natural wine · amsterdamedition #5 — 28 feb & 1 mar '27

natural
wine festival
a'dam

united by wine
a two-day festival of living wine · de hallen, amsterdam
two visitors sharing a bottle at the festival
contents
40+ growers
poured
300+ wines
lessons
15+ workshops
doors
sun · 13:00–22:00
nothing added
nothing taken away
why come
a free workshop, included
go beyond the hype and smarten up. your ticket includes access to one free workshop.
meet the makers
40+ growers, in from across europe.
buy direct
on the sunday the floor becomes the largest natural wine store in the netherlands. straight from the maker.
more than a tasting
an all-day wine bar, a food market & oyster bar, the winemakers dinner, and the specials.
two days
sunday for consumers & professionals, monday a quiet trade day for horeca.
visitors tasting at a winemaker's table
300+ living wines, poured by the people who made them.
the makers · full disclosure
40+ growers. nothing to hide.
oller del mas
oller del mas
catalonia, es
farmingbiodynamic
added yeastnone
sulphur< 20 mg/l
le coste
le coste
lazio, it
farmingorganic, wild
added yeastnone
sulphurnone
gut oggau
gut oggau
burgenland, at
farmingbiodynamic
added yeastnone
sulphur< 10 mg/l
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a masterclass in progress
the lessons · go beyond the hype
learn it from the source.
montsant masterclass
schist, garnacha & altitude, a region in a glass.
14:00
talha wine
amphora winemaking, 2000 years in the making.
15:00
to SO₂ or not
the sulphur question, answered by people who live it.
17:00
the supper · 75 visitor seats
the winemakers dinner.

this edition, for the first time, open to 75 visitor seats. our post-event dinner for winemakers, distributors and mutual crews grew over several editions into something unique. the spirit of sharing, great food, good company, truly meeting. five courses, water included, byo wine bought at the fair. €65 p/p.

the festival kitchen at the winemakers dinner
§ 05 · what's on
the two days, in parts.

the tasting floor, with an all-day wine bar, a craft food market and an oyster bar alongside it.

the makers
40+ winemakers
every grower pouring their own wines, farming declared.
the lessons
15+ workshops
from ecological viticulture to blind tastings.
the floor
the specials
the listening room, the yoikokochi sake tasting, the frenchman.
the supper
the winemakers dinner
five courses, sunday night. this edition, open to visitors.
a schematic of the floor. the real map, with stand numbers, lands closer to the date.
entrance workshops 3 rooms · masterclasses the tasting floor 40+ winemakers · pouring their own wine bar all day · 13–22h food market craft food, all day oyster bar shucked to order the listening room rare vintages · sake · sushi yoikokochi the frenchman cheese & charcuterie the winemakers dinner sunday night · post-event
the wineguide
fifty makers, one afternoon. your route.
nobody tastes fifty makers. tell us what you already like and how far you want to go, and we build your route across this floor.
build your route →
below the hype
it's just common sense.

winemaking industrialised in the 20th century: fertiliser, pesticides, added yeasts, sulphites. these growers refused. they farm without chemicals and let the wine reflect the ground it came from, the canaries in the coal mine of agriculture.

read the long read →
all year, not just the festival

natural wine
across the netherlands.

the restaurants pouring it, the wine bars, and the shops to take it home. more than three hundred spots, mapped right across the country.

restaurants wine bars shops
open the map →
Map of the Netherlands showing natural-wine restaurants, wine bars and shops
come meet them

28 february & 1 march '27.
de hallen, amsterdam.

buy tickets →
beyond the festival · all year round

meet our synthesized sommelier.

tell it what you're eating, or the bottle in your hand. two picks, the reason behind them, and the shop nearby. all year round.

ask the natural →
i'm eating grilled mackerel, what do i pour?
safe: a chilled loire cabernet franc  ·  adventurous: a skin-contact jura savagnin
i've got a pét-nat, what do i eat?
safe: fresh oysters  ·  adventurous: fried chicken, hot sauce
natuurwijn, eerlijk advies · a guide, not an oracle · all year round