Spring 2024 Natural Wine Salons
A handy calendar of upcoming natural wine salons for March, April, and May 2024. Plus: a chat with south Beaujolais vigneron Raphaël Beysang. And lunch at enchanting new Gard bistrot Le Flores.
It may not feel quite like spring yet, but I’m assured the season will soon arrive - and with it, one hopes, some optimism in the natural wine scene. For amid a general slowdown in the wine market, there are silver linings to be discerned. New natural wine salons abound in unexpected places, like the southern Beaujolais, where local radical collective Team Sud Bojo will host a new salon called Le Ah! Ah! Ah! in early April. Or in the north Moravian city of Ostrava, where retailers and importers Hokus Pokus have assembled a murderer’s row of ace vignerons from Moravia, Austria, and France for their salon on March 2nd.
Spring 2024 also heralds the return of two important, irregularly-occurring natural wine events, Oakland’s Brumaire (last held in March 2020) and Copenhagen’s Fri Vin (last held back in 2018). Will these pivotal events help bring some va-va-voom back to le vin naturel?
I tend to think so. If natural winemakers in less-renowned zones are struggling nowadays, it is because their lower-price-point wines face ever-increasing competition from large-scale producers who have, over the last decade, learned to co-opt the style of natural wine with little of its substance (and none of its ethos). If good natural wine salons serve a higher purpose - beyond partying - it’s as public demonstrations of the style, the substance, and the ethos of natural wine.
The salon calendar below covers March, April, and May 2024. Much of the information is still to-be-confirmed; please check back on the Substack for updates. (Organizers: if I’ve overlooked your event, or gotten details wrong, please get in touch!)
As ever, here are two bonus reports for subscribers:
A chat with Alsatian-born SOUTH BEAUJOLAIS vigneron RAPHAEL BEYSANG, on the subject of the Le AH! AH! AH!, a new south Beaujolais natural wine salon organized by TEAM SUD BOJO.
A stellar lunch in the GARD at LE FLORES, chef MANU LACHAUD’s enchanting new natural wine bistrot, which she opened in summer 2023 with her companion CHARLES SOULIER of Les Frères Soulier. (No paywall.)
That’s all for now. Look out for more vigneron podcasts coming soon! Wishing everyone sunshine and fresh breezes and no frost ❄️
SPRING 2024 NATURAL WINE SALONS
MARCH
March 2nd: HOKUS POKUS WINE FEST (Ostrava, CZ)
SITE: Vítkovická 3335/15, 702 00 OSTRAVA
HOURS: 10am - 8pm.
WHO: Domaine Ganevat, Matassa, Jean-Pierre Robinot, Christian Tschida, Martin Vajcner, and more. And me, presenting The World of Natural Wine. Full list here.
March 2nd: AU PIF NATURE (Thiers, FR)
SITE: Salle polyvalente Jo Cognet, 15 ave. du Progrés, 63300 THIERS
HOURS: 10am - 8pm.
WHO: François Dhumes, Stéphane Majeune, Gregory White, and more. Full list here.
March 4th: VIVENT LES VINS… LIBRES! (Mexico City, MX)
SITE: Casa Seminario 12, Centro Histórico de la Cdad. de México, Centro, Cuauhtémoc, 06060 MEXICO CITY
HOURS: 10am - 8pm.
WHO: Julien Guillot, Les Maisons Brûlées, Charline Labet, Christian Venier, Bichi, and more. Full list here.
March 4th: EPICERIE FAIT SON SALON (Saint Etienne des Oullières, FR)
SITE: 264 Rue du Beaujolais, 69460 SAINT ETIENNE DES OULLIERES
HOURS: 10am - 6pm.
WHO: Rémi Dufaitre, Damien Bastien, Domaine de la Grand’ Cour, and more. Full list here.
March 9th-10th: CANONS (Nantes, FR)
SITE: L’Agronaute, Ancien MiN, Rue du Sénégal, 44200 NANTES
HOURS: 11am - 7pm.
WHO: TBC. Full list forthcoming here.
March 9th-10th: WEINSALON NATUREL (Cologne, DE)
SITE: Balloni, Ehrenfeldgürtel 96, 50823 KOLN
HOURS: 11am - 6pm.
