Winter 2025-2026 Natural Wine Salons
A calendar of upcoming natural wine salons for December 2025 and January - February 2026. Plus: my 2024 vintage of wines from abandoned vineyards in the Languedoc.
Winter is upon us, despite unseasonably warm weather in much of France. So it’s time for another meticulous round-up of forthcoming natural wine salons, handily assembled in one post for minimal click-throughs.
The salon calendar below covers December 2025 and January - February 2026. Much information is still to-be-confirmed; please check back on this post on the Substack for further updates before booking any travel. (Organizers: if I’ve left anything out, please get in touch!)
Noteworthy salons this season include: the SALON SALLE A MANGER held on Friday January 30th just outside Rablay-sur-Layon, where the organizers kindly invited my Moravian collaborators Martin Vajčner and Aleš Kovář to present their wines in the Loire for the first time (I’ll be there to help translate); Gianmarco Antonuzzi’s IL ETAIT UNE FOIS salon, which returns to Longuenée en Anjou on Saturday January 31st, following what was by all accounts a successful first edition last year; and January 28th’s pan-Ardèchois blowout UN MERCREDI EN ARDECHE, which, in a just world, would attract the kind of fandom and attention lately paid to, say, Le Nez Dans Le Vert. (Few regions compare to Ardèche nowadays when it comes to wildly undervalued, age-worthy natural white wine.)
I would be remiss not to remark on certain notable absences from the calendar below. The same period in 2024-2025 saw a profusion of new satellite salons arise, notably in the Gard and the Loire; few seem to be reappearing on the calendar this year. The enduring market slowdown has somewhat reorganized the natural wine salon landscape. Rather than scouting out new estates at new salons, importers are prioritizing existing relationships; meanwhile, more metropolitan restaurant buyers appear all too ready to let vignerons come to them, rather than doing their own research travel within wine regions. This is to say, it’s really not an easy time to be a newly-established vigneron, particularly outside the marquee regions. Something to bear in mind when looking at a wine list these days. Support the upstarts!
Lastly, here’s a bonus post for subscribers:
A new REPORT on my 2024 VINTAGE of wines from ABANDONED VINEYARDS in the LANGUEDOC. It’s the FIRST TIME I’ll be ACTUALLY SELLING a TINY QUANTITY. Read here.
Still to come before the end of 2025: more DROPLETS, my TEN NATURAL WINE FASCINATIONS OF 2025, and, depending on how fast I can write, a few more reports on Alsace, and some Jura-related news.
Santé!
WINTER 2025-2026 NATURAL WINE SALONS
DECEMBER
Dec. 7th-8th: CAVE OUVERTE CHEZ MICHEL AUTRAN (Noizay, FR)
SITE: 166 rue du 11 Novembre, 37120 NOIZAY
HOURS: 10am - 7pm both days.
WHO: Michel Autran, Margo & Natalia, Ariane Lesne, and more. Full list here.
Dec. 7th-8th: CIAO PARIS (Paris, FR)
SITE: Epopée, Rue Léon Frot, 75011 PARIS
HOURS: 11am - 7pm.
WHO: Le Petit Gimios, Jean-Pierre Robinot, Mathieu Coste, and a funny assortment of natural and natural-ish estates largely from Italy. Full list here.
Dec. 13th-14th: LE GRAND GLOU (Oudon, FR)
SITE: Raisin à Plume, 15 La Poultière 44521 OUDON
HOURS: Saturday 3pm - 8pm, Sunday 11am - 6pm.
WHO: Les Maisons Brûlées, Antocyâme, Jean-Christophe Garnier, and more. Full list forthcoming here, presumably.
Dec. 13th-14th: NOEL A GALLIFET (Aix, FR)
SITE: Hotel de Gallifet, 52 Rue Cardinale, 13100 AIX EN PROVENCE
HOURS: 11am - 6pm. Party until 9pm on Saturday.
WHO: Laura Aillaud, La Ferme du Cade, Fond Cyprès, and more. Full list here.
