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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Ze, the winemaker behind La Cave des Nomades, natural wine producer (France)
Carignan 2 min read
La Cave des Nomades
José Carvalho, a Portuguese musician turned winemaker, built La Cave des Nomades on three hectares of schist-rooted old vines in Banyuls-sur-Mer, creating zero-sulfur wines of startling depth before relocating to Portugal.
Laureano Serres of Mendall in his orchard in Terra Alta, Catalonia, wearing a straw hat
Carignan 3 min read
Mendall
Former computer programmer Laureano Serres returned to his ancestral village in Terra Alta in 1999 and became one of Spain's most influential natural winemakers, farming biodynamically on limestone at 400 meters elevation without a drop of added sulfur.
Vincent and Aurelie Garreta of Les Maou smiling together in their Vaucluse vineyard
Carignan 2 min read
Les Maou'
Vincent and Aurelie Garreta, a former environmental researcher and postal worker who traded careers for vines, farm 10 hectares of certified-organic old vines near Gordes in the Vaucluse, producing precise and fruit-driven natural wines from over a dozen traditional varieties.
Bernard and Olivier Coste of Domaine Montrose, Languedoc
Carignan 3 min read
Olivier Coste
Ninth-generation vigneron Olivier Coste stewards 65 hectares of Languedoc vines at Domaine Montrose near Pezenas, reviving near-extinct varieties like Carignan Blanc through organic, carbon-neutral farming.
Megan Sekermestrovich of Lula holding freshly harvested Valdiguié grapes at the Richmond Wine Collective
California 2 min read
Lula
Oakland-based fashion designer Megan Sekermestrovich makes just 60 cases a year of zero-zero California natural wine under the Lula label, sourcing from growers who pay living wages.
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.
Two of the Andrieu siblings of Clos Fantine, the natural wine estate in Faugères, Languedoc
Carignan 2 min read
Clos Fantine
Three Andrieu siblings farm 23 schist hectares high in Faugères, fermenting Carignan and Grenache in concrete with zero added sulfur in honor of their late father.
Joel Burt and Eric Wareheim of Las Jaras Wines
California 2 min read
Las Jaras
Winemaker Joel Burt and actor-director Eric Wareheim founded Las Jaras in 2017, sourcing from organic and sustainably farmed old-vine sites across Mendocino, Sonoma and Oregon to produce low-intervention California wines that are food-friendly, lower-alcohol and genuinely fun.
Axel Prufer of Le Temps des Cerises peering over a fermentation vessel in his Languedoc cellar
Carignan 2 min read
Les Temps des Cerises
German-born Axel Prufer left East Germany for the Languedoc in 2003 and built a domaine of roughly 15 hectares above Beziers, farming granitic soils without systemic sprays and making zero-sulfur wines from Cinsault, Carignan, and Grenache with an easy, glouglou character all his own.
Jeff Coutelou, winemaker at Mas Coutelou, Puimisson
Carignan 3 min read
Mas Coutelou
Jean-François 'Jeff' Coutelou farms 14 hectares of ancient vines in Puimisson with certified-organic credentials stretching back to 1987, producing singular Languedoc wines from rare Mediterranean varieties with total commitment to non-intervention.