Summer 2023 Natural Wine Salons
Plus: The End of Les Capriades. Sekhina’s “Pét-Nat Opener.” And a chat with zero-zero Beaujolais maestro Philippe Jambon.
Summer is basically upon us, so it’s time for another exhaustive round-up of the season’s forthcoming natural wine salons. Among the events to look forward to are an unprecedented Bojalien in Anjou; the 10th anniversary edition of Laureanno Serres and Joan-Ramon Escoda’s H2O Vegetal salon; and the second edition of Vin Noé’s resplendent Haut Les Mains salon in Burgundy.
As always, the tastings listed below are just the ones I have on my own radar. The list covers the months of June, July, and August 2023. The information will evolve, so be sure to check for updates before booking any travel. (Organizers: if I’ve left your event out or gotten details wrong, please get in touch!)
Lastly, here are some bonus reports for subscribers:
THE LEGACY OF LES CAPRIADES: Loir-et-Cher pét-nat originator (and BULLES AU CENTRE salon co-founder) PASCAL POTAIRE announces the amicable END of his dozen-year collaboration with MOSES GADOUCHE as LES CAPRIADES - and shares his tips for GREAT PET-NAT production.
An archive INTERVIEW with BIOJOLEYNES co-founder and ZERO-ZERO BEAUJOLAIS trailblazer PHILIPPE JAMBON.
A first-ever GADGET REVIEW, of Hungarian design company SEKHINA’s new “PET-NAT OPENER.” (No paywall.)
Many thanks for reading, as always! Here’s to sufficient rainfall for everyone!
SUMMER 2023 NATURAL WINE SALONS
JUNE
June 2nd: EMILIA SUR LI (Piacenza, IT)
SITE: Corte Faggiola, SS45, 8 Gariga di, 29027 PODENZANO
HOURS: Presentation from 10:30am to 12pm. Tasting from .
WHO: Camilo Donati, Podere Pradarolo, Croci, and many more excellent producer of pét-nat in Emilia. Full list here.
June 3rd-4th: LES AUTHENTIQUES (La Rochelle, FR)
SITE: Salle de l'Oratoire, 6 Bis Rue Albert 1er, 17000 LA ROCHELLE
HOURS: Saturday 10am - 6pm, Sunday 11am - 4pm.
WHO: Les Capriades, Côme Isambert, and a handful of mostly natural-ish estates. Full list here.
June 4th: NATURAL MYSTICS (Stockholm, SE)
SITE: Smedsuddsvägen 23, 11235 STOCKHOLM
HOURS: 12pm - 7pm.
WHO: Jean-Louis Pinto, a cast of fun upstarts including Jas Swan, Quantum Winery, and Fruktstereo, and then, curiously, Foradori. Full list here.
June 4th: POC A POC (Palma de Mallorca, ES)
SITE: 45 Gremi des Fusters, 07009 PALMA
HOURS: 11am - 6pm.
WHO: Full list here.
June 4th: VINS D’AUTAN (Simorre, FR)
SITE: Le Bouche à Oreille, Rue Paul Saint-Martin, 32420 SIMORRE
HOURS: 11am - 6:30pm.
WHO: Jeff Coutelou, JC Comor, Domaine Leonine, Le Temps Retrouvé, Domaine Tribouley, and more. Full list here.
June 5th: GRANDEUR NATURE (Monein, FR)
SITE: 30 Rue du Pic du Ger, 64360 MONEIN
HOURS: 10am - 6pm.
WHO: Organizers Château Lafitte, along with Imanol Garay, and ten other natural wine estates, mostly from the southwest. Full list here.
June 10th: BIOJOLEYNES (Leynes, FR)
SITE: Salle des fêtes, 71570 LEYNES
HOURS: 10am - 7pm.
WHO: Philippe Jambon, Domaine Chardigny, Jérôme Guichard, Lilan Bauchet, and many other heros of radical zero-zero Beaujolais. Full list here.
June 10th: LES VINS CROYABLES & POMPOMMPOMMEPOMMES (Nantes, FR)
SITE: 12 rue Grand Biesse, 44200 NANTES
HOURS: 10am - 7pm.
