which will culminate in a Japanese feast by the chefs of Tokyo restaurant Kermis; the second edition of Les Zinzins du Comptoir, a rollicking Burgundy natural wine salon organized by Julien Altaber, Carole Schwab, and caviste Yves Brunier; and the first edition of Les Vin Contés, a salon organized by Vini Circus founder Olivier Guitton in remembrance of the late Loir-et-Cher vigneron Olivier Lemasson, to be held in the latter’s native Brittany town of Dinan.
The calendar below covers September, October, and November 2024. Much information is still to-be-confirmed; please check back on the Substack for updates. (Organizers: if I’ve overlooked your event, please get in touch!)
Plus, some bonus reports for subscribers:
A chat with CECILE PERRIN-LEMASSON, on the upcoming SALON in her late husband’s memory, the end of LES VINS CONTES, and how life goes on at LA PLAGE, her natural wine bar and TOBACCONIST in CANDE-SUR-BEUVRON.
A recent visit to LA PLAGE in CANDE-SUR-BEUVRON. (No paywall.)
A recent lunch and dinner at ODESSA L’ECOLE, the renovated SCHOOLHOUSE where Lyonnais chef-restaurateur MATHIEU KOCHEN is leading a REVIVAL of the MORVAN. (No paywall)
Stay tuned soon for another edition of DROPLETS, plus a deep dive into Alsace. The latter report is taking a tad longer to organize than anticipated, but I promise it’s for a good reason.
To everyone still harvesting, stay dry out there! Until apéro hour, at least.
FALL 2024 NATURAL WINE SALONS
SEPTEMBER
Sept. 28th: GEORGIAN NATURAL WINE FAIR (Tsedisi, GE) - CANCELLED!
SITE: 1400 TSEDISI - Georgia
HOURS: 10am - 6pm. Trade only.
WHO: Archil Guniava, Samtavisi Marani, and quite a few estates I’m unfamiliar with. Details here.
OCTOBER
Oct. 5th: S.O.I.F.F. (Lagrasse, FR)
SITE: La Soifferie, 10 Place de la Halle, 11220 LAGRASSE
HOURS: 5pm - 12am.
WHO: Domaine Ledogar, Domaine des Deux Anes, and eight other estates I’m unfamiliar with. Full list here.
Oct. 6th: GARE AU PINARD (Perpignan, FR)
SITE: Place Albert de Belgique, 66000 PERPIGNAN
HOURS: 11am - 7pm.
WHO: Domaine Yoyo, Edouard Laffitte, Jean-Louis Tribouley, Clos Massotte, and more. Full list here.
Oct. 6th-7th: POP! (Nîmes, FR)
SITE: SMAC Paloma, 250 chemin de l'Aérodrome 30000 NIMES
HOURS: Sunday 10am - 8:30pm. Monday 10am - 5pm.
WHO: Agathe Puel, Lori Haon, Alain Allier, Raf Raybois, Mas Mellet, and more. Full list here.
Oct. 7th: DEGUSTATION INTERNATIONALE PLANETE VINS (Paris, FR)
SITE: La Faiencerie de Paris, 18 Rue de Paradis, 75010 PARIS
HOURS: 10am - 5pm. Trade only.
WHO: Judith Beck, Pacina, Collecapretta, and more. Full list here.
Oct. 13th-14th: BIOJOLEYNES (Leynes, FR)
SITE: Place de Leynes, 71570 LEYNES
HOURS: Sunday 10am - 7pm. Monday 9:30am - 2pm.
WHO: Philippe Jambon, Domaine Sauveterre, Domaine Bonnet-Cotton, Lilian Bauchet, and more. Full list here.
Oct. 13th: LA RENTREE (Lormes, FR)
SITE: Odessa L’Ecole, 6 Place des Roches, 58140 LORMES
HOURS: 10am - 6pm, followed by a dinner upon reservation.
WHO: François Ecot, Cyrille Vuillot, and many more. Full list forthcoming here.
Oct. 14th: PEPIE (Paris, FR)
SITE: La Table des Resistants and La Curieuse Cave, 7 and 11 rue de la Fidelité, 75010 PARIS
HOURS: 10am - 6pm.
WHO: Marc Pesnot, Jean-Christophe Comor, Laura Aillaud, Mathieu Dumarcher, and more. Full list forthcoming here perhaps.
Oct. 14th: LE PARIS DES SENS (Paris, FR)
SITE: Restaurant Habile, 16 Rue de Lancry, 75010 PARIS
HOURS: 9am - 6:30pm. Trade only.
WHO: Axel Domont, Domaine des Canailles, Melsolo, and more. Full list here.
Oct. 13th-14th: LES ZINZINS DU COMPTOIR (Chagny, FR)
SITE: La Maison du Peuple de Chagny, 71150 CHAGNY
HOURS: Sunday 2pm - 6pm. Monday 10am - 5pm.
