The blind tasting ritual
Each newcomer is welcomed through a small ritual: a blind tasting of one conventional wine and one natural wine to spark conversation and reflection, followed by a guided discovery of three to four natural wines.
Burning Man 2026
Black Rock City, Nevada
Natural wine, art & culture
About the campWine is
Wine is
alive.
Natural wine is ancestral. For thousands of years, wine was simply fermented grape juice — made locally, by hand, without additives. A handful of deeply committed winemakers still choose to farm organically or biodynamically, harvest by hand, ferment with native yeasts, and add little to nothing in the cellar.
They produce living wine: unstable at times, expressive, imperfect, but alive.
Glou Glou Art sits at the intersection of craft, agriculture, culinary culture, and contemporary art.
We bring this spirit of living culture to Black Rock City in a way that is inclusive, participatory, and aligned with Burning Man's principles: participation, immediacy, communal effort, and Leave No Trace.
The experienceCome taste,
Come taste,
come create.
Open day and night, Glou Glou Art invites you to discover artists connected to natural wine culture. Come add your touch to a collective artwork, then meet French natural winemakers over generous tastings.
The wine art gallery
A curated art gallery connected to wine culture and the broader theme of transformation. We are working with 5+ artists whose pieces can exist in Black Rock City conditions.
The collaborative painting
Throughout the week, leftover wine from the day's tastings is never discarded. We collect it and use it as pigment for a collaborative artwork. Participants add small strokes over time, and the piece grows day after day — transforming remains into a communal creation.
Zero waste, full art
At the end of the event, the artwork is fully packed out. Sustainability and Leave No Trace become part of the interactivity itself, not a separate rule.
The winemakersSomething alive
Something alive
in every glass.
We work with winemakers who share our values: transparency, respect for living things, refusal of additives. Every bottle brought to the playa tells a story — a place, a season, a pair of hands.
La Sauvagère
Loire · AnjouNico & Lili
Rare and classic grape varieties from old vines, including co-plantings where several varieties grow mixed together. Manual and late harvests. Natural vinification depending on the vintage, the plot, and the wine they want to make. Everything — handling, bottling — is done without sulfur, by gravity and by hand.
Domaine des Roches
Loire · ChinonJérôme Lenoir
Based in Beaumont-en-Véron, mostly Cabernet Franc with some Chenin. The vines are farmed cleanly — no pesticides, no herbicides. The cellar is filled with old wooden vessels, mostly barrels, where the wines take their time before going into bottle. And then take their time again.
The artistsArt & wine,
Art & wine,
same territory.
Artists whose work speaks to natural wine — its texture, its colour, its gesture. Pieces made to live in Black Rock City.
Yo Picolo
PhotographyHis wine macros reveal unknown worlds inside every drop — galactic, mineral, alive.
Nicotcha
IllustrationIllustrator with a bold line and saturated palette. He blends traditional tattooing with wine culture — totem bottles, hands that hold firm, wines that explode.
+ More artists to be revealed on the playa.
Programme · Sun – SunA week of
A week of
sharing.
Sunday
Gate opensAll day
Wine art gallery
Discover works from 5+ artists
5 PM – 1 AM
Wine tasting
40 guests welcomed for blind & guided tastings
Mon – Fri
Daily rhythmAll day
Wine art gallery
Open access, walk in any time
10 AM – 10 PM
Collaborative painting
Add your stroke to the collective wine art piece
5 PM – 1 AM
Wine tasting
40 guests each evening — blind tasting + guided discovery
Saturday
Closing nightAll day
Wine art gallery
Last day to see the full exhibition
11 PM – Morning
We drink everything
All remaining bottles opened. Last glasses, last brushstrokes.
Sunday
Temple BurnAll day
Wine art gallery
Final viewing of the gallery and completed collaborative piece
The spaceTwo hexayurts,
Two hexayurts,
one spirit.
Our public frontage is built around two hexayurt-style structures with large open window portals facing the street — a gallery and a wine bar, side by side.
Gallery
A hexayurt-style structure with large open window portals facing the street. Inside: artworks displayed on the walls and the main collaborative wine art piece.
Wine bar
A second hexayurt-style structure with bottles displayed along the counter and a seating/standing area for tastings.
At night
Both structures are outlined with soft amber LED string lights along rooflines and around portals. The gallery has a gentle interior glow — warm lanterns and indirect LEDs highlighting the artworks.
Footprint
50 ft frontage. Bike parking in front for easy flow. Back-of-house with reserve kitchen, solar generator, and clearly marked MOOP area for waste sorting.
Landmark
2 hexayurt-style structures with a Glou Glou Art sign — look for the warm amber glow.
Our values
What we stand for.
The teamSmall crew,
Small crew,
big heart.
Majdi Toumi
“Dinobaby”
Co-founder of the camp
Romain Dausset
“Octo”
Co-founder of the camp
Hometown
Paris, France
Camp size
4 campmates — all committed to interactivity
Status
Returning camp
Part of
HUB / Village camps with shared resources
Preferred
4:30 or 6:00 sector — near Palinka and Synthesis Hub
See you on the playa
Contribute — bring more wine from France
Burning Man 2026 · Paris, France × Black Rock City, Nevada