WHO: Gérard Marula, Marie Carroget, Jacques Février, Côme Isambert, La Cidrerie du Golfe, and a handful of other natural wine and cider estates. Full list here.
June 10th: WINEFARE (San Francisco, USA)
SITE: 215 Haight St, San Francisco, CA 94102
HOURS: 1pm - 5pm.
WHO: Fifty-six “female-identified wine companies,” including AmByth Estate (?), Donkey & Goat Winery, Margins Wine, Marta Stoumen Wines, and many more. Some more natural than others. Full list here.
June 10th: BAR CUCCURUCUCU CLOSING PARTY (Malmö, SE)
SITE: Bar Cuccurucucù, Drottninggatan 36, 211 41 Malmö
HOURS: 12pm - 6pm. Party from 5pm.
WHO: Hiyu Wine Farm, Alex & Maria Koppitsch, Fruktsterio, and a few more. Full list here.
June 10th-11th: PREMIERS DE CUVE (Paris, FR)
SITE: 83 boulevard Ornano, 75018 PARIS
HOURS: 11am - 6pm.
WHO: La Paonnerie, Les Rêves Oubliés, Belly Wine Experiment, and more. Full list here.
June 11th: HERE NOW (Sydney, AU)
SITE: Macquarie Place Park, Sydney NSW 2000
HOURS: 3pm - 9pm.
WHO: Curated by Autralian natural wine kingpin Mike Bennie, the event features his P&V Wines, along with Frankly, This Wine Was Made By Bob, Sabi Wabi, and Benson & the Mooch. Full list here.
June 11th: LIQUIDES (Toulouse, FR)
SITE: Rue des Polinaires, 31000 TOULOUSE
HOURS: 11am - 7pm.
WHO: Renaud Guettier, Jean-Marie Berrux, Valentin Valles, Ad Vinum, Le Coste, and many more. Full list here.
June 11th: RAW WINE (Copenhagen, DK)
SITE: The Plant, Riffinaderivej 22, 2300 COPENHAGEN
HOURS: 10am - 6pm.
WHO: Costadilà, Carussin, Abbia Novà, Slobodne, Hiyu Wine Farm, Clos Lentiscus, Alex & Maria Koppitsch, Porta Bohemica, Joyda Ciders, Utopia Ciders, Château Meylet, Sons of Wine, and many more estates, many far less natural than those I’ve cited here. Full list here.
June 11th-12th: CONTRASTES! (Albi, FR)
SITE: Ecole de l'Art et des Matières 30 Côte de l'Abattoir, 81000 ALBI
HOURS: TBC.
WHO: Scores of interesting Southwest estates, including Causse Marines, Laurent Cazottes, Melsolo, Château Lafitte, Domaine du Pech, and many others. Some more natural than others. Full list here.
June 17th: PETITES RENCONTRES AUTOUR DES VINS VIVANTS (Moncrabeau, FR)
SITE: Ferme de Cauberotte, Cauberotte, 47600 MONCRABEAU
HOURS: 2pm - ?
WHO: Domaine du Pech, Stéphanie Roussel, Nicolas Bastin, Benoit Kilian, Romuald Valot, Jan Tailler, Julien Prével, and more. Full list here.
June 17th-18th: QUILLES LE FESTIVAL (Chambonas, FR)
SITE: Camping de la Surre, 07140 CHAMBONAS
HOURS: Saturday 10:30am - 7pm, Sunday 10:30am - 6pm.
WHO: Andrea Calek and Stephana Nicolescou, Laurent Fell, Ozil Frangins, Les Vigneaux, and other Ardèche vignerons. Full list here.
June 18th: PORTES OUVERTES AU POIRA QUASTANA (Le Controis-en-Sologne, FR)
SITE: Le Poira, 41120 LE CONTROIS-EN-SOLOGNE
HOURS: 11am - 6:30pm.
WHO: Jeremy Quastana, Barbara Lebled, Chahut et Prodiges, Les Capriades, Jérôme Balmet, and a handful of other vignerons. Full list here.
June 18th: BOTTLE TOPS (Hobart, AU)
SITE: Hobart City Hall, 57-63 Macquarie Street Hobart, TAS 7000
HOURS: 1pm - 5pm.