Dec. 13th-14th: YEMANJA SALON DES VINS VIVANTS (La Rochelle, FR)
SITE: Yemanja, 23 Rue Léonce Vieljeux, 17000 LA ROCHELLE
HOURS: Saturday 3pm - 8pm, Sunday 11am - 6pm.
WHO: Sybil Baldassarre, Peira Levada, Vincent Thomas, and more. Full list here.
Dec. 13th-14th: EN JOUE CONNECTION (Rochefort-sur-Loire, FR)
SITE: Salle de la prée, rue des écoles, 49190 ROCHEFORT SUR LOIRE
HOURS: 10am - 7pm both days.
WHO: Baptiste Cousin, Margot & Natalia, Fabrice Chaillou, and more. Full list here.
Dec. 13th-14th: DE NATURA VINI (Saint Julien l’Ars, FR)
SITE: Salle Polyvalente, 86800 SAINT JULIEN L’ARS
HOURS: Saturday 10am - 6pm, Sunday 10am - 5pm.
WHO: Clos Fantine, Domaine Rols, and otherwise a whole lot of estates with only historical pertinence to natural wine, if any. Full list here.
Dec. 21st: LA CLAUDICANTE (Tours, FR)
SITE: Le Bistrot 64, 64 Rue du Grand Marché, 37000 TOURS
HOURS: 10am - 6pm.
WHO: Clos du Tue-Boeuf, Hervé Villemade, Domaine Mosse, Les Capriades, and more. Full list here.
JANUARY
Jan. 10th: LA GRANDE DESCENTE (Bourg-Saint Maurice, FR)
SITE: Chez O’Gust, Résidence pierra menta, 73700 BOURG SAINT MAURICE
HOURS: From 6pm.
WHO: Corentin Houillon, Patrick Bouju, Justin Dutraive, and more. Full list here.
Jan. 16th-17th: BOTTLED ALIVE (Tabor, CZ)
SITE: Střelnice - spolkový dům, Žižkova 249, 390 01 TABOR
HOURS: Friday 1pm - 7pm (winemakers from outside Czech Republic and Slovakia), Saturday 1pm - 7pm (winemakers from Czech Republic and Slovakia).
WHO: Andrea Calek, Christian Tschida, Martin Vajcner, and many more. Full list here.
Jan. 17th-18th: RENCONTRES VIN PASSION (Bron, FR)
SITE: Espace Albert Camus, 1 Rue Maryse Bastié, 69500 BRON
HOURS: TBC.
WHO: TBS. Full list forthcoming here.
Jan. 18th: VIGNERONNES BATTLE (Marseille, FR)
SITE: Grenadine Cave, 47 Rue d'Endoume, 13007 MARSEILLE
HOURS: From 2:30pm “until the end of the apéro.”
WHO: Margot & Natalia, Marie Carroget, Fanny Daher, and Nathalie Cornet.
Jan. 18th: A CELEBRATION OF UK WINEMAKING (Edinburgh, UK)
SITE: Montrose, 1-7 Montrose Terrace, EH7 5DJ EDINBURGH
HOURS: 10am - 12pm trade only, upon reservation. 12pm - 4pm open to public, upon reservation.
WHO: Sophie Evans, Titch Hill, and seven other estates. Full list here.
Jan. 19th: A FLOTS (Paris, FR)
SITE: Point Ephémère, 200 Quai de Valmy, 75010 PARIS
HOURS: 10am - 6pm.
WHO: Alex Plassat, Cantillon, 2Naturkinder, and more. Full list here.
Jan. 24th: HOKUS POKUS MINI WINE FEST BO!!! EDITION (Ostrava, CZ)
SITE: Skautská 6092/1, 70800 OSTRAVA
HOURS: 1pm - 7pm.
WHO: Ales Kovar, Martin Vajcner, Milan Nestarec, and more. Full list here.
Jan. 24th: DOUBLE ZERO PORTES OUVERTES (Ancey, FR)
SITE: 1 rue Basse, 21410 ANCEY
HOURS: 11am - 6pm.
