A drinker's guide to natural wine in Indianapolis: the city's only dedicated natural wine bar, plus the shops and spots that carry real low-intervention bottles.
Indianapolis keeps its natural wine scene tight, anchored by the city's first and only dedicated natural wine bar near the Monon Trail. Around it, a few specialty shops and a pizza spot with a serious wine program carry the [[glou glou]], skin-contact [[orange wine]], and [[pét-nat]].
Here's where to drink and buy natural wine in Indianapolis.
Where to drink and buy natural wine
The city's genuine natural spots, anchored by one dedicated bar.
Indianapolis' only natural wine bar, opened in 2024, with the city's largest low-intervention selection across bubbly, reds, whites, oranges, and rosés, plus flights in a warm room full of couches and board games.
Order: an orange wine flight on the couches.
A pizza spot with a genuinely good natural wine program run by people who know the category, one of the easiest and most delicious ways into the style.
Order: a chillable red with the pizza.
A downtown shop for small-production, independent wine and spirits made by people rather than machines, typically free of chemicals and industrial manipulation.
Ask for: a natural bottle from an independent grower.
The wine bar and shop tucked inside beloved specialty market Goose the Market, with a small-producer, natural-leaning selection to drink in or take home with the charcuterie.
Ask for: a natural bottle to go with the salumi.
Not only natural wine
Primal started with low-intervention bottles, but the shop runs deeper than that. Alongside the glou glou and pét-nat, we carry classic, appellation-driven wine from the regions that wrote the rules, made by small growers who happen to farm with care.
And for the cellar, there is a serious high-end bench: red Burgundy, Alsace Riesling, Barolo and Barbaresco, Brunello di Montalcino, grower Champagne, and other benchmark bottles worth laying down. Whether you want something easy for a Tuesday or a wine to keep for a decade, it is the same shop.
Common questions
The stuff people actually ask before their first bottle.
What actually counts as natural wine?
Natural wine is farmed organically or biodynamically and made with minimal intervention: native-yeast fermentation, nothing added or stripped out, and little to no added sulfites. It's a spectrum, not a certification. Our natural wine glossary breaks down the terms, from glou glou to pét-nat to amphora.
Where is the natural wine bar in Indianapolis?
Solely Wine, near 16th and the Monon, is the city's first and only dedicated natural wine bar, with Indy's largest low-intervention selection and wines by the glass, bottle, and flight.
What's the difference between natural and classic wine?
Classic wine leans on established regional tradition and technique; natural wine strips winemaking back to organically or biodynamically farmed fruit and minimal cellar intervention. Plenty of great bottles sit in both camps. Primal carries classic and high-end wine alongside the low-intervention range.
Where can you buy natural wine in Indianapolis?
Solely Wine sells bottles to go, Storied Company downtown specializes in small-production, chemical-free wine, and the Enoteca at Goose the Market keeps a natural-leaning selection.
