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.
Gilles et Catherine Verge
From three hectares of ancient Chardonnay in the Maconnais, the Verges craft long-aged, additive-free, often boldly oxidative whites that defy appellation norms.
Jean Manciat
A Charnay-les-Macon grower crafting precise, hand-harvested Maconnais Chardonnay from old vines pruned Cote d'Or style and fermented with native yeasts.
Maison De Montille
Founded in 2003 by siblings Alix and Etienne de Montille as a micro-negociant, Maison de Montille sources and vinifies small parcels across Burgundy with the same biodynamic rigour as the family's famed domaine in Volnay.
Domaine Chantal Lescure
A Nuits-Saint-Georges domaine founded in 1975, certified organic since 2006, with 18 hectares of pristine Cote de Nuits and Cote de Beaune vineyards.
Domaine de Grisy
An 18-generation family estate in Saint-Bris-le-Vineux near Chablis, where Pascal Sorin makes mineral Chardonnay and light Pinot Noir.
Domaine de Montille
A storied Volnay estate where Etienne de Montille turned a famously austere, terroir-driven house fully biodynamic across roughly twenty Cote d'Or appellations.
Domaine Tessier
A 7.5-hectare Meursault domaine Arnaud Tessier took over at 22, devoted to white Burgundy from some of the village's finest climats.
La Soeur Cadette
Valentin Montanet tends 20 organically farmed hectares at Vézelay in Burgundy's Yonne, where he and his parents Jean and Catherine produce Kimmeridgian-limestone Chardonnay and Pinot Noir with spontaneous fermentation and minimal sulfur.
Domaine Cheveau
A family estate in the hamlet of Pouilly at the heart of the Pouilly-Fuisse appellation, now run by the third generation across the Maconnais and Beaujolais.
François de Nicolay
Alongside running the historic Chandon de Briailles, Francois de Nicolay sources organic and biodynamic fruit from friends across Burgundy and Beaujolais to make pure, low-sulfur wines under his own negociant label.
Julien Altaber
A son of Auvergne dairy farmers who learned natural winemaking under Dominique Derain and now runs both Domaine Sextant and the historic Domaine Derain in Burgundy.
Vini Viti Vinci
Paris wine-bar veteran who moved to northern Burgundy to ferment overlooked appellations with zero inputs and unflinching natural conviction.