Copenhagen: Capital of craft beer
Craft beer is the coolest beverage these years, and there is no better place to discover the variety and quality of craft beer than in Copenhagen.
Today, wherever you are in Copenhagen, you won’t be far away from natural wine as it has become such a popular choice of beverage for many Copenhageners when dining out. So, without further ado, here is an extensive list of the natural wine bars in Copenhagen.
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Friheden
Nørrebro Skatepark, Nørrebro, Copenhagen N - Website / Press photos
Down-to-earth café-cum-bar in a skatepark serves hearty, healthy breakfast and coffee in the morning and then switches to wine at around lunchtime. Here you’ll find a wine fridge stocked full of goodies, including delicious bottles of natural wine.
Terroiristen
Jægersborggade 52, Nørrebro, Copenhagen N - Website
Jægersborggade’s wine shop and bar is filled to the brim with excellent bottles, and knowledge, to quench all your natural wine thirsts. The focus, as the name suggests, is on terroir, and the selection includes everything from Serbian to Chilean wines.
Photo:Daniel Rasmussen
Gaarden & Gaden
Nørrebrogade 88, Nørrebro, Copenhagen N - Website / Press photos
When you’re cycling along Nørrebrogade at night and you spot that glowing red droplet, it’s calling you! Gaarden & Gaden is a bistro, café, bar, and sometimes a party location with an excellent collection of natural wines selected by the owner, Thomas.
Rødder & Vin
Ravnsborggade 10, Nørrebro, Copenhagen N - Website
Solfinn has taken Nørrebro by storm with his natural wine antics. His shop is legendary for its pop-ups and he’s always finding new and exciting bottles to smash open (not literally, don’t worry) on the tasting table. It’s a bit like entering the living room of a friend who’s really into natural wine, and generous with it! He has also opened a sister “hole-in-the-wall” bar next door.
Sabotøren
Fensmarkgade 27, Nørrebro, Copenhagen N - Website
Tucked into residential Nørrebro, Sabotøren feels like a hidden gem, but it has established itself pretty firmly in Copenhagen by now. Their by-glass menu is small, and you’ll find it scribbled onto ceramic tiles on the wall. Bottles are also available “to go” at takeout prices.
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Pompette
Møllegade 3, Nørrebro, Copenhagen N - Website / Press photos
Opened by Martin and Jesper, Pompette is another trailblazer in bringing natural wine to the people, by lowering the price. A glass costs only 50 kr., and your choices are red, white, orange, rosé or bubbles. Bottles are available to go or to drink in with a 100 kr. corkage charge. Bar snacks are also decently priced, and excellent to accompany the wonderful selection of wines available.
Veranda
Griffenfeldsgade 17, Nørrebro, Copenhagen N - Website
The Nørrebro wine shop, deli, and bar serve simple snacks, natural wine, beer, and delicious drinks based on exceptional ingredients. They ensure that everything on the site is hand-harvested, organic or biodynamic. You will not find most of their products anywhere else. Retrieved from family businesses and made in limited batches where there is a minimum to no additives.
Rino Vino Fino
Guldbergsgade 29, Nørrebro, Copenhagen N - Website
At Rino Vino Fino there is always a veriety of wines by the glass complemented by food offerings. Every day, you can take on a blind test challenge, where if you guess 2/3 of the grape, producer or region, the wine is on the house. On Sundays you can even bring your own bottle of wine as long as you also buy one on-site.
Yellow
Kapelvej 1, Nørrebro, Copenhagen N - Website
Yellow is a true neighbourhood gem with good eats and great drinks at its core. They have a changing selection of natural wine, locally crafted beers, high-quality spirits and great vibes. On weekends they have DJs dropping by to boost the mood and get the dancing started.
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Vinhanen
Baggesensgade 13, Nørrebro, Copenhagen N - Website
They don’t like to brag about it, but a lot of the wine flowing from Vinhanen’s taps is natural wine. Vinhanen’s wine is served straight from the tank, into the glass. Removing the bottling part of the process keeps the wine nice and affordable. Bottles can also be filled up, taken home, drunk, and returned, in keeping with Denmark’s Pant system for bottle recycling.
Bar Vivant
Elmegade 4, Nørrebro, Copenhagen N - Website
Bar Vivant celebrates seasonal natural wine with their passion for sustainability and respect to nature. The wine menu is carefully selected and reflects the seasonal variations appealing to the dedicated wine lovers and adventurous souls. Vivant attempts to nuture for the socializing aspect of bringing people together as they offer a monthly quiz.
