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.

Remi Pouizin, winemaker behind Clovis
Biodynamic 2 min read
Clovis
A Southern Rhone collaboration by biodynamic vigneron Remi Pouizin, blending estate and neighboring organic fruit into honest, terroir-driven Cotes du Rhone.
Massimiliana Spinola, natural wine producer, at her biodynamic estate Castello di Tassarolo in Gavi, Piedmont, Italy
Biodynamic 2 min read
Castello di Tassarolo
A Gavi estate held by the Spinola family since the 14th century, where Massimiliana Spinola farms biodynamically with draft horses and made the first Gavi without added sulfur.
Theo Bechtold of Domaine Bechtold tasting a glass in the cellar in front of barrels.
Alsace 2 min read
Domaine Bechtold
A third-generation Alsace estate in Kirchheim where Theo Bechtold farms 12 biodynamic hectares across the Couronne d'Or, including holdings in Grand Cru Engelberg.
Philippe Wies of La Petite Baigneuse crouching in the Maury schist vineyard
Biodynamic 3 min read
La Petite Baigneuse
Philippe and Céline Wies farm 14 biodynamic, Demeter-certified hectares of ancient schist terraces in Maury, Roussillon, coaxing saline, mineral wines from Lledoner Pelut, Grenache, and Carignan with no sulfur additions.
Nasciri - natural wine producer profile | Primal Wine illustration
Biodynamic 3 min read
Nasciri
Domenico and Francesca reclaimed a long-abandoned family property outside Gerace in 2010 to grow Calabria's ancient native grapes — Greco Bianco, Greco Nero, Calabrese Nero, Aglianico — with biodynamic principles and a name meaning 'to be born again' in the local dialect.
Old World Winery - natural wine producer profile | Primal Wine illustration
Biodynamic 3 min read
Old World Winery
Darek Trowbridge, great-grandson of Russian River Valley pioneer Giuseppe Martinelli, farms biodynamic century-old vines in Fulton and vinifies rare heritage grapes with foot-treading, native yeast, and zero filtration.
Siblings Guillaume and Rachel Hubert of Chateau la Grolet in their Cotes de Bourg vineyard
Biodynamic 2 min read
Chateau la Grolet
On Bordeaux's Right Bank, the Hubert family farms Cotes de Bourg biodynamically, with siblings Guillaume and Rachel making pure, low-sulfur reds.
Christian Binner, natural wine producer behind Les Vins Pirouettes, in the vineyards of Alsace, France
Alsace 2 min read
Les Vins Pirouettes
Christian Binner's collaborative collective in Alsace unites over twenty organic and biodynamic growers who might otherwise sell grapes to cooperatives, bottling each wine under the grower's first name.
Jessika Reis and Philipp Musevi of Lesom Weine, natural wine producer in the Mosel, Germany
Biodynamic 2 min read
Lesom Weine
Jessika Reis and Philipp Musevi farm 1.3 steep-slate hectares across 20 kilometers of the Mosel, making spontaneously fermented Rieslings that carry the mineral intensity of old family parcels without compromise.
Le Sot de l'Ange - natural wine producer profile | Primal Wine illustration
Biodynamic 3 min read
Le Sot de l'Ange
Quentin Bourse farms 12 biodynamic hectares in Azay-le-Rideau with an intensity that belies his modest output, coaxing Chenin Blanc, Grolleau, and Gamay from clay-silica soils into some of the Loire's most honest and compelling natural wines.
Julien Trichard, natural wine producer, in his cellar at Mas Pas Re in Vendémian, Languedoc, France
Biodynamic 2 min read
Mas Pas Re
Julien Trichard and Sara Hernandez make vibrant, zero-sulfite wines from 9 hectares of organic and biodynamic vines spread across Gignac and Plaissan in the Languedoc, working from a repurposed cooperative cellar in Vendémian since 2009.
Manoir de la Tête Rouge - natural wine producer profile | Primal Wine illustration
Biodynamic 3 min read
Manoir de la Tête Rouge
Guillaume Reynouard's biodynamic estate in Le Puy-Notre-Dame brings 17th-century Saumur terroir to life through Cabernet Franc, Chenin Blanc, and rare Pineau d'Aunis with zero added sulfur.