WHO: 74 estates from throughout Europe. Full list forthcoming here.
March 10th: BRUMAIRE (Richmond, CA - USA)
SITE: Les Lunes Winery, 425 S. 3rd Street, 94804 RICHMOND
HOURS: 11am - 5pm.
WHO: Christophe Foucher, Anders Frederik Steen, Laureano Serres, Les Lunes, Axel Prüfer, Simon Busser, and more. Full list here.
March 11th: BIOTOP MARSEILLE (Marseille, FR)
SITE: Les Halles de la Major, Esplanade Jean-Paul II, 13002 MARSEILLE
HOURS: 10am - 6pm.
WHO: Mas Mellet, Domaine Richaud, Fondugues-Pradugues, and a lot of estates I’ve never heard of, presumably more organic than natural. Full list somewhere here.
March 10th: LA VILLA JOUASSE (Argelès sur Mer, FR)
SITE: 16, route de la Mer, 66700 ARGELES SUR MER
HOURS: 10am - 7pm.
WHO: Bruno Duchêne, Le Temps Retrouvé, La Cave Apicole, and more. Full list here.
March 16h-17th: BIM! DE PRINTEMPS (Arles, FR)
SITE: Pop, 1 rue Ferdinand de Lesseps, 13200 ARLES
HOURS: 11am - 5:30pm.
WHO: Domaine Mosse, Ad Vinum, Kollektiv Peternell, Quentin Le Cleac’h, and more. Full list here.
March 16h-17th: WINeFare (San Francisco, CA - USA)
SITE: 215 Haight St, San Francisco, CA 94102
HOURS: 1pm - 5pm.
WHO: AmByth Estate, Purity Wine, Nura Renom, and many more. Full list here.
March 16h-17th: SALON DES VINS VILLEBAROU (Villebarou, FR)
SITE: Salle des Fêtes de Villebarou, 21 Rue des Écoles, 41000 VILLEBAROU
HOURS: 10am - 6:30pm.
WHO: TBC. Full list forthcoming here.
March 17th: LES INVINCIBLES (Lyon, FR)
SITE: Cercle Bellecombe, 38 rue de la Viabert, 69006 LYON
HOURS: 10am - 6pm.
WHO: Christian Lericq, Lilian Bauchet, Bruno Barwise, Laura Aillaud, and more. Full list here.
March 17th: MUSCATNUSS! (Paris, FR)
SITE: Septime, 80 rue de Charonne, 75011 PARIS
HOURS: 10am - 6pm. Trade only.
WHO: Werlitsch, Wachstum Konig, Julien Renard, Jakob Tennstedt, Andi Mann, and more. Full list here.
March 17th-18th: LA REMISE (Arles, FR)
SITE: Patio de Camargue, 49 Chem. de Barriol, 13200 ARLES
HOURS: TBC
WHO: TBC. Full list forthcoming here.
March 22nd: TEAHUPOO (Nuits, FR)
SITE: 14 Rue Thurot, 21700 NUITS
HOURS: 10am - 6pm.
WHO: Oronce de Beler, Domaine Dandelion, Vin Noé, Bastian Wolber, and more. Full list here.
March 22nd: SALON DE PRINTEMPS (Geneva, CH)
SITE: Passeur de Vin Acacias, Rue Eugène-Marziano 25, 1227 GENEVA
HOURS: 2:30pm - 8pm.
WHO: Guy Breton, Antoine Robert-Denogent, Les Frères Soulier, Domaine Gramenon, and more. Full list here.
March 23rd: VITIS BATARDUS LIBERATA (Mesnay, FR)
SITE: La Cartonnerie, 1 rue Vermont, 39600 MESNAY
HOURS: 5pm - 9pm.
WHO: A salon devoted exclusively to natural wines from hybrid grapes, organized by Lilian Bauchet & Didier Grappe. Full list forthcoming here.
March 23rd: VIVANTES (Rilly-sur-Loire, FR)
SITE: Château de la Haute Borde, 6 la Haute Borde, 41150 RILLY-SUR-LOIRE
HOURS: TBC
WHO: Zoe Puzelat, Les Maisons Brûlées, Christian Venier, Les Capriades, Laurent Saillard, and more. Full list forthcoming here.