Paradiso
Nørrebrogade 56, Nørrebro, Copenhagen N - Website
Paradiso is a wine bar with a carefully selected list of Italian wines, beers, drinks, and small dishes. Each Thursday, Friday and Saturday between 4pm-6pm, guests may experience the vibrant vibes of Nørrebro while enjoying Paradiso's aperitivo including 1 drink, arancino, crostino, olives, and chips for a price of only 150 DKK.
Friheden
Esromgade 15, Nørrebro, Copenhagen N - Website
Located in the heart of Nørrebro, between a skate park and the Red Square, Friheden is all about good vibes. Their drinks card is filled with natural wines and what they call a ‘håndbajer’ (a ‘hand beer'). I the weekends Friheden turn up the volume and invite some of Copenhagen’s finest DJ’s to set the mood.
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ROOTS
Østerbrogade 19, Østerbro, Copenhagen Ø - Website
The newly opened ROOTS on Østerbro is an exciting new player in the Copenhagen wine and food scene, which has already made its mark in the city with ButikBars located in both Nørrebro and Sydhavn. The three shops express different personalities powered by the same great products containing a wide selection of artisan wines and food imported from a large range of countries. The common thread is a passion for quality, tradition, and sustainability, making it the perfect place to drop by for a glass of wine, or their famous AperoTastings accompanied by an Italian aperitivo - or just buy some great food to take home.
Paris 90 – Det franske vinkort
Classensgade 25, Østerbro, Copenhagen Ø - Website
Danish oysters, French truffles and a great selection of French natural wines are some of the products produced exclusively from this shop at affordable prices. Paris 90 and its owner, Victor, brings life and enthusiasm for natural products through this hidden gem in Østerbro’s Rosenvænget neighbourhood.
ØsterGRO
Æbeløgade 4, Østerbro, Copenhagen Ø - Website
ØsterGRO is Denmark's first rooftop farm, where visitors may experience organic dinners and carefully selected natural wines at the restaurant, Gro Spiseri. The dinners take place in the cozy greenhouse including beautifully flower-decorated dishes, lots of stories about the farm and, if you pick a good day, an amazing sunset over the city.
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Ancestrale
Oehlenschlægersgade 12, Vesterbro, Copenhagen V - Website / Press photos
Bar with living room vibes serving all kinds of natural wines - from the funky to the conventional-tasting, there’s something for everyone. Small dishes, snacks and niche board games are also available.
Café Dyrehaven
Sønder Boulevard 72, Vesterbro, Copenhagen V - Website
Café Dyrehaven is a modern ‘bodega’. Inside, the old pub atmosphere is maintained with a mix of modern and youthful vibes. Outside, the seating area is a hotspot in the sunshine. They have natural wines, local craft beers, drinks and everything an old pub would have.
Volatil
Sønder Boulevard 52, Vesterbro, Copenhagen V - Website
Volatil is a colorful wine shop selling natural and handmade wine made by small farmers. The friends behind the business have created a carefully selected wine list as they import some of the wines themselves and buy the rest for their shop. Volatil sells wine to other restaurants but also hosts wine tastings and dinners for small groups of people.
Bevi Bevi
Oehlenschlægergade 53, Copenhagen V - Website
BEVI BEVI is an Italian bar with a carefully selected antipasti menu complimented with natural wine and cold cocktails. BEVI BEVI is the place to stop by for good value as they serve a set 6-course menu in unformal settings, or simply a non-commital glass of wine.
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Rouge Oysters
Gammel Kongevej 43, Frederiksberg - Website / Press photos
A tiny, almost hole in the wall, wine and oyster bar. It's connected to the famous fish and seafood restaurant Fiskebaren next door. Therefore, you can be sure that the oysters they serve are top quality and their wines on glass are as affordable as it gets. They also have an extensive wine list, including delicious and often funky bottles.
Cork Vinbar
Henrik Steffens vej 2, Frederiksberg - Website
A Frederiksberg watering hole for friends and wine lovers. Their wines cover both traditional, modern, and more "funky" styles. The common denominator, however, is that they are all made by winemakers, who themselves have gotten dirt under their nails in the process.
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Apollo Bar
Nyhavn 2, City centre, Copenhagen K - Website / Press photos
Facing the courtyard at Charlottenborg Art Gallery and as a neighbour to colourful Nyhavn, you will find Apollo Bar. It's mostly a bar with wine, beer, snacks and small dishes served during the week. From Thursday to Saturday, however, the vibe changes, and it turns more into a vibrant restaurant.
Bar’Vin
Skindergade 3, City centre, Copenhagen K - Website
A gem nestled in the city centre, Bar’Vin’s rustic food is as tasty as its mostly natural wine menu. Go for the four-course tasting menu or order small dishes à la carte. It's definitely worth a try!
