Natural Wine Producers: Working With Nature

Portraits and interviews with the world's finest natural wine producers — farmers and winemakers who work in harmony with terroir, minimal intervention, and a deep respect for the land.

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Vigneron Eric Kamm kneeling beside an old vine in his Alsace vineyard holding a cluster of grapes
Alsace 2 min read
Eric Kamm
In the granite-soiled hills of Dambach-la-Ville, a fifth-generation Alsace vigneron turned a classic family domaine toward organic farming and native-yeast natural wine.
Lambert Spielmann of Domaine in Black holding a glass of his wine in the vineyard
Alsace 2 min read
Domaine in Black
A former musician and social worker, Lambert Spielmann makes rock-and-roll natural Alsace from tiny biodynamic parcels in a makeshift cellar under his house.
Julien Schmitt of Domaine Roland Schmitt in Bergbieten, Alsace
Alsace 2 min read
Domaine Roland Schmitt
Bergbieten's only winemaking family, the Schmitts farm the Altenberg Grand Cru biodynamically, with Julien leading the estate his mother saved after tragedy.
Bruno Schueller — natural wine producer
Alsace 2 min read
Bruno Schueller
From the hamlet of Husseren-les-Châteaux, Bruno Schueller farms biodynamically and ferments dry, low-sulfur Alsace wines that often defy the appellation's tasting panels.
Christian Binner — natural wine producer
Alsace 2 min read
Christian Binner
The Binner family has grown grapes in Ammerschwihr since 1770; Christian farms 11 Demeter-certified hectares and ferments spontaneously in old foudres with no added sulfur.
Bruno and Théo Schloegel of Domaine Lissner in their Wolxheim vineyard
Alsace 3 min read
Lissner
Bruno and Théo Schloegel tend 10 hectares of Alsatian vines in Wolxheim — including Grand Cru Altenberg — using Fukuoka-inspired no-till farming and unhurried foudre aging that lets wild, living wines find their own way.