March 23rd: BIERES SAUVAGES (Arbois, FR)
SITE: 9 rue dde Faramand, 39600 ARBOIS
HOURS: 1pm - 7pm.
WHO: A salon organized by Aymeric Tissot uniting 18 producers of spontaneous-fermentation beers. Full list forthcoming here.
March 23rd-24th: PURA SEDE (Lisbon, PT)
SITE: R. de Sao Lázaro 72, 1150-199 LISBON
HOURS: 10am - 5pm.
WHO: TBC. Full list forthcoming here.
March 24th: THIRD COAST SOIF (Chicago, IL - USA)
SITE: 1340 West Washington Blvd, Chicago, IL 60607
HOURS: 12pm - 5pm.
WHO: Julien Mary, Bichi, Ruth Lewandowski Wines, and a lot of US estates I’m unfamiliar with, and a handful of natural-ish estates from France and elsewhere. Full list here.
March 24th-25th: LE NEZ DANS LE VERT (Arbois, FR)
SITE: Gynmase des Vignes, 1 Rte de la Piscine, 39600 ARBOIS
HOURS: Sunday 10am - 6pm. Monday trade only, 9am - 1pm.
WHO: A who’s-who of organic and natural Jura estates. Full list here.
March 24th: AFTER NEZ-GOCE (Arbois, FR)
SITE: TBC, Arbois.
HOURS: Tasting from 6pm - 9pm. Dance party from 9pm until late.
WHO: Karnage, Jean-Louis Pinto, Alice Bouvot, Patrick Bouju, Philippe Jambon, Antonin Azzoni, Seb Morin, and more. Full list here.
March 25th: JOUR FRUIT (Barraux, FR)
SITE: Fort, 38530 BARRAUX
HOURS: 9am - 5:30pm.
WHO: Jean-Yves Péron, and many organic but not natural Savoie estates. Full list forthcoming here.
March 25th: BIOTOP ALSACE (Sélestat, FR)
SITE: Les Tanzmatten, Quai de l’Ill, 67600 SELESTAT
HOURS: 10am - 6pm.
WHO: Mas Mellet, Justine Vigne, Le Temps Rétrouvé, Fondugues-Pradugues, and many estates with significantly less involvement in the natural wine scene. Full list somewhere here.
March 31st - April 1st: LES CAVES DE LA VALLEE DU CHER (Monthou sur Cher, FR)
SITE: Five separate sites: chez Noella Morantin, 24bis rue Nationale, 41140 THESEE; chez Domaine La Piffaudière, 96 route des Caves, 41400 MONTHOU SUR CHER; chez Mikaël Bouges, 2 impasse de Bellevue, 41400 MONTRICHARD; chez Les Jardins de Theseiis, 40ter rue Nationale, 41140 THESEE; chez Les Maisons Brûlées, rue de Vineuil, 41400 MONTHOU SUR CHER.
HOURS: 10am - 6pm.
WHO: Christian Venier, Clos du Tue-Boeuf, Laurent Saillard, Les Capriade, Jean Delobre, Christophe Foucher, and many more. Full list here.
APRIL
April 6th-7th: LE AH! AH! AH! (Vaux-en-Beaujolais, FR)
SITE: TBC, 69620 OIGNT
HOURS: 10am - 6pm.
WHO: Raphael Beysang, Clos Fantine, Jean-Marc Dreyer, Julien Merle, Nathalie Banes, and more. Full list forthcoming here.
April 6th-7th: SALON DES VIN NATURELS EN LIMOUSIN (Blond, FR)
SITE: Domaine du Grand Echerat, 87300 BLOND
HOURS: Saturday 3pm - 7pm. Sunday 10am - 6pm.
WHO: TBC. Full list forthcoming here.
April 7th: GARDEN BAMBOCHE (Vaux-en-Beaujolais, FR)
SITE: 541 rue de la Maison Jaune, 69460 VAUX-EN-BEAUJOLAIS
HOURS: 10am - late.
