Pioneer of natural wine is headliner of the Naturebas Fair; See programming tips and highlights

Do not worry: Even if you are unsuspecting, there is no way to lose sight of the great attraction of the 13th edition of the Naturebas Fair, which will be held in São Paulo on June 21 and 22, at the Biennial Pavilion, in Ibirapuera Park.

Legend of the French natural wines movement, Jean-Pierre Robinot is an easy-to-recognize figure, with its own style that includes cap or hat, shoulder hair, patterned shirts, scarf, boots and glasses before the blue eyes. Your eloquence and good mood are also characteristic.

One of the most renowned producers in the Loire Valley when it comes to natural wine, Robinot is regarded as a pioneer but also avant -garde. It makes drinks known to be electric, living and complex, with an oxidative character. “He bets on older wines, which he keeps in a basement under the mountain, a very crazy thing,” says Lis Cereja, founder of Naturebas.

Robinot has the work marked by the redemption of LEIRE native grapes and is considered a radical producer, because it does not use any kind of input, for its political activism for clean agriculture and the defense of the expression of its territory in the drink.

Before bottling any wine, he owned a bar in Paris. He is the founder of the magazine “Le Rouge et Le Blanc” and, in São Paulo, will also show his photographer version. Even before Naturebas, he runs tasting three of his labels and comments on his nocturnal photographs of long exposure at Cineclube Curtain on 16/6.

Other unmissable attractions of the fair are the wines of Julia Kemper, which produces in what is considered by many to be the Portuguese bubble, Dão. Be sure to taste native grapes such as the crossed white and the alfrocheiro paint.

The Spanish of Valencia Mariano Taberner, from Bodega Cueva by Mariano, is one of those opportunities that only the fair provides, because not even importer in Brazil has yet. Their labels are colorful and fun, as are their wines – oranges, whites, bubbling ancestral.

From Chile, keep an eye on Clos Santa Ana, from Cobagua, which has a single 1.4 hectare vineyard next to a monastery converted into a hostel. There are 8,000 bottles per year only six varieties of grapes. Last year’s repetition, the American -based American John Wunderman of Pheasant’s Tears brings his unique wines that fermented in underground amphoras, the Qveri.

Still in the programming, there are big names of the movement in Brazil (era of winds, vineyard art, Montaneus, Cantina Mincarone, Vanessa Medin, living, among others) and label producers who became darlings here (such as Lazy Winemaker, Yumbel, Vine Mora, Cacique Maravilla).

For those who first go to the fair I give some advice, being the first being well fed. Ticket entitles you to a cup and with it you can taste all open bottles in the Biennial Pavilion. Also drink a lot of water. The fair gives the opportunity to buy directly with the producer or importer, so it is worth taking an ecobag or even a wheeled bag, depending on its headquarters.

There are also other wonderful products, from cheese to olive oils, passing bread and preserves, as well as drinks such as sidra (attention to French Benoit Lessufleur, Normandy), beer, mead and other fermented.

Prioritize what you want to see early on. Historically, the sooner, the more empty the fair. The later, the more full and confusing, because the alcoholic levels of visitors make a difference in the flow of visitation.

Do not give it soft too because tickets run out days before, and there is no more for Saturday. If so, the second cup fair, held by Gabriela Monteleone in the future cafeteria on 23/6, at 16h, is a good option to see highlights of Naturebas.
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Ibirapuera Biennial Pavilion – Av. Pedro Álvares Cabral, s/n, Vila Mariana, southern region. Day 21 and 22/6, from 13h to 18h (general public). Tickets: R $ 239 at Feiranaturebas.com.br. @feiranaturebas