WHO: Double Zero and friends.
Jan. 24th-26th: LA PARCELLE (Montpellier, FR)
SITE: 281 avenue du marché gare, 34070 MONTPELLIER
HOURS: 10am - 7pm all three days.
WHO: Domaine Joanna Cecillon, Melsolo, Vinyes Tortuga, alongside a host of estates with rather less involvement in the natural wine scene. Full list here.
Jan. 25th-26th: LES IREELS (Montpellier, FR)
SITE: 188 avenue du marché gare, 34070 MONTPELLIER
HOURS: TBC.
WHO: TBC. Full list forthcoming here presumably.
Jan. 25th: ZOOM (Sète, FR)
SITE: Galerie Zoom, 49 Rue Pierre Semard, 34200 SETE
HOURS: 10am - 7pm.
WHO: Mylène Bru, and others TBC. Full list forthcoming here.
Jan. 25th-26th: SALO VINS NATURALS (Barcelona, ES)
SITE: Carrer Ferran Turné, 1-11, Sant Andreu, 08027 BARCELONA
HOURS: 10am - 6pm both days.
WHO: Barranco Oscuro, Jean-Louis Pinto, L’Absurde Génie des Fleurs, and many more. Full list here.
Jan. 25th-26th: LES AFFRANCHIS (Montpellier, FR)
SITE: Château de Flaugergues, 1744 Av. Albert Einstein, 34000 MONTPELLIER
HOURS: 10am - 7pm Sunday, 10am - 6pm Monday.
WHO: Domaine Robert-Denogent, Raphael Saint-Cyr, Laurent Saillard, and more. Full list here.
Jan. 25th-26th: BIOTOP MONTPELLIER (Mauguio, FR)
SITE: Les Grands Chais, lieu dit Guilhermain, 34130 MAUGUIO
HOURS: Sunday 10am - 6pm, Monday 9am - 6pm.
WHO: Hadrien Houbert, Gilles Berlioz, Les Granges Vignes, alongside a huge cast of organic estates with very little to do with the natural wine scene. Full list here.
Jan. 25th - 26th: LE VIN DE MES AMIS (Montpellier, FR)
SITE: Halle Tropisme, 121 Rue Fontcouverte, 34000 MONTPELLIER
HOURS: TBC.
WHO: Domaine Senat and friends. Full list forthcoming here.
Jan. 25th - 26th: EVOLUTIONE NATURALE (Grottaglie, IT)
SITE: Via dei Cappucini, 74023 GROTTAGLIE
HOURS: TBC.
WHO: TBC. Full list forthcoming here.
Jan. 26th-27th: ROOTS & FRIENDS (Montpellier, FR)
SITE: 59 rue de l’Industrie, 34070 MONTPELLIER
HOURS: Monday 10:30am - 7pm, Tuesday 10:30am - 6pm.
WHO: Loïc Roure, Jean-Louis Tribouley, Raphael Champier, and many more. Full list here.
Jan. 28th: UN MERCREDI EN ARDECHE (Saint Jean de Muzols, FR)
SITE: 4 La Mulonnière, 49750 BEAULIEU-SUR-LAYON
HOURS: 10am - 6pm.
WHO: Les Deux Terres, Andrea Calek, Jérôme Jouret, and every other important estate in Ardèche. Full list here.
Jan. 28th: LA-HAUT (Etables, FR)
SITE: Grand Chère, 07300 ETABLES
HOURS: 2pm - 8pm. Upon invitation only.
WHO: Rémi and Patricia Bonneton, Daniel Sage and Jordi Torgue, François Rousset-Martin, and six other estates.
Jan. 29th: KATLA & AMIES CHEZ RERENGA (Paris, FR)
SITE: Rerenga Wines, 3 Rue de la Fidélité, 75010 PARIS
HOURS: 6pm - 8:30pm.
WHO: Jas Swan, Piri Naturel, Andi Mann, and four other estates. Full list here.