WHO: Cyrille Vuillod, and more. Full list forthcoming here.
April 7th-8th: BIEN BOIRE EN BEAUJOLAIS (Beaujolais, FR)
SITE: Château de Poncié (La Biojolaise) and Domaine la Javernière (La Beaujoloise).
HOURS: Sunday 2pm - 8pm. Monday 10am until late.
WHO: Pretty much every natural Beaujolais estate except the zero-zero contingent who mostly present separately at Bojalien and / or Biojoleynes or Garden Bamboche or the new Ah! Ah! Ah! salon. Full lists here.
April 8th: BOJALIEN (Saint Etienne des Oullières, FR)
SITE: 993 route de la Grange Masson, 69460 SAINT ETIENNE DES OULLIERES
HOURS: 10am - 6pm.
WHO: Romain des Grottes, and more. Full list forthcoming here.
April 13th: LES TRINQUEUSES (Paris, FR)
SITE: Ground Control, 81 Rue du Charolais, 75012 PARIS
HOURS: 12pm - midnight.
WHO: Elisa Guerin, Rémi Dufaitre, Caroline Ledédenté, and more. Full list here.
April 13th-14th: TRINQUETTE (Nantes, FR)
SITE: Les Nefs, 4 Bd Léon Bureau, 44200 NANTES
HOURS: 11am - 6pm both days.
WHO: Domaine Mosse, Guillaume Noire, Marc Pesnot, Marie Carroget, Nadia Beaune, Sylvain Martinez, and more. Full list here.
April 13th-14th: SALON DU VIN ILE DE GROIX (Ile de Groix, FR)
SITE: TBC
HOURS: TBC
WHO: Clos du Tue-Boeuf, Margot et Nathalia, Sons of Wine, Clos Fantine, and more. Full list here.
April 14th: C’ERA UNA VOLTA (Vicenza, IT)
SITE: Villa Traverso Pedrina, Via Monticello, 50, 36021 Barbarano Mossano VI, Italy
HOURS: 11am - 6pm.
WHO: Daniel Sage, Le Coste, and more. Full list here.
April 14th: WINE FROM HERE (Richmond, CA - USA)
SITE: Subject to Change Wine Co., 1387 Marina Way S #500, RICHMOND, CA 94804
HOURS: 12pm - 5pm.
WHO: Brent Mayeaux, and more. Full list forthcoming here.
April 13th-15th: VINNATUR TASTING (Gambellara, IT)
SITE: Via Torri di Confine, 36053 GAMBELLARA
HOURS: 10am - 6pm.
WHO: Angiolino Maule, Terpin, Cascina Tajvin, Vini Scirto, and more. Full list forthcoming here.
April 15th: NATRUS (Villasar de Dalt, ES)
SITE: Can Guardiola, 08339 VILLASAR DE DALT
HOURS: 11am - 6pm. Trade only.
WHO: Oriol Artigas, Laureanno Serres, Kolektiv Peternell, Christian Tschida, and more. Full list here.
April 20th: LES BONS VIVANTS (Puissalicon, FR)
SITE: Picamandil, 39 Av. de Béziers, 34480 PUISSALICON
HOURS: 9am - 11pm.
WHO: Clos Fantine, Jeff Coutelou, Fontedicto, L’Absurde Génie des Fleurs, and more. Full list here.
April 20th: DESALPES (Lausanne, CH)
SITE: Rte de l'Abbaye 2, 1053 MONTHERON, Switzerland
HOURS: 11am - 5pm. Party from 6pm - midnight.
WHO: Domaine de Cherouche, Domaine Labet, Damien Bastian, and more. Full list here.
April 20th: SALON DES VINS S.A.I.N.S. (Paris, FR)
SITE: Café A, 148 rue du Faubourg Saint Martin, 75010 PARIS
HOURS: 11am - 7pm.
WHO: The Vins S.A.I.N.S. association, including Gilles and Catherine Vergé and more. Full list forthcoming here presumably.
April 20th-21st: CONFETTI WINE FEST (Krakow, PO)
SITE: Stara Zajezdnia Kraków, Św. Wawrzyńca 12, 31-060 Kraków, Poland
HOURS: Trade-only 11am - 12pm. General admission from 12pm - 7pm.