WHO: Domaine Derain, Vin Noé, Sarnin-Berrux, Benoit Kilian, and more. Full list forthcoming here.
Oct. 19th: LE NEZ DANS LE BALLON (Lautrec, FR)
SITE: rue Louis Cros, 81440 LAUTREC
HOURS: 11am - 7pm.
WHO: Keiko & Jérôme, and a handful of estates I’m not familiar with. Full list here.
Oct. 19th: ET GLOU ET GLOU ET GLOU (Montner, FR)
SITE: 66720 MONTNER
HOURS: From 5pm. Dinner and concert from 8pm.
WHO: Bruno Duchêne, Edouard Laffitte, La Cave Apicole, Loïc Roure, and many more. Full list here.
Oct. 19th-20th: A CONTRE COURANT (Ergersheim, FR)
SITE: Domaine Brand, 98 Rue de Wolxheim, 67120 ERGERSHEIM
HOURS: 12pm - 6pm both days.
WHO: Cyrille Vuillot, Remi and Patricia Bonneton, Louis Terral, Alexandre Plassat, Anaïs Fanti, and more. Full list here.
Oct. 19th-20th: CHAI ALRIQ (Bordeaux, FR)
SITE: ZA Quai des Queyries, Port Bastide, 33100 BORDEAUX
HOURS: Saturday 10am - 1am. Sunday 10am - 6pm.
WHO: Jeff Coutelou, Christian Venier, Fond Cyprès, and more. Full list here.
Oct. 26th: ERUPTED! (Levice, SK)
SITE: Golden Eagle, Námestie hrdinov 1, 934 01 LEVICE - Slovakia
HOURS: TBC.
WHO: Natural and nearly natural winemakers from volcanic soils through Europe. Full list forthcoming here.
Oct. 26th-27th: LES VINS CONTES (Dinan, FR)
SITE: Centre des Congrès, 22100 DINAN
HOURS: 11am - 8pm.
WHO: Clos du Tue-Boeuf, Patrick Bouju, Christian Venier, Maison Valette, Christian Binner, Patrick Meyer, Dominique Derain, and many more. Full list here.
Oct. 26th-27th: JURE CRACHE (Nancy, FR)
SITE: 47 boulevard d'Austrasie, 54000 NANCY
HOURS: 10am - 8pm both days.
WHO: Anaïs Fanti, La Ferme Sans Nom, Domaine Sauveterre, Jan Tailler, Les Vignes de Paulette, and more. Full list here.
Oct. 27th: YARD FESTIVAL (Paris, FR)
SITE: 6 Rue de Mont-Louis, 75011 PARIS
HOURS: 10am - 7pm both days.
WHO: Twenty-five wine estates distributed by natural wine agency Culinaries. Full list forthcoming here.
Oct. 27h-28th: DE GROTE SALON (Amsterdam, NE)
SITE: Aambeeldstraat 30, 1021 KB AMSTERDAM
HOURS: Sunday 12pm - 5pm. Monday trade only 11am - 4pm.
WHO: Quentin Beaufort, La Grange de l’Oncle Charles, Toby Bainbridge, Domaine Mosse, Amaury Beaufort, and more. Full list here.
NOVEMBER
Nov. 2nd: KARAKTERRE NY (New York, USA)
SITE: 50 Rockefeller Plaza, New York, NY 10020
HOURS: 11:30am - 6pm.
WHO: A who’s-who of natural and organic Austrian and Central European wine estates. Full list forthcoming here.
Nov. 2nd - 3rd: BRUT(ES) (Mulhouse, FR)
SITE: Motoco, rue des brodeuses 68200 MULHOUSE
HOURS: Saturday 10am - 6pm. Sunday 11am - 6pm.
WHO: Les Maisons Brulées, and many more. Full list forthcoming here.
Nov. 2nd - 3rd: MADE IN ELSASS (Brussels, BE)
SITE: 2 place Antoine Gilson, B-1170 BRUSSELS
HOURS: 11am - 6pm both days.
WHO: Catherine Riss, Christophe Lindenlaub, La Grange de l’Oncle Charles and more, some rather less into the natural wine thing than others. Full list here.
Nov. 2nd - 3rd: ZUIVER WIJNEN PORTFOLIO TASTING (Amsterdam, NL)
SITE: Choux, De Ruijterkade 128, 1011 AC AMSTERDAM
HOURS: 1pm - 5pm both days.
WHO: Tom Lubbe, Marina Kurtanidze and Iago Bitarishvili, Daniele Portinari, and a few more. Full list here.
Nov. 3rd: PORTES OUVERTES A LATOUR DE FRANCE (Latour de France, FR)
SITE: 66720 LATOUR DE FRANCE
HOURS: 10am - 6pm.
WHO: Loïc Roure, Edouard Laffitte, and more. Full list forthcoming here.
