Digestible lessons. Real knowledge.
Forget gatekeeping and jargon. Sip School is where you learn how taste works! This isn’t about memorising regions, methods, scientific formulas or pretending to taste “wet concrete”. Sip School is the educational core of Big Sips — no-nonsense lessons for curious drinkers of interesting, mainly natural drinks. Learn fast. Buy better tonight.
Natural Wine
Clean funk, zero faults.
Cut through the noise: how to spot clarity, freshness, and drinkability — and avoid mouse, vinegar, and hype.
Decode natural wine
Coffee
Precision meets pleasure.
Brew café-level cups at home with three simple moves — no jargon, no gadgets, just clean, repeatable flavor.
See how
Kombucha
Dry, bright, alive.
Spot clean ferments fast: lively fizz, citrus snap, no syrupy sweetness — the NA aperitivo that actually satisfies.
Taste clean ferments
Sodas
Acid over sugar.
Find adult sodas built on real juice and bright acidity — short ingredients, crisp finish, maximum refreshment.
Find better sodas
Pét-Nat or pétillant naturel
Tight bubbles, dry finish.
Pét-nat — Meet the rebel of the sparkling world. Pet Nat (short for pétillant naturel) skips the champagne rules and ferments right in the bottle — unfiltered, unpredictable, and buzzing with life. Expect cloudy golds, gentle fizz, and flavors that swing between orchard fruit and wild funk. It’s the drink for people who prefer curiosity over perfection. Learn what to buy and what to skip.
Explore fruit fizz
Zero Alcohol
Flavor without buzz.
The zero-proof movement is about saying better. From kombucha to distilled botanicals, a new generation of drinkers is redefining pleasure and taste. No buzz, no guilt — just craft and real flavor. Build body with tannin, acid, bitters and bubbles — the formula for NA drinks that actually taste complete.
Make zero taste good
Craft-Beer
Lager vs. Ale. Hazy vs. Clean.
Skip the hype, learn how to taste properly, buy smarter, and enjoy without overthinking.
What You Need To Know (Not Much)
Low-Intervention
Less done, more shown.
Farming first, clean cellar, minimal additives. Understand the method behind characterful, stable, honest drinks.
Learn the approach
Fermentation
Your flavor foundation.
The skill behind everything here — simple controls for clean, bright ferments you’ll actually want to drink.
Start fermenting rightHip Natty & Pét-Nat Finder — €2.99
Pick, find, and enjoy low-intervention wine without guesswork. No sponsors. All signal.
- Funk vs Fault 10-second test
- How to ask smart in any shop
- Buy by style & process, not hype
Buy better tonight. Keep the fun, skip the fluff.
Plain-English standards. No sponsors. Real, drinkable results — wine, coffee, and ferments without the gatekeeping.