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isitfunky is the guide to natural wine, with proof: bars, bottle shops and the people behind the bottles in 100+ cities, and the evidence for every venue we call natural.

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Still · FUNKY, Episode 1

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Still · FUNKY, Episode 1In development
FUNKY · Episode 1Reinventing Wine From ScratchOctagono and El Nidal: a new generation making natural wine in clay, with no inherited rules. Desert to dinner to city to world, in nine acts.
Journal · 5 min read · 27 Sept 2026What Is Natural Wine? (And How We Prove a Bar Pours It)Natural wine in one paragraph, why there's no legal definition in most places, and the evidence we need before we call a bar, restaurant or shop natural.
Journal · 4 min read · 27 Sept 2026Natural Wine in Montréal: Where to Drink It, With ProofMontréal's natural-wine bars, restaurants and bottle shops, listed from our evidence file with the proof for each and the date we checked. Updated automatically.
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SeriesIs It Funky?Three questions, one recommendation. Three questions for the person who wrote the wine list, then the one thing they'd send you to next.
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SeriesWhere Next?A chain of recommendations. Each guest sends us to the next person or place, and the chain becomes the map.

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Still · FUNKY, Episode 1

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Meet the person behind the bottle.

FUNKY follows the people rebuilding wine culture from the ground up. Episode 1 goes to Guanajuato, where Marcelo and Octagono make natural wine in clay.

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The most independent proof: a wine list naming natural producers, the venue's own words, named press and the importers who list it.

Vineria Favalli

Wine bar · €€

own site says natural12+ natural producers on list

Proven listchecked 2026-09-26

Local 1

Bar · $$

own site says natural12+ natural producers on list

Proven listchecked 2026-09-26

Place des Fêtes

Wine bar · Clinton Hill · $$

own site says natural6 natural producers on list

Proven listchecked 2026-09-26

The Daughter

Wine bar · $$

own site says natural4 natural producers on list

Proven listchecked 2026-09-26

Banco vini e alimenti

Bar · €€

own site says natural7 natural producers on list

Proven listchecked 2026-09-26

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Bar · Williamsburg · $$

own site says natural11 natural producers on list

Proven listchecked 2026-10-03

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