Masterclass Natural Wines
Trends, developments, and challenges
- Development of new wine styles
- Viticulture, regulations, hotspots
- The history of winemaking
- Tasting various styles, such as unfiltered, orange wine, and petnat
- ENGLISH
- Origin, viticulture, the meaning of natural wine
- Trends, developments, and challenges
- Unfilterd, orange wine, petnat
- By Niels van Laatum, author of 'Natural Wine'
- Tasting of 8 wines in various styles
- Including a Certificate of Participation
Practical information
| DATE: | Sunday, September 13th, 2026 |
| TIME: | 14.00 – 17.00 hours |
| LOCATION: | Under the Grape Vine, Amsterdam |
| TASTING: | 8 champagnes of different styles |
| PREPARATORY TRAINING: | WSET level 2, or higher education |
| LANGUAGE: | English spoken |
‘For those who dare to explore a world behind tasting’
In this masterclass, Niels van Laatum explains how natural wine is made, and what the trends and developments are. We’ll cover the origins of natural wine, viticulture, regulations, and hotspots.
Back to Basics
In this masterclass, we’ll travel back in time and look ahead to the future. Together, we will be tasting the modern interpretation of vintage wine, roughly in the way it was made before World War II. We’ll also explore the influence of natural wine on the wine landscape in the coming decades.
We’ll taste exemplary natural wines from all kinds of international regions in various types and styles. From unfiltered white and red to pet-nat and orange (amber) wine. Found out the theory behind natural wine, how it originated and where it was made, and what the rules actually are.
Niels van Laatum will let you discover why and how natural wine is different, and sometimes not so different at all. He will explain the work in the vineyard, and what happens in the cellar—or not. What typical natural wine faults (can) be and how to recognize them. We will be discussing trends, developments, and why natural wine can never be ‘cheap.’
Tasting
At the table: 8 natural wines from various countries, in different types and styles. These are exemplary wines that represent typical (often much-discussed) topics surrounding natural wine. They might even persuade you to discard old prejudices and explore new wine paths.
English spoken
This tasting class is in English.
About Niels van Laatum
Niels van Laatum has 15 years of experience in the wine industry. He is a freelance wine writer, his publications include BCBG Magazine, Winelife magazine, and ENTREE magazine. He is also a taster and writer for De Grote Hamersma. And he is the author of ‘Natuurwijn’, a book with clear story about cloudy wine. With this background, Niels gives courses and workshops on natural wine. He is also a culinary critic for De Buik in Rotterdam and his hometown of The Hague.