03/09/2026
๐จ BREWERY & WINERY ANNOUNCEMENT! ๐จ
๐๐ข๐ฃ๐๐๐ก๐๐ฅ๐จ๐ก๐_ & ๐๐ต๐ฟ๐ถ๐๐๐ผ๐ฝ๐ต ๐๐ผ๐ฐ๐ต ๐ฆ๐น
Why choose between beer and wine when you can have both? ๐บ๐
After their first appearance at Wild Festival Groningen last year, we're very happy to welcome HOPFENGRUND_ and Christoph Hoch back in 2026, once again bringing two closely connected worlds from Hollenburg, Austria, to Groningen.
Christoph Hoch is a biodynamic winemaker, working with naturally fermented wines that reflect the vineyards and limestone-rich soils around Hollenburg. But wine is only part of the story.
Together with his wife Julie and the team behind HOPFENGRUND_, that same philosophy extends into beer. They work with ingredients grown and harvested themselves, including hops, herbs and grapes, combining spontaneous fermentation, fruit, wine barrels and winemaking techniques to create beers that often sit somewhere between the worlds of beer and wine.
And sometimes those worlds literally meet in the same bottle. Think wild ales with their own Muskat Ottonel or Riesling grapes, spontaneously fermented beers matured in old wine barrels, fresh Austrian fruit and even blends of beer and wine.
At Wild Festival Groningen you'll once again be able to discover both sides of their craft: the natural wines of Christoph Hoch and the wild, experimental beers of HOPFENGRUND_. ๐ท๐บ
Two projects, one place, and a shared love for fermentation, agriculture and doing things a little differently.
Still need tickets? Grab them here:
https://wildfestivalgroningen.stager.co/shop/default
See you at EM2 Groningen!