WHO: Nadia Verrua, L’Absurde Génie des Fleurs, and more. Full list here.
April 21st: VIN SAUVAGE (Ossages, FR)
SITE: Villa Settimo, 406 Chem. de Lacaze, 40290 OSSAGES
HOURS: 11am - 6pm.
WHO: Matassa, Domaine Dandelion, Olivier Cohen, and more. Full list here.
April 21st: SALON DES “STAGIERES” (Sagy le Haut, FR)
SITE: Clos des Vignes du Maynes, Rue des Moines, Sagy-le-Haut, 71260 Cruzille
HOURS: 11am - 5pm. Apéro and DJ set from 6pm.
WHO: Former interns including Stéphane Cyran, Yann Durieux, Louis-Damien Bouchacourt, and more. Full list here.
April 21st - 22nd: LA TOURNEE DE PARCELLES (Volvic, FR)
SITE: Chai No Control, rue de la Croix Badière, 63530 VOLVIC
HOURS: 10am - onwards.
WHO: A 20km or 40km bike ride around Vincent Marie’s parcels, with unspecified involvement from other vignerons, including Mattia Carfagna, François Dhumes, Alexandre Bain, Les Maisons Brûlées, Arnaud Chapuis, and more. Full list here.
April 21st - 22nd: NATUR 3 (Quimper, FR)
SITE: Halles Saint-François - Rue Amiral de la Grandière, 29000 QUIMPER
HOURS: 10am - 6pm both days.
WHO: Les Rêves Oubliés, Domaine Delhomme, Les Vins Pirouettes, and many estates with somewhat less involvement in the natural wine secne. Full list here.
April 22nd: PEPITES (Paris, FR)
SITE: Restaurant Capitaine, 4 Imp. Guéménée, 75004 PARIS
HOURS: 10am - 6pm. Trade only.
WHO: L’Anglore, Pauline Broqua, Les Frères Soulier, and other estates represented by Paris wine agent Alexandre Sauban / Le Lavoir. Full list here.
April 22nd: LA SANT JORDI A PARIS (Paris, FR)
SITE: Le Collier de la Reine, 57 Rue Charlot, 75003 PARIS
HOURS: 11am - 7pm. Trade only.
WHO: The portfolio tasting of Paris wine agent Adrien Sage, including Vinyas d’Empremta, Mas Candi, Joan Rubio, Philippe Bornard, and more. Full list here.
April 27th: NATURAL WINE FEST (Brno, CZ)
SITE: Opatstvi Staré Brno, Mendlovo nám. 157/1, 603 00 Staré Brno, Czechia
HOURS: 12pm - 7pm.
WHO: Martin Vajcner, Aleš Kovář, Franz Strohmeier, and more. Full list here.
April 27th-28th: VINI CIRCUS (Guipel, FR)
SITE: Complexe des fêtes et des sports, 35440 GUIPEL
HOURS: Dinner with reservation Friday night. Saturday 10am - 7pm. Sunday 10am - 7pm.
WHO: TBC. Full list forthcoming here.
April 27th-28th: AU FIL DU VIN (Saint Pantaléon de Larche, FR)
SITE: 28 Rue de la Mairie 19600 SAINT PANTALEON DE LARCHE
HOURS: Saturday 2pm - 8pm. Sunday 10am - 6pm.
WHO: Marc Pesnot, La Cave Apicole, La Vinoterie, and rather a lot of estates with somewhat less involvement in the natural wine scene. Full list here.
April 28th: UNE BOUTEILLE A LA MER (Ramatuelle, FR)
SITE: Fondugues-Pradugues, 7677 Rte des Plages Road 93, 83350 RAMATUELLE
HOURS: 10am - 6pm.
WHO: Fondugues-Pradugues, Domaine Milan, Domaine du Bon Pas, and many organic estates. Full list here.
April 28th: DEUTSCHLAND IN PARIS (Paris, FR)
SITE: Point Ephémère, 200 Quai de Valmy, 75010 PARIS
HOURS: 12pm - 6pm.
