A Brief History of Bojalien

From incomprehensible to unmissable: the unlikely ascent of the radical outsider natural wine tasting of the Beaujolais.

The first Bojalien sign, chez Denny Baldin in 2015.

Early this April, the many natural wine tastings of the Beaujolais reappeared in force, after what was, for most of them, a two-year COVID hiatus. Among them was Bojalien, a tasting founded in 2015 by erstwhile Fleurie restaurateur-winemaker Denny Baldin that has since quietly and unexpectedly become on…