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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Gareth and Rainbo Belton of Gentle Folk standing with their child in their Basket Range vineyard
Adelaide hills 2 min read
Gentle Folk
Two marine scientists traded the study of seaweed for the soils of Basket Range, building one of the Adelaide Hills' most beloved natural wine labels.
Travis Tausend - natural wine producer profile | Primal Wine illustration
Adelaide hills 2 min read
Travis Tausend
Zero-zero winemaker in Hope Forest, Adelaide Hills, crafting handmade, purely spontaneous wines from organically farmed fruit with no additions whatsoever.
Suzi Hilder and Wayne Ahrens crouching in their Vine Vale vineyard with their dog
Australia 2 min read
Smallfry
Wayne Ahrens and Suzi Hilder farm 18 certified organic and biodynamic hectares in Barossa's Vine Vale and Eden Valley, making natural wines from old vines with native ferments and minimal intervention.
Alex Schulkin of The Other Right holding a glass of red wine and smiling
Australia 2 min read
The Other Right
Russian-born Alex Schulkin makes no-additive, wild-fermented wines from certified organic vineyards in McLaren Vale and Adelaide Hills, drawing on his research science background at the AWRI.
Jauma winemaker James Erskine tending Grenache vines in South Australia
Australia 2 min read
Jauma
Decorated sommelier turned natural-wine pioneer James Erskine makes additive-free Grenache and more from organic fruit in McLaren Vale and the Adelaide Hills.
Delinquente Wine Co. founder Con-Greg Grigoriou standing in his Riverland vineyard
Australia 2 min read
Delinquente Wine Co.
Con-Greg Grigoriou is rewriting the Riverland's reputation with bright, smashable wines from heat-loving Southern Italian grapes.
Anton van Klopper of Lucy Margaux holding a bottle of his wine
Adelaide hills 2 min read
Lucy Margaux
South African-born Anton van Klopper farms organically in the Basket Range of the Adelaide Hills and produces entirely sulfur-free wines that helped establish Australia's natural wine movement.
Patrick Sullivan, winemaker and viticulturist, standing in the green Gippsland hills holding a glass of white wine
Australia 3 min read
Patrick Sullivan
Patrick Sullivan farms biodynamically in the Strzelecki Ranges of Gippsland, Victoria, crafting single-site Chardonnay and Pinot Noir from volcanic and clay soils with minimal intervention and no unnecessary additions.
Borachio — natural wine producer
Adelaide hills 2 min read
Borachio
A South Australian label run by Alicia Basa and Mark Warner, who met at a hardcore show in 2003, trained at Jauma, and now make sulfur-free wine through acidity and lab rigor rather than natural-wine mystique.
Sam Vinciullo, natural winemaker in Margaret River, Western Australia
Australia 2 min read
Sam Vinciullo
Sam Vinciullo returned to his native Western Australia in 2015 after working harvests across the globe, including with Frank Cornelissen on Mount Etna, to make raw, zero-addition natural wines in Margaret River.