Jan. 29th-31st: LES PENITANTES (Angers, FR)
SITE: Hotel des Penitantes, 23 Bd Descazeaux, 49100 ANGERS
HOURS: TBC.
WHO: Thierry Puzelat, Hervé Villemade, Pierre-Olivier Bonhomme, Domaine Mosse, and their extended cast of friends. Full list forthcoming here.
Jan. 30th: SALON SALLE A MANGER (Beaulieu-sur-Layon, FR)
SITE: 4 La Mulonnière, 49750 BEAULIEU-SUR-LAYON
HOURS: 10am - 7pm.
WHO: Vins Hodgson, La Ferme du Pasteur, Martin Vajcner, and more. I’ll be there, too. Full list here.
Jan. 30th: SALON DE RABLAY (Rablay-sur-Layon, FR)
SITE: Espace du Mail, 49750 BELLEVIGNE EN LAYON
HOURS: 9am - 7pm.
WHO: Bruno Rochard, Bertin-Delatte, Les Sablonettes, and a handful of other estates. Full list here.
Jan. 30th: SUPERNATURE (Saint Clément de la Place, FR)
SITE: 211 Chemin des Moirons, Les Melletières, 49370 SAINT CLEMENT DE LA PLACE
HOURS: 10am - 6pm.
WHO: Karnage, Bodegas Marenas, Pierre Rousse, and more. Full list forthcoming here presumably.
Jan. 30th: LES VINS S.A.I.N.S. (Feneu, FR)
SITE: Villa Bakarat, 940 Route de Champigné, 49460 FENEU
HOURS: 3pm - 8pm.
WHO: Members of the VINS SAINS association, including, presumably, Gilles and Catherine Vergé, François Blanchard, Jean-Marc Dreyer, and more. Full list of members here.
Jan. 31st: IL ETAIT UNE FOIS (Longuenée en Anjou, FR)
SITE: Château du Plessis-Macé, 2 Rue de Bretagne, 49770 LONGUENEE-EN-ANJOU
HOURS: 9am - 6:30pm.
WHO: Le Coste, Jean-Yves Péron, Philippe Jambon, and many more. Full list here.
Jan. 31st: CLANDESTINE #6 (Faye d’Anjou, FR)
SITE: Salle Communale de Faye d’Anjou, 49380 BELLEVIGNE EN LAYON
HOURS: 10am - 6pm. Upon invitation only.
WHO: L’Anglore, Alice and Olivier de Moor, Vincent and Marie Tricot, Pierre Cotton, Clos du Rouge Gorge, Patrick Meyer, Justin Dutraive, Manu Lassaigne, and more.
Jan. 31st: DIGRESSIONS (Angers, FR)
SITE: Le Quart’Ney, 5-9 Rue Ernest Eugène Duboys, 49100 ANGERS
HOURS: 10am - midnight.
WHO: Maison Virido, Stephane Cyran, L’Absurde Génie des Fleurs, and more. Full list here.
Jan. 31st: NATURALL (Bouchemaine, FR)
SITE: Le Domaine des 3 Villages, 700 route de la Moncellière, 49080 BOUCHEMAINE
HOURS: 10am - 6pm.
WHO: Partida Creus, Clos Fantine, Marto Wines, and more. Full list here.
Jan. 31st - Feb. 1st: LES ANONYMES (Angers, FR)
SITE: Salons Curnonsky 16, place Maurice Sailland, 49000 ANGERS
HOURS: Saturday 2pm - 7pm, Sunday 10am - 6pm.
WHO: Domaine Ozil, Brasseries des Voirons, Cyril Alonso, and many many more. Full list possibly forthcoming here at some point.
Jan. 31st - Feb. 1st: L’AUTRE RENDEZVOUS (Doué-en-Anjou, FR)
SITE: Halle des Arènes, 39 Rue des Arènes, 49700 DOUE EN ANJOU
HOURS: 10am - 6pm.
