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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Agricola Foppiani — natural wine producer
Emilia-romagna 2 min read
Agricola Foppiani
After a century of growing grapes only for the family table, Paolo and Giovanna Foppiani started bottling in 2017, making zero-sulfite wines with Giulio Armani of La Stoppa at their side.
Roberto Maestri of Quarticello Azienda Agricola in his vineyard in Montecchio Emilia, Reggio Emilia
Emilia-romagna 3 min read
Quarticello Azienda Agricola
Roberto Maestri founded Quarticello in 2001 in Montecchio Emilia to revive traditional Emilian pétillant naturel, growing only native varieties on the foothills of the Tuscan-Emilian Apennines with biodynamic care.
Person enjoying Folicello natural sparkling wine in a scenic Emilia-Romagna vineyard, Italy.
Emilia-romagna 3 min read
Folicello – Natural Sparkling Wine from Emilia-Romagna
Folicello holds a special place at Primal Wine. Folicello wines were amongst the first natural wines we bought for this