Rosforth & Rosforth

Rosforth & Rosforth occupies the bridge tower and cellar under Knippelsbro at Knippelsbrogade 10, on the Christianshavn side of the harbour. Andershusa calls them the natural wine importer kings of Copenhagen, supplying the city's restaurants since 1994.

Around 12,000 bottles a year arrive from France aboard an engineless sailing schooner, a logistics choice that doubles as the house philosophy. Afar routes its Copenhagen natural wine guide straight through this quay.

The move: buy a bottle from the deep cellar, take a glass and a picnic bench, and drink it on the water as the bikes cross the bridge above.

Inside is a working importer's cellar with a counter; outside, picnic benches line the harbour through the warm months. Time Out Copenhagen lists the quay among the city's best places to drink, and Falstaff files it under wine bars worth crossing town for.

The list is the import book: organic and biodynamic growers, heavy on the Loire, the Rhône, and small French farms. Glasses start around 75 DKK and bottles run cellar price plus corkage logic, which undercuts most wine bars in town. Free tastings appear on summer weekends; rosforth.dk posts the seasonal hours, with Fridays running 9am to 8pm in summer.

Sommeliers, Christianshavn locals, and natural wine tourists share the benches. Foodguide.se files it as a recommendation precisely because it feels like a working cellar rather than a styled bar.

What regulars say:

• Andershusa crowns them the natural wine importer kings of Copenhagen.
• Afar's city wine guide sends readers here for the quay benches and the schooner story.
• Time Out Copenhagen keeps it on the city's best bars list despite the seasonal hours.

Who it is for:

• Natural wine drinkers who want the source, not the markup
• Summer afternoons that should end on the water
• Avoid in winter or in rain; the magic is the quay

Copenhagen's purest wine experience: importer prices, harbour light, no design budget. Check the seasonal hours before crossing town.

Getting there: Knippelsbrogade 10, under the Knippelsbro bridge tower, two minutes from Christianshavn metro.

Timing: Seasonal. Summer Fridays run 9am to 8pm and weekends bring open tastings; winter is shop hours only.

Cost: Glasses from 75 DKK, bottles from around 250. Their wine bar sibling Den Vandrette sits across the harbour.

Make a night of it: Cross Knippelsbro to Den Vandrette for the sit down version of the same import book, then walk the harbour ring to Ved Stranden 10. Three benchmark wine stops inside twenty minutes.