Nov. 3rd-4th: VINI DI VIGNAIOLI (Parma, IT)
SITE: 43045 FORNOVO DI TARO
HOURS: Sunday 10am - 7pm. Monday roundtable discussion from 9am - 12pm, and tasting from 12pm - 7pm.
WHO: TBC. Full list forthcoming here.
Nov. 4th: LYON A PLEIN BULLE (Lyon, FR)
SITE: 79 Cours Vitton, 69006 LYON
HOURS: 10am - 6pm. Trade only.
WHO: Vincent Laval, Champagne Fleury, Vincent Couche, and many other organic Champagne estates, some with much less involvement in the natural wine scene than others. Full list here.
Nov. 9th - 10th: LA CIRQUE DU VIN NATURE (Balma, FR)
SITE: 61 rue Saint Jean, 31130 BALMA
HOURS: Saturday 3pm - 8pm. Sunday 11am - 6pm.
WHO: Philippe Chevarin, La Petite Baigneuse, and quite a few estates I’m unfamiliar with. Full list here.
Nov. 9th - 10th: SALON VINS NATURE EN NORD (Ennevelin, FR)
SITE: Carré du Hélin, 33 route de Templeuve, 59710 ENNEVELIN
HOURS: Saturday 10am - 7pm. Sunday 10am - 6pm.
WHO: Domaine David-Beaupère, Champagne Ruppert-Leroy, Maison Lissner, and more. Full list here.
Nov. 10th - 11th: AUGUSTA FIERA DEL VINO (Torino, IT)
SITE: Associazione Culturale Variante Bunker, Via Niccolò Paganini, 0/200, 10154 TORINO
HOURS: 11am - 6pm.
WHO: Nadia Verrua, Le Coste, Costadilà, and many more. Full list forthcoming here.
Nov. 10th - 11th: RAW WINE (New York, USA)
SITE: 99 Scott Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11237
HOURS: Sunday 11am - 6pm. Monday 10am - 7pm.
WHO: Du Vins aux Liens, La Clarine Farms, and many large estates with significantly less interface with the natural wine scene. Full list here.
Nov. 10th - 11th: VIGNAIOLI ARTIGIANI NATURALI (Roma, IT)
SITE: Città dell'Altra Economia, Largo Dino Frisullo, snc, 00153 ROMA
HOURS: TBC.
WHO: TBC. Full list forthcoming here.
Nov. 13th: RAW WINE (Toronto, CA)
SITE: Artscape Wychwood Barns, 601 Christie St, Studio 171, M6G 4C7 TORONTO
HOURS: Trade 10am - 7pm. Public 2pm - 7pm.
WHO: Famille Vaillant, Pacina, and many estates I’m unfamiliar with. Full list here.
Nov. 16th - 17th: RAW WINE (Montreal, CA)
SITE: Grand Quai du Port de Montréal, 200 rue de la Commune Ouest, H2Y4B2 MONTREAL
HOURS: Trade 10am - 6pm both days. Public 1:30pm - 6pm both days.
WHO: Domaine Lapierre, Naboso, Katharina Gessl, Famille Vaillant, and many large estates with significantly less interface with the natural wine scene. Full list here.
Nov. 16th - 17th: SOUS LES PAVES, LA VIGNE (Lyon, FR)
SITE: Place de la Bourse, 69002 LYON
HOURS: 11am - 7pm both days.
WHO: Vincent Couche, Domaine Delhomme, Isabelle and Bruno Perraud, Alain Allier, and many more. Full list here.
Nov. 17th: LES VIGNERONS AU POTAGER (Saint Vrain, FR)
SITE: Le Doyenné, 5 Rue Saint-Antoine, 91770 SAINT VRAIN
HOURS: 11am - 5pm.
WHO: TBC. Full list forthcoming here.
Nov. 18th: BIOTOP TOULOUSE (Toulouse, FR)
SITE: Espaces Vanel - 1 allée Jacques Chaban-Delmas, 31500 TOULOUSE
HOURS: 10am - 6pm.
WHO: Famille Vaillant, Causse Marines, and many estates with significantly less interface with the natural wine scene. Full list here.
Nov. 22nd-23rd: NATURWEIN (Vienna, FR)
SITE: Reaktor, Geblergasse 36/40, 1170 VIENNA
HOURS: Friday 1pm - 8pm. Saturday 12pm - 7pm.
WHO: Eighty estates, including François Saint-Lô, Gut Oggau, La Petite Empreinte, and more. Full list here.
Nov. 23rd-24th: GRRRBUGE (Brussels, BE)
SITE: LaVallée, Rue Adolphe Lavallée 39, 1080 BRUSSELS
HOURS: TBC.
WHO: La Biancara, and many more. Full list forthcoming here.
Nov. 30th: LES 10 VINS COCHONS (Saint Remy sur Durolle, FR)
SITE: Salle des fête du plan d'eau, 63550 SAINT REMY SUR DUROLLE
HOURS: 10am - 7pm.
WHO: TBC. Full list forthcoming here.
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