WHO: Memento Mori, Sabi Wabi, and dozens of other Australian natural winemakers. Full list here.
June 18th: BERLIN SOMMER WEINFEST (Berlin, DE)
SITE: Nåpoleon Komplex, Modersohnstraße 35-45, 10245 BERLIN
HOURS: 1pm - 6pm.
WHO: Vino di Anna, Sebastien Congretel, Giorgi Natenadze, Jaroslav Osička, along with many other estates, some more on the natural-ish side of things. Full list here.
June 18th: NOUVEL ORDRE (Brioude, FR)
SITE: Hostel Orfenor, 18 boulevard Aristide Briand, 43100 BRIOUDE
HOURS: 10am - 6pm.
WHO: Ten young natural Auvergne vignerons and négociants, including Hannah Fuellenkemper, Aurelien Lefort, and Les Rèves Oubliés. Full list here.
June 18th-19th: ENORME (Campania, IT)
SITE: Via Castello 1, 85035 GROTTAMINARDA
HOURS: 10am - 6:30pm.
WHO: Cantina Giardino, Cascina degli Ulivi, Jacopo Stigliano, Malauva, Costadilà, and many more Italian natural (and natural-ish) wine estates. Full list scattered throughout various posts here.
June 18th-19th: BORDER WINE (Friuli, IT)
SITE: Stradone Manin, 10, 33033 PASSARIANO
HOURS: Sunday 5pm - 11pm. Monday 4pm - 10pm.
WHO: Carussin, Colombaia, Costadilà, Daniel Sage, Lammidia, Malauva, Sepp Muster, Franz Strohmeier, and many more estates, some more on the natural-ish side. Full list here.
June 24th: SOIREE DEZING (Odénas, FR)
SITE: Domaine Bonnet-Cotton,1369 Rte du Mont Brouilly, 69460 ODENAS
HOURS: From 7pm.
WHO: Domaine Bonnet-Cotton and more. Full list forthcoming here.
June 24th-25th: PHARE O’ VINS (Strasbourg, FR)
SITE: 13 Rue de Nantes, 67100 STRASBOURG
HOURS: 10am - 7pm.
WHO: Patrick Bouju, Raisin Sauvage, Yannick Meckert, Raphael Beysang, and many more. Full list forthcoming here.
June 25th: VIVENT LES VINS LIBRES (PARIS, FR)
SITE: Grazie, 91 Bd Beaumarchais, 75003 PARIS
HOURS: TBC.
WHO: Domaine Gramenon, Loïc Roure, Nicolas Jacob, Julien Guillot, and more. Full list here.
June 25th: DIMANCHE GUINGETTE (Lyon, FR)
SITE: In-Sted, 6 rue de la Part-Dieu, 69003 LYON
HOURS: 11am - 6pm.
WHO: Clos 19bis, Baptiste Nayrand, and a handful of other estates who have benefited from aid from the Vendanges Solidaires association. Full list here.
June 25th-26th: LE TEMPS DES COPAINS (Le Landreau, FR)
SITE: Domaine de l’Ecu, Clos de l’Ecu, 44430 LE LANDREAU
HOURS: 11am - 6pm. Monday trade-only.
WHO: Domaine de l’Ecu (the organizers), Microbio Wines, Colombaia, Yann Bertrand, Karim Vionnet, Laurent Cazottes, Joanna Cecillon, among others, and quite a lot of not-so-natural organic and biodynamic estates. Full list here.
JULY
July 1st: A DEMUA (Novi Ligure, IT)
SITE: Cascina degli Ulivi, Strada Mazzola, 14, 15067 NOVI LIGURE
HOURS: From 11am.
WHO: Cascina degli Ulivi, Jean-Louis Tribouley, Bruno Duchêne, Laureanno Serres, Joan Ramon Escoda, Radikon, Carussin, Costadilà, La Stoppa, and more. Full list here.
July 1st: MOSTRA DE VI (Barcelona, ES)
SITE: Cal Teixador, Camí de Cal Salines, nº 12, 08720 LES SALINES
HOURS: 6pm - 10pm.
WHO: TBC. The theme is méthode ancestrale wine aka pét-nats from Catalonia. Full list forthcoming here.
