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.

Giovanni Mesina, natural wine producer, in his cellar in Umbria, Italy
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Giovanni Mesina – The Shepherd Who Makes Wine
Giovanni Mesina calls himself 'the shepherd who makes wine.' A Sardinian-born shepherd in Umbria's hills near Perugia, he planted Vermentino, the signature white of his ancestral home, and bottled his first natural vintage in 2017 while still tending a 1,000-strong flock.
Le Coste di Gradoli — natural wine producer
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Le Coste di Gradoli – Natural Wine Standard Bearers
Le Coste is the cult natural-wine estate founded in 2004 by Gianmarco Antonuzi and Clementine Bouveron in Gradoli, northern Lazio, near the Umbrian border. Drawing on years of winemaking in Burgundy, they farm volcanic soils above Lake Bolsena to make uncompromising, terroir-driven wines.
Alessandro Dettori, natural wine producer, in his vineyard in Romangia, Sardinia, Italy
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Tenute Dettori – Sardinia Natural Wine Pioneers
Tenute Dettori is Alessandro Dettori's biodynamic estate in the Romangia hills of northwest Sardinia, overlooking the Gulf of Asinara. A legendary name in natural wine, Dettori has farmed biodynamically since long before it was fashionable, making uncompromising wines of his Sennori terroir.