A drinker's guide to natural wine in Salt Lake City: the by-the-glass programs quietly leading Utah, from the state's first orange-wine list to an all-Italian low-intervention room.
Salt Lake City's natural wine scene lives in its bars and restaurants, not its shops, thanks to Utah's state-run retail. But the by-the-glass programs are genuinely exciting: the state's first orange-wine-and-pét-nat list by the glass, a 40-bottle rotating natural bar, an all-Italian low-intervention room. Expect [[glou glou]] reds, skin-contact [[orange wine]], and [[pét-nat]] that were unheard of in Utah a few years ago.
Here's where to drink natural wine across the city.
Natural wine bars and restaurants
Where to drink a glass and let someone else pick.
The standout, and the first program in Utah to pour orange wine, pét-nat, and chilled reds all by the glass, celebrating small artisan, organic, and biodynamic producers and indigenous grapes.
Order: an orange wine by the glass, a Utah first.
A wine bar with a 40-bottle rotating natural list, sorted by biodynamic, amphora, methode ancestrale, Col-Fondo, and vin natur.
Order: something Col-Fondo with the small bites.
An all-Italian program with an emphasis on natural, low-intervention wine, including macerato orange bottles.
Order: a macerato with the pasta.
A downtown spot serving aperitivi, natural wine, cocktails, and oysters.
Order: a natural glass with the oysters.
A creative seafood-driven list where each bottle is made to pair, like a Slovenian orange wine with an oyster.
Order: a Slovenian orange against the raw bar.
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 best natural wine in Salt Lake City?
Casot in the 15th & 15th neighborhood is the city's natural wine standout, the first Utah program to pour orange wines, pét-nats, and chilled reds by the glass, with Bar George and Cosmica close behind.
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.
Can you find natural wine at bars in Salt Lake City?
Yes. Utah's retail wine is state-controlled, so the city's natural wine scene lives mostly in bars and restaurants like Casot, Bar George, and Cosmica rather than private shops.