Bar Poldo
Lille Kongensgade 6, City centre, Copenhagen K - Website
A wine bar and eatery in the heart of Copenhagen focusing on the simple pleasures in life. They serve natural wine hand-picked from independent farmers, accompanied by honest, delicious dishes that change depending on the season to enrich the dishes with freshly grown, seasonal based ingredients.
Bibendum
Nansensgade 45, City centre, Copenhagen K - Website
A wine bar and casual eatery with “wine nerdery” at the centre of everything it does. Eat dinner, join a wine tasting event or sit at the bar and down a glass or two of their wonderful selection of wines.
Photo:Daniel Rasmussen
Ved Stranden 10
Ved Stranden 10, City centre, Copenhagen K - Website / Press photos
A wine bar famous for its beautiful thin glasses and Austrian wines. Cosy on the inside, plenty of canal-side seating on the outside. There’s no set menu - simply describe what you feel like drinking and keep tasting until you find just the right wine for you. (Psst. Every Monday they serve “staff food” for the public, at a cost of 100 kr. a plate, from 6 pm until sold out).
Den Vandrette
Havnegade 53A, City centre, Copenhagen K - Website
Rosforth & Rosforth’s sister bar, serving wines imported by the legendary sommelier. French, Georgian, Chilean - you name it. They have wines from every corner of the world. Since opening, it has evolved into an eatery and restaurant with excellent small dishes. In the summer, it expands onto the harbour front with a breezy outside wining and dining area.
Lille Blå
Esplanaden 3, City centre, Copenhagen K - Website
Lille Blå Vinbar, the colourful new natural wine bar from Sebastian Rind Nellemann and Christian Nedergaard, the team behind the wine bar Ved Stranden 10, the restaurant Admiralgade 26, and Österreich Vin (their wine import company and bottle shop).
Photo:Mark Tanggaard
Toto Vin & Spisebar
Amagerbrogade 145, Amager - Website
A much-needed cosy wine bar and eatery for the Amager area, from the guys behind Salon 39. There’s natural and not-so-natural wine on the menu.
Pirlo
Strandlodsvej 42 A, Amager - Website
Located on Amager in Copenhagen, Pirlo is an Italian wine bar with housemade pasta from the same owners as Toto Vin & Spisebar.
Josephine
Frankrigsgade 15, Amager - Website
Josephine is a wine bodega, shop, and restaurant all combined in a homely setting. Their modest prices and competitive natural wine selection make Josephine accessible for everyone, no matter their knowledge of wine. At Josephine, visitors will find a local hangout spot where natural wine is served in relaxed atmosphere.
Vinøs
Lergravsvej 30, 2300 København S - Website
The winebar and restaurant, Vinøs, is the perfect spot for curious and passionate wine lovers. The local winebar cares for certificated, ecological wines, all imported from Europe. The flavours, however, are all well known to people who are paying this hidden gem a visit. Visitors may stay for a glass of wine or purchase a bottle to bring back home along with their original art works and posters which date back to the 1950s and 1960s.
Photo:Maria Sattrup
Sydhavnens Vinbar
Borgbjergsvej 52, 2450 København - Website
Sydhavnens Vinbar is a boutique and bar that centers on the performance of wine. This little gem was started by Lars, who has been showing a deep interest in wine since 1984 and working professionally with wine since 1991. Sydhavnens Vinbar & Vinbutik has a personal relationship with all the wine farmers, who are behind the bottles in the boutique. Therefore, these people are cherished as much as the wine contained in the bottles. Sydhavnens Vinbar keeps a carefully selected wine menu that offers both regular and natural wines in many varieties.
In 2021 Sydhavnens Vinbar & Vinbutik was awarded a special price for being a unique location in the neighborhood of Sydhavn to make this area further attractive to live in and visit.
Pauli
Borgbjergsvej 13, 2450 København - Website
Pauli is an award-winning restaurant and bar started by four friends in 2022. The restaurant is combined with a microbrewery, however, there is also a carefully selected wine list so you can enjoy fine natural wines with your meal. The kitchen focuses on New Nordic ingredients along with dishes inspired from all over the world. Pauli has won the hearts of many Copenhageners, which guarantees a local experience when visiting the restaurant.
Café Slusen
Ved Slusen 34, Sydhavnen, Copenhagen SV - Website / Press photos
A waterside café and wine bar worth the trip out to Sydhavnen (if you’re not already there). Undoubtedly, Slusen has the largest selection of posh canned fish in the city, and a glass of wine will set you back as little as 45 kr.
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