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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La Biancara, Angiolino Maule, natural wine producer in his vineyard in Veneto, Italy
Biodynamic 3 min read
La Biancara
Angiolino Maule traded his pizzeria in 1988 for volcanic hillside vines in Gambellara, Veneto, and has spent four decades making zero-sulfur Garganega wines that helped define what Italian natural wine means.
La Grange 476 - natural wine producer profile | Primal Wine illustration
Biodynamic 2 min read
La Grange 476
Dimitri Vetois and Marion Valverde work four hectares of old Jura vines by horse in Menétru-le-Vignoble, making biodynamic wines from Savagnin, Chardonnay, Poulsard, and Pinot Noir that speak clearly of limestone and marl.
Adrien Berlioz standing among the vines on a steep Chignin slope in Savoie
Biodynamic 2 min read
Cellier Des Cray
Adrien Berlioz farms seven hectares across 17 steep Savoie micro-parcels by hand, Demeter-certified biodynamic, bottling a cuvee from each named for a family member.
Riccardo Baldi of La Staffa in his Marche vineyards
Biodynamic 3 min read
La Staffa
Riccardo Baldi farms 12 hectares of ancient calcium-carbonate-rich hillsides in Staffolo, Marche, using biodynamic methods and concrete-tank ageing to craft Verdicchio dei Castelli di Jesi of rare salty minerality and precision.
Gérard Laurent, natural wine producer of Château le Bergey, in his biodynamic vineyard in Saint-Loubès, Bordeaux, France
Biodynamic 2 min read
Chateau le Bergey
A former pro ice-hockey player turned winemaker, Damien Laurent farms one of Bordeaux's rare biodynamic estates, with Le Bergey as its honest entry red.
Cyriaque Rozier of Château Fontanès in the vineyard at Pic Saint-Loup, Languedoc
Biodynamic 2 min read
Les Traverses de Fontanes
Cyriaque Rozier farms 4.5 hectares of biodynamic vines on ancient Roman terraces at Pic Saint-Loup, producing structured, terroir-driven wines that defy the appellation's grape restrictions.
Leon Gold - natural wine producer profile | Primal Wine illustration
Biodynamic 2 min read
Leon Gold
First-generation vigneron Leon Gold farms 18 biodynamic hectares in the steep Gundelsbach valley of Württemberg, making zippy, mineral-driven wines from Trollinger, Riesling, and Sauvignon Blanc on ancient keuper soils.
Marco Barba in the vineyard at Gambellara, Veneto, harvesting white grapes
Biodynamic 3 min read
Marco Barba
Marco Barba tends forgotten parcels of biodynamic vines in Gambellara and Lonigo, bottling vivid, low-intervention Veneto wines under the Marcobarba label with his partner Stefano.
Winemaker Athénaïs de Béru tasting a glass of white wine outdoors at Château de Béru
Biodynamic 2 min read
Château de Béru
After leaving Parisian finance, Athénaïs de Béru turned her family's 400-year-old Chablis estate fully biodynamic, with a walled monopole at its heart.
Giampiero Bea of Paolo Bea estate standing in the Montefalco vineyard
Biodynamic 3 min read
Paolo Bea
The Bea family has farmed in Montefalco since the 1500s; Giampiero Bea carries forward his father Paolo's radical approach: 48-day macerations, indigenous yeasts, no filtration, hand-written labels.
La Grange de l'Oncle Charles - natural wine producer profile | Primal Wine illustration
Alsace 3 min read
La Grange de l'Oncle Charles
Jérôme François and Morgane Stoquert farm 5 biodynamic hectares across eight Alsace villages with draft horses and sheep, producing field-blend wines of rare complexity in tiny quantities.
Antoine Kreydenweiss, winemaker at Domaine Marc Kreydenweiss, Andlau, Alsace
Alsace 3 min read
Marc Kreydenweiss
The Kreydenweiss family has farmed the grand cru slopes of Andlau since 1850 and today bottles some of Alsace's most terroir-faithful wines under the direction of Antoine Kreydenweiss.