WHO: Eloi Gros, Etienne Seignovert, Hors Ciel, and more. Full list forthcoming here.
FEBRUARY
Feb. 1st: RUE DES BELLES CAVES (Berrie, FR)
SITE: Rue des Belles Caves, 86120 BERRIE
HOURS: 10am - 7pm. Trade only.
WHO: Vincent Wallard, François Saint-Lô, and more. Full list forthcoming here.
Feb. 1st-2nd: LA DIVE BOUTEILLE (Saumur, FR)
SITE: Caves Ackermann, 19 Rue Léopold Palustre, 49400 SAUMUR
HOURS: 10am - 6pm both days.
WHO: Sylvie Augereau and many more. Full list forthcoming here.
Feb. 2nd: DIVERGENTE (Couziers, FR)
SITE: 1 rue de la Roncheraie, 37500 COUZIERS
HOURS: 12pm - 8pm. Concert and soirée from 8pm onwards.
WHO: Les Capriades, Clos Fantine, Les Vignes de Paulette, and more. Full list here.
Feb. 2nd: VELLA TERRA (Barcelona, ES)
SITE: Carrer de Pamplona, 88, Sant Martí, 08018 BARCELONA
HOURS: 12pm - 8pm.
WHO: Melsolo, Andi Weigand, Kolonia 52, and many more estates, many of whom I haven’t heard of at all. Full list here.
Feb. 5th-6th: VIN SHOW (Paris, FR)
SITE: Chez Eugene, 17 Pl. du Tertre, 75018 PARIS
HOURS: 10am - 6pm.
WHO: Elisa Guerin, Margot & Natalia, Yoyo, and more. Full list here.
Feb. 7th: LES JU(S)VENILS (Glaine-Montaigut, FR)
SITE: 63160 GLAINE MONTAIGUT
HOURS: 10am-7pm.
WHO: Vignerons on their first, second, third, or fourth vintage. Full list forthcoming here.
Feb. 8th: SØ2 SALON DU VIN NATURE (Vevey, CH)
SITE: Salle del Castillo, 1800 VEVEY
HOURS: 11:30am - 6pm.
WHO: Cherouche, Le Bois Dieu, Karnage, Jean-Marc Dreyer, and more. Full list forthcoming here.
Feb. 8th: DEMETER (Paris, FR)
SITE: Newcap Event Center, 3 Quai de Grenelle, 75015 PARIS
HOURS: 10am - 7pm.
WHO: Château de Passavant, Vincent Couche, and many biodynamic estates with minimal interface with the natural wine scene. Full list here.
Feb. 8th: BIOTOP PARIS (Paris, FR)
SITE: 74 boulevard Richard-Lenoir, 75011 Paris
HOURS: 10am - 6pm.
WHO: Domaine Milan, Hadrien Houbert, and otherwise mostly large production organic estates with no traction in the natural wine scene. Full list here.
Feb. 8th-9th: RAW WINE PARIS (Malakoff, FR)
SITE: Espace Clacquesin - 18 avenue du Maréchal Leclerc, 92240 MALAKOFF
HOURS: Sunday 12pm - 6pm, Monday 11am - 6pm.
WHO: Gut Oggau, Severine Perru, Pierre Frick, Anaïs Fanti, and otherwise mostly large production organic estates with no traction in the natural wine scene. Full list here.
Feb. 8th-9th: VINNATUR GENOVA (Genoa, IT)
SITE: Magazzini del Cotone, 16128 GENOA
HOURS: 10am - 6pm both days.
WHO: La Biancara, and may members of its Vinnatur association. Full list here.
Feb. 23rd: SOLO UVA (Randazzo, IT)
SITE: San Giorgio e il Drago, Piazza S. Giorgio 28, 95036 RANDAZZO
HOURS: From 10am.
WHO: Cantina Giardino, Matassa, Hortense Betton, Pierre Jancou, and more. Full list here.
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Has Mercredi Ardeche been replaced by ‘Le nature en Ardeche’ ? Or diff fair ?