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.

Andreas Gsellmann — natural wine producer
Austria 2 min read
Andreas Gsellmann
Third-generation Gols grower Andreas Gsellmann farms 19 biodynamic hectares under Respekt, working Blaufränkisch and Zweigelt to express Burgenland terroir without additives.
Josef and Pia Wurzinger, natural wine producers behind Früg, at their winery in Tadten, Burgenland, Austria
Austria 2 min read
Früg
Named after a 1960s dance, Früg is the lively, liter-bottled natural line from organic Burgenland grower Josef Wurzinger in collaboration with Jenny & François.
Alexander and Maria Koppitsch of Weingut Koppitsch
Austria 2 min read
Koppitsch
A husband-and-wife estate on the shores of Lake Neusiedl making biodynamically inspired, hand-crafted natural wines from a family vineyard with five centuries of history.
Markus Altenburger standing among cover crops in his Leithaberg vineyard in Jois, Burgenland, Austria
Austria 2 min read
Markus Altenburger
From a multi-generational farming family in Jois, Markus Altenburger farms 17 hectares of certified organic Leithaberg vines biodynamically, coaxing site-specific Blaufränkisch and skin-contact whites from ancient limestone and slate soils above Lake Neusiedl in Burgenland.
Claus Preisinger - natural wine producer profile | Primal Wine illustration
Austria 2 min read
Claus Preisinger
From Gols on Lake Neusiedl, Claus Preisinger turned a young start into one of Austria's leading biodynamic addresses, fermenting Blaufränkisch and Zweigelt wild and bare.
Gut Oggau — natural wine producer
Austria 3 min read
Gut Oggau
An Austrian estate where every cuvee is a fictional family member with its own face and personality, made from biodynamic Burgenland vineyards around a restored 17th-century manor.
Heinrich — natural wine producer
Austria 2 min read
Heinrich
From a single hectare in 1990 to roughly 90 spread across Lake Neusiedl, Gernot and Heike Heinrich turned Burgenland into proof that Austrian reds and Demeter farming belong together.
Austrian biodynamic winemaker Judith Beck in her cellar in Gols, Burgenland, beside large oak casks and barrels
Austria 2 min read
Judith Beck
A leading Austrian biodynamic vigneronne in Gols, crafting energetic, low-sulfur reds and skin-contact whites from indigenous Burgenland varieties.
Meinklang — natural wine producer
Austria 2 min read
Meinklang
On the lowest land in Austria, the Michlits family runs Angus cattle, ancient grains, and vines together as one living Demeter farm spanning the Hungarian border.
Andreas Ziniel, natural wine producer, on his tractor among the vines in Burgenland, Austria
Austria 2 min read
Andreas Ziniel
Trained across South Africa, Germany and Switzerland, 'Zini' farms 15 hectares near the Zicksee, making fresh, low-intervention reds and whites with short macerations.
Christian Tschida, natural wine producer, standing in his vineyard in Austria's Burgenland
Austria 2 min read
Christian Tschida
An Austrian natural-wine star, Christian Tschida makes zero-sulfur, unmanipulated wines by Lake Neusiedl and calls himself a tuner, not a winemaker.