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.
Guido Porro
In Serralunga d'Alba, Guido Porro quietly makes classically built Barolo from old Nebbiolo vines in the Lazzarito cru, one of Barolo's great values.
Cascina Pugnane
A Ghisolfi-family Barolo estate on the Pugnane hill at Castiglione Falletto, hand-harvesting Nebbiolo for tiny-production, Slavonian-oak-aged Barolo crus.
G.D. Vajra
From the high village of Vergne above Barolo, a family that embraced organic farming in the early 1970s makes some of Piedmont's most elegant, perfumed, high-altitude Nebbiolo.
Ettore Germano
A Serralunga d'Alba family estate where Sergio Germano makes benchmark, organically farmed Barolo plus mountain Riesling and sparkling wine from the Alta Langa.
Principiano
Ferdinando Principiano farms 21 hectares biodynamically in the Barolo zone, making zero-compromise Nebbiolo that combines ecological obsession with exceptional terroir at Boscareto and Ravera.
Giulia Negri Serradenari
Known as the Barolo Girl, Giulia Negri makes elegant, high-altitude Barolo and Burgundy-inspired Pinot and Chardonnay from La Morra's highest vineyards.
Cavallotto
A fourth-generation Barolo estate on the Bricco Boschis hill that has farmed organically since 1976 and bottles single-vineyard Nebbiolo from one unbroken slope.
Castello di Verduno
A historic Verduno estate run by Franco Bianco and Gabriella Burlotto, championing the rare Pelaverga grape alongside traditional Barolo and Barbaresco.
Oddero
Established in La Morra since the eighteenth century, Poderi e Cantine Oddero farms 35 hectares of Langhe organically, making structured Barolo and Barbaresco aged in large Slavonian oak botti under the sixth and seventh generation of the Oddero family.