July 2nd: BOJALIEN (Saint-Lambert-du-Lattay, FR)
SITE: La Gauterie, 49750 Saint-Lambert-du-Lattay
HOURS: 11am - 6pm.
WHO: Romain des Grottes, Sébastien Dervieux, Jean-Marc Dreyer, Patrick Bouju, Le Picatier, Raphael Beysan, Lilian Bauchet, and many more. Full list here.
July 2nd: VERRES CORPS ET AMES (Vercours, FR)
SITE: 1 ancienne route de Presles, 38160 BEAUVOIR EN ROYANS
HOURS: 11am - 6pm.
WHO: François Grinand, Christian Lericq, La Combe Aux Rèves, Domaine du Pech, Pierre Nicolas Massotte, and more. Full list here.
July 2nd: UVA FEST (Sète, FR)
SITE: Chai des Moulins, 51 Quai des Moulins, 34200 SETE
HOURS: 11am - 6pm. Vigneron dinner and DJ set from 7pm - 2am.
WHO: Les Bois Perdus, Nicolas Pavie, Domaine Rols, Ad Vinum, Domaine Mada, L’Absurde Genie des Fleurs, Joe Jefferies, and many more. Full list here.
July 3rd: VINS ET ELEMENTS (Paris, FR)
SITE: Babel, 3 rue lemon, 75020 PARIS
HOURS: 10am - 6pm.
WHO: Jean-François Ginglinger, Arnaud Chapuis, Georges Laval, Ratapoil, Julien Guillot, Franz Strohmeier, Alex and Maria Koppitsch, and other estates associated with Paris wine agents Vins et Elements. Full list here.
July 8th: MI IVRE MI RAISIN (Die, FR)
SITE: 115 chemin des Cerisiers, 26150 DIE
HOURS: 11am - 7:30pm. Dinner upon reservation at 7:30pm and concert at 9:30pm.
WHO: Sébastien Morin, Le Temps Rétrouvé, Potlatch, Vincent Wallard, and more. Full list here.
July 8th: ASSOIFFE-E DE NATURE (Saint-Pierreville, FR)
SITE: Salle des fêtes de Saint-Pierreville, Puausson, 07190 SAINT-PIERREVILLE
HOURS: 10am - midnight.
WHO: Alex Colin, and a dozen-plus other vignerons from Ardèche and environs. Full list here.
July 8th: LES 9 CAVES (Banyuls-sur-Mer, FR)
SITE: Les 9 Caves, 56 avenue Générale de Gaulle, 66650 BANYULS SUR MER
HOURS: From 11am. Dinner upon reservation.
WHO: Forty vignerons TBC. List presumably forthcoming here.
July 9th: BULLES AU CENTRE (Rochecorbon, FR)
SITE: Caves de Château Gaudrelle, 12 quai de la Loire 37210 ROCHECORBON
HOURS: 11am - 7pm.
WHO: Les Capriades, John Okro, Julien Prevel, L’Arbre Aux Abeilles, Mikaël Bouges, and more. Full list here.
July 9th: LE SCHLOUK DU DIMANCHE (Mulhouse, FR)
SITE: Motoco, 13 rue de Pfastatt, 68200 MULHOUSE
HOURS: 3pm - 7:30pm.
WHO: Jean-François Ginglinger, La Grange de l’Oncle Charles, and a handful of other natural Alsatian winemakers. Full list here.
July 12th: TOUR NATUR (Alzey, DE)
SITE: Weingut Heiligenblut, Hauptstraße 114, 55232 ALZEY
HOURS: 6pm - 8pm.
WHO: Marto Wines, Chris Barth, and over a dozen other natural Rheinhessen vignerson. Full list here.
July 15th: QUI L’EUT CRU? (Vaugines, FR)
SITE: Somewhere in Vaugines. A little unclear.
HOURS: 11am - 1am.
WHO: Various Luberon vignerons. Full list presumably forthcoming here.
July 16th-17th: H2O VEGETAL (Tarragona, ES)
SITE: Celler Escoda-Sanahuja, Carretera de Prenafeta a, Carrer Lilla, s/n, 43400 PRENAFETA
HOURS: TBC.
WHO: Joan-Ramon Escoda, Laureanno Serres, and more TBC. Full list forthcoming here.