WHO: German vignerons imported to France by my friends at Chambre Noire, including Christine Pieroth, Alanna Lagamba, Marto Wörner, and many more. I’ll also be there, pouring samples from two Moravian vignerons whose wines I import to France.
April 28th-29th: THE REAL WINE FAIR (London, UK)
SITE: Tobacco Dock, Pennington Street off Wapping Lane, E1W2SF LONDON
HOURS: 10am - 6pm. Monday is trade-only.
WHO: Hervé Villemade, Jean-Christophe Comor, Domaine Thillardon, and more. Full list forthcoming here.
April 28th-29th: RAW LOS ANGELES (Los Angeles, CA - USA)
SITE: City Market Social House, 1145 South San Pedro Street, Los Angeles, CA 90015
HOURS: 11am - 6pm Sunday, 10am - 5pm Monday.
WHO: Aurelien Houillon, Iago Bitarishvilia, AmByth Estate, alongside many estates with significantly less involvement in the natural wine scene. Full list here.
April 29th: VELLA TERRA (Barcelona, ES)
SITE: Casa Ruis, C. d'Enric Granados, 97, L'Eixample, 08008 BARCELONA
HOURS: 12pm - 8pm.
WHO: Mas Candi, La Salada, Slobodne, La Vinoterie, and many more. Full list here.
April 29th: VINS ET ELEMENTS (Paris, FR)
SITE: Babel, 3 rue Lemon, 75020 PARIS
HOURS: 10am - 6pm. Trade only.
WHO: The portfolio tasting of Paris wine agents Solenne Jouan and Julien Lardier. Julien Guillot, Franz Strohmeier, Antonio Quari, Philippe Jambon, and more. Full list here.
April 29th: LE PETIT KELLER ET GICLETTE INVITENT (Paris, FR)
SITE: Le Petit Keller, 13 rue Keller, 75011 PARIS
HOURS: 11am - 6pm. Vigneron dinner afterwards with reservation.
WHO: Bodega Clandestina, Sylvain Saux, Julien Altaber, Brand Brothers, Pierre Rousse, Pierre Guillon Peers, Catherine Bernard, Vin des Potes, and Brasserie Le Chaudron.
MAY
May 1st: LA FIANCEE DU PICRATE (Vaux-en-Bugey, FR)
SITE: Maison Panis, 127 Rue des Terreaux, 01150 VAUX EN BUGEY
HOURS: 10am - 6pm.
WHO: Twenty-five estates, including La Combe aux Rêves, Grain par Grain, François Grinand, and more. Full list forthcoming here.
May 4th: EMPREINTE 0 (Perpignan, FR)
SITE: Pyrénéon, 133 chemin du pas de la paille, 66000 PERPIGNAN
HOURS: From 3pm.
WHO: Le Temps Retrouvé, Les Rêves Oubliés, Alexandre Coulanges, and five more estates. Full list here.
May 4th-5th: PREMIER-ES DE CUVEE (Paris, FR)
SITE: La REcyclerie, 83 blvd Ornano, 75018 PARIS
HOURS: 11am - 6pm both days.
WHO: Maud Rochette, and twenty-plus other newly-established winemakers. Organized by Paris wine agency SOIF. Full list here.
May 4th-5th: A LA RENCONTRE DES VINS NATURELS (Saint Egrève, FR)
SITE: Salle Robert Fiat, 9 Avenue de la Monta, 38120 SAINT EGREVE
HOURS: Saturday 10am - 7pm. Sunday 10am - 6pm.
WHO: Domaine Rivaton, Domaine Rols, Domaine du Picatier, and more. Full list here.
May 4th-5th: PORTES OUVERTES DES POTES OUVERTS (Monthou-sur-Bièvre, FR)
SITE: 2 ter Rue du Gué aux Loups, 41120 MONTHOU-SUR-BIEVRE
HOURS: 11am - 6pm.
WHO: Domaine Mosse, Les Capriades, Pierre-Olivier Bonhomme, Alex Foillard, Kéké Descombes, Clos du Tue-Boeuf, and more. Full list here.
