Lolo

The popularity of natural wine has skyrocketed over the last 5 years. You may have noticed whole sections of your favorite wine shop or grocery stores wine section dedicated to this particular kind of gem hued juice. Natural wine is a broad term for wine that is produced without the traditional additives and sulfites that you’ll find in most large scale wines. Other terms you might hear for the stuff are “biodynamic” and “low-intervention”. In 2020 Austin opened its first natural wine bar and shop, Lolo. 

Lolo was opened by two wine obsessives Adam Wills and Christian Moses who’ve partnered with Matt Bowman who manages the bar and Charles Ferrero who co-owns next door bar and venue Hotel Vegas with Moses. Wine bars and shops have the stigma and often fall victim to being pretentious and polarizing places but Lolo does an excellent job of keeping things approachable and light. If you are wanting to learn more about what you are drinking they are happy to talk (and are deeply knowledgable) about makers, regions, and grapes but its also the kind of place you can happily order a glass of red and move on with your stay. It’s one of my favorite places to spend a long weekend afternoon lounging on their patio, people watching and leaving with a bottle for home.