July 22nd: AU VERRE NAT’ (Mazoires, FR)
SITE: Caves de Château Gaudrelle, 12 quai de la Loire 37210 ROCHECORBON
HOURS: 10am - 6pm.
WHO: François Dhumes, Mattia Carfagna, Jocelyn Oustric, Guillaume Noire, Samuel Boulay, Patrick Rols, Simon Busser, and more. Full list here.
July 23rd: HAUT LES MAINS (Lusigny, FR)
SITE: 6 All. du Château, 21360 LUSIGNY-SUR-OUCHE
HOURS: 11am - 5pm.
WHO: Vin Noé, Julien Altaber, Domaine Dandelion, Yannick Meckert, Bastien Wolber, Le Grappin, Santini Collective, Katie Worobeck, Alexandre Plassat, Domaine de Bichery, Martin Vajčner, EUFORIA, and more. And me! With my not-for-sale wines. Full list here.
July 23rd: DIMANCHE AU JARDIN (Mittelbergheim, FR)
SITE: Biotope, 67140 MITTELBERGHEIM
HOURS: 10am - 7pm
WHO: Organized by the Salon des Vin Libres team, the event will feature Le Petit Gimios, Anaïs Fanti, Léo Dirringer, and a dozen or so other estates. Full list here.
July 28th - 30th: GIVE* WINE A CHANCE (Velké Bílovice, CZ)
SITE: TBC, VELKE BILOVICE
HOURS: Friday 4pm - 9pm, Saturday 2pm - 8pm; Sunday 9pm - 12pm (wine purchasing only).
WHO: Dobrà Vinice, Jaroslav Osička, Porta Bohemica, Horst Hummel, Martin Vajcner, L’Homme Perdu, and more. Full list here.
July 29th - 30th: DE VERT EN VERRE (Andillac, FR)
SITE: Musée du Cayla, Le Cayla, 321 Impasse du Musée, 81140 ANDILLAC
HOURS: Saturday 2pm - 6pm. Sunday 11am - 6pm. Concerts from 8pm.
WHO: Domaine Plageoles, Causse Marines, Melsolo, and many more organic and natural estates from Gaillac and elsewhere around southwest France. Full list here.
July 30th: LES SENS EN EVENTAIL (Gignac, FR)
SITE: Mas de Palat, 34150 GIGNAC
HOURS: 10am - 6pm.
WHO: Romain Hénin, Simon Gastrein, Julien Guillot, Lori Haon, Nicolas Jacob, and many other natural and natural-ish estates. Organized by Paris wine agency Paris des Sens. Full list here.
July 30th - 31st: PIF PAF PLOUF (Le Palais, FR)
SITE: Réduit B, 56360 Le Palais
HOURS: 11am - 6pm.
WHO: Remy Sedes, Michel Autran, Natalia and Margot, Marie Carroget, Philippe Delmée, Quentin Le Cleac’h, and more. Full list here.
July 31st: A SUMMER TASTING (London, UK)
SITE: Cadet, 57 Newington Green, Newington Green, LONDON N16 9PX, and Hector’s, 49a Ardleigh Rd, London N1 4HS, United Kingdom.
HOURS: 10am - 4pm. Trade-only.
WHO: Laurent Saillard, Fond Cyprès, and Otros Vinos, along with the portfolios of six London natural wine importers. Full list here.
AUGUST
August 6th: BEDROCK (Kent, UK)
SITE: Ham Street Wines, Warehorne Road, Ashford, TN26 2JX
HOURS: 12pm–5pm.
WHO: A portes-ouvertes salon in the vineyards at Ham Street, featuring Black Mountain, Sophie Evans, and Dave Morris, among others.
Aug. 12th: AUTENTIKFEST MORAVIA (Moravská Nová Ves, CZ)
SITE: Vinné sklepy Podluží, Výmol, 69155 MORAVSKA NOVA VES
HOURS: 11am - 9pm.
WHO: Ota Ševčík, Dlúhé Grefty, Petr Koráb, and other natural (and natural-ish) wine estates from the Autentista Moravia Magna association. Full list forthcoming here.
More updates to come! Be sure to check back on this post on the Substack.