May 4th-5th: CHAI L’UN, CHAI L’AUTRE (Chitry, FR)
SITE: Salle des fêtes, 89530 CHITRY
HOURS: Saturday 11am - 7pm. Sunday 10am - 3pm.
WHO: La Petite Empreinte, Alice & Olivier de Moor, Nicolas Vauthier, and more. Full list here.
May 5th: DES BAIES DANS LA BAIE (Roz sur Couesnon, FR)
SITE: Lieu-dit Palluel, 35610 ROZ-SUR-COUESNON
HOURS: 10am - 7pm.
WHO: Romain Verger, Julien Rousselot, Guillaume Lavie, Vincent Wallard, and more. Full list here.
May 5th: TOUS A L’AUBE (Bar-sur-Seine, FR)
SITE: 17 Faubourg de Troyes, 10110 BAR SUR SEINE
HOURS: Tasting 10am - 4pm. Party from 5pm - 11pm.
WHO: Amaury Beaufort, Domaine de Bichery, Domaine Léon, Alice and Quentin Beaufort, and more. Full list here.
May 4th-6th: SOUS LES PAVES LA VIGNE (Paris, FR)
SITE: La Bellevilloise, 19-21 Rue Boyer, 75020 PARIS
HOURS: 11am - 7pm.
WHO: Domaine Delhomme, Nicolas Suteau, Seb Congretel, and many more. Full list forthcoming here.
May 4th-5th: AU VIN JOYEUX (Mazeuil, FR)
SITE: 2 Rue du Vieux Cimetière, 86110 MAZEUIL
HOURS: 10am - 7pm.
WHO: Jacques Février, Gérard Marula, Cédric Fleury, and a few more. Full list here.
May 5th: UVA FEST (Sète, FR)
SITE: Le Dancing, 51 quai des Moulins, 34200 SETE
HOURS: 11am - 6pm. Vigneron dinner and DJ set from 7pm - 2am.
WHO: Jean-Louis Pinto, Clos Bateau, Edouard Adam, Joe Jefferies, Rémi Poujol, and many more. Full list here.
May 5th - 6th: INDIGENES (Toulouges, FR)
SITE: Parc de Clairfont, 66350 TOULOUGES
HOURS: Sunday 11am - 6pm. Monday 11am - 5pm.
WHO: Ad Vinum, fond Cyprès, Mas Candi, Mataburro, Oriol Artigas, Pauline Broqua, and many more. Full list here.
May 5th - 6th: NAIFS (Perpignan, FR)
SITE: Rue des Cardeurs, 66000 PERPIGNAN
HOURS: Sunday 4pm - 8pm, Monday 12pm - 8pm.
WHO: Simon Gastrein, and twenty or so other recently established estates, most of which I’m unfamiliar with. Full list here.
May 6th: NATURE PEINTURE (Paris, FR)
SITE: Jones Restaurant, 43 Rue Godefroy Cavaignac, 75011 PARIS
HOURS: 11am - 6pm.
WHO: Houas Boukella, Ori Vin, La Mazière, Patrick Desplats, Jérôme Saurigny, and more. And me, signing a few books and opening a few bottles. Full list here.
May 9th - 10th: ZERO COMPROMISE (Tbilisi, GE)
SITE: 10 Dodo Abashidze St., TBILISI
HOURS: 11am - 5pm.
WHO: TBC. Full list forthcoming here.
May 11th-12th: EXTRA BRUT(ES) (Regnéville-sur-Mer, FR)
SITE: 50590 REGNEVILLE-SUR-MER
HOURS: TBC
WHO: Full list forthcoming here.
May 12th: SHEREKILEBI (Mtskheta, GE)
SITE: Iago’s Winery, Vill. chardakhi, 3318 MTSKHETA
HOURS: 12pm - 5pm.
WHO: Iago Bitarishvili, Ramaz Nikoladze, and more. Full list forthcoming here.
May 12th: TOUS AU GARDE (Gyé-sur-Seine, FR)
SITE: Le Garde Champêtre, Rte des Riceys, 10250 GYE-SUR-SEINE
HOURS: 10am - 5pm.
WHO: Domaine de Bichery, Charles Dufour, Salima & Alain Cordeuil, Ruppert-Leroy, Domaine Labet, Alex Plassat, Paul Lewakowski, and more. Full list here.
May 12th: POTS DE VIN (Clisson, FR)
SITE: 5 rue des Remouleurs, 44190 CLISSON
HOURS: 12pm - 5pm.
WHO: A market of ceramics and natural wine. Full list forthcoming here.
May 12th: VIGNAIOLI IN FORTEZZA (Civitella del Tronto, IT)
SITE: 64010 CIVITELLA DEL TRONTO
HOURS: Sunday from 11am-7pm. Monday from 10am - 6pm.
WHO: Mas Candi, Suman, Sebastien Giandubert, Davide Spillare, and quite a few Italian estates that I’m unfamiliar with. Full list here.
May 12th-13th: RAW TOKYO (Tokyo, JP)
SITE: B&C HALL, 2 Chome-1-3 Higashishinagawa, Shinagawa City, Tokyo 140-0002
HOURS: 10am - 6:30pm.
WHO: Judith Beck, Sons of Wine, Andi Weigand, Andi Mann, Max Dexheimer, Hiyu Wine Farm, alongside many estates with significantly less involvement in the natural wine scene. Full list here.
May 14th: DEGUSTATION PICCOLO (Montreuil, FR)
SITE: 19 rue Girard, 93100 MONTREUIL
HOURS: 10:30am - 6pm.
WHO: Les Vignes de Paulette, Leila Pailhes, Les Rêves Oubliés, Domaine du Bon Pas, and more. Full list here.
May 18th-19th: LA GLOUGLOUTE (Anjou, FR)
SITE: 30 La Bridonnière, 49270 OREE D’ANJOU
HOURS: Saturday 2pm - TBC. Sunday TBC - 7pm.
WHO: TBC. Full list forthcoming here.
May 19th: FRI VIN (Copenhagen, DK)
SITE: Lokomotivværkstedet, OBV 037, Otto Busses Vej 5A, 2450 COPENHAGEN
HOURS: 10am - 8pm.
WHO: A collaboration between four key Danish natural wine importers Rosforth & Rosforth, Lieu-Dit, Pétillant, and Grape Wise. Full list forthcoming here.
May 19th: GUEULE DE BOIS (Montlaur en Diois, FR)
SITE: Association la Brouette à Facettes, 320 Chemin du Vieux Montlaur, 26310 MONTLAUR EN DIOIS
HOURS: 10am - 6:30pm.
WHO: Alain Allier, Clos Massotte, and a few more. Full list here.
May 19th: LES DEBOUCHEES DE PRINTEMPS (Villeurbanne, FR)
SITE: TNP, 8 place Lazare-Goujon, 69627 VILLEURBANNE
HOURS: 10am - 7pm.
WHO: Etienne Thiébaud, Team Sud Bojo, Cadavre Exquis, Catherine Dumora, and more. Full list here.
May 19th-20th: SOMMERFASCHT (Sélestat, FR)
SITE: Les Tanzmatten, Quai de l'Ill, 67600 SELESTAT
HOURS: Sunday 11am - 6pm. Monday 11am - 4pm.
WHO: The Association des Vins Nature d’Alsace, including Domaine Binner, and more. Full list here.
May 22nd-23rd: KARAKTERRE (Eisenstadt, AT)
SITE: Esterhazy Orangerie, Esterhazyplatz 5, 7000 EISENSTADT
HOURS: 11am-7pm.
WHO: Every major Austrian natural wine estate, along with many from elsewhere in central Europe. Full list forthcoming here.
May 25th: LES VINS AU VERT (Glaine Montaigut, FR)
SITE: Au coeur du village, 63160 GLAINE MONTAIGUT
HOURS: 10am-7pm.
WHO: TBC. Full list forthcoming here.
May 25th: RETOUR AUX SOURCES (Saint-Seine L’Abbaye, FR)
SITE: 20 rue Sonnois, 21440 SAINT-SEINE L’ABBAYE
HOURS: 10am - 6pm.
WHO: Alexandre Bain, Françoit Ecot, Pierre Fenals, Philippe Wies, and more.
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