Natural Wine in Amsterdam Centrum
Centrum has the densest natural wine scene in the city, split between two distinct pockets. The Jordaan carries most of the by-the-glass bars — Café de Klepel's 300-label French list, Bar Babar's candlelit corner of Paris — while Oocker, named Amsterdam's Wine Bar of the Year in 2023, anchors a newer cluster nearer the centre. A Sense of Place, run by an ex-New-York wine merchant out of a former garage, adds a genuinely unusual concept to the mix. Expect narrow, often-standing-room bars rather than big dining rooms, and a scene built on repeat regulars, not passing tourist trade.
Best for natural and orange wineChenin Chenin
Amsterdam's leading natural wine supplier, tucked into a Jordaan side street off the Elandsgracht. A monthly Natural Wine Club gives members first access to rare, small-producer bottles before they hit the shop floor.
THE ORDER — Rotating small-producer allocations via the Natural Wine Club
Best for small plates with your glassOocker
Amsterdam's 2023 Wine Bar of the Year, built almost entirely around natural, biodynamic and low-intervention producers — 400+ bottles and 60+ wines by the glass, poured by sommeliers Tim Meyer Viol and Niels van der Werf.
THE ORDER — Rare finds like a dry Furmint or Pierre Moncuit champagne
Best for taking a bottle homeTroppo Giovane
A Jordaan flagship wine shop from two BAK-restaurant alumni, showcasing 300+ curated natural wines from France and Italy, from aged cellar bottles to their own current imports.
THE ORDER — Ask for a cellar-aged pick
Best for a glass, not a bottleShiraz Jardin des Vins
A canalside wine bar near Leidseplein repeatedly voted the best in the Netherlands — a classic, deep list with tapas, not a natural-wine specialist.
THE ORDER — Ask staff for their current top pick
Best for the interior itselfA Sense of Place
A natural wine shop in a former Jordaan garage, run by ex-New-York wine merchant Markus Praat — at least 30% of the shelf is genuinely natural, organic, or biodynamic, sourced directly from small European winemakers.
Best for a real bite alongside the wineCafé R. de Rosa
One of the most laid-back corners of the Jordaan — a café and natural wine bar with homemade snacks, cozy dinners, and €2 filter coffee in the morning.
THE ORDER — Ask what's poured by the glass that day
Best for a real bite alongside the wineCafé de Klepel
A Jordaan institution built entirely around an extensive French wine list of 300+ labels, many by the glass, with classic bistro food deliberately kept out of the spotlight.
THE ORDER — Ask for a French label by the glass
Best for a quiet glass, not a crowdBubbles & Wines
An intimate wine-and-champagne bar tucked down a quiet side street off the Nes, pouring 50 wines by the glass and 180 by the bottle.
THE ORDER — Ask for a champagne by the glass
Best for a glass, not a bottleZuiver Bar
The by-the-glass bar from importer Zuiver Wijnen, where vinyl and CDs play alongside a daily-rotating list of low-sulfite natural wines from Alsace to Japan.
THE ORDER — Whatever's rotating that day — ask for a producer like Yvon Métras
Best for small plates with your glassBar Babar
A candlelit, blush-pink corner of Paris on Utrechtsestraat, where the owners pick wines strictly on taste rather than pedigree.
THE ORDER — A Loire Sauvignon Blanc or a Beaujolais Chardonnay
Best for a terrace in the sunCafé Twee Prinsen
A corner café on the Prinsengracht that's been a natural-wine institution since 2022, best known for its sunny canalside terrace and classy bar snacks.
THE ORDER — Ask staff for the current by-the-glass list
Best for natural and orange wineRebel Wines
A cosy Jordaan bottle shop that reads like a cabinet of curiosities — natural and biodynamic wines from as far afield as Croatia and Uruguay alongside more familiar regions.
THE ORDER — Ask staff for that week's find
Selected by Atlas Amsterdam
Last checked: August 2026
Part of the independently curated Atlas Amsterdam guide