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.
Domaine de Fontsainte
A historic Corbieres estate in Boutenac where the Laboucarie family pioneered carbonic maceration and Bruno now makes ageworthy reds and rose.
Fond Cypres
At the end of a cypress-lined road in the Corbieres, Laetitia Ourliac and Rodolphe Gianesini farm a 15-hectare garden of Mediterranean vines for soulful natural wines.
Les Clos Perdus
Former Australian ballet dancer Paul Old has spent two decades tracking down lost Languedoc parcels, building a 20-hectare biodynamic estate that produces some of the Corbières and Roussillon's most compelling natural wines.
Château Beauregard Mirouze
Eighth-generation Corbières estate inside a Mediterranean nature park, certified organic since 2010 and farmed biodynamically with a grazing flock of sheep.
Les Abrigans
Laura Lees and Arthur Joly rescued an abandoned hillside vineyard in the Corbières in 2017, and now farm around 10 hectares of schist-rich land with a passion that has quickly earned them a devoted following in France and beyond.
Colline de l'Hirondelle
A Franco-American couple makes organic Corbieres wines on a bird-refuge hillside in the Aude, including a Grenache-Mourvedre bottled with no added sulfites.
Bauregard Mirouze
A husband-and-wife team spent a decade bringing tired Corbières soils back to life, then went biodynamic and additive-free in the wild garrigue near Narbonne.