Kuurna

Kuurna — Where Helsinki's Wine Scene Was Born

Antto Melasniemi and Heikki Purhonen opened Kuurna in 2005 — the restaurant that ignited Helsinki's wine scene before anyone called it a scene. Twenty seats in a quiet corner of Kruununhaka, a set menu that changes every three weeks, and a wine list of 'classic and natural wines from ecologically sustainable producers.' This was pre-natural wine movement: Kuurna was doing small-producer, biodynamic wines when Helsinki barely knew what that meant. Michelin Guide listed. Star Wine List awarded. And still, after 20 years, the most effortlessly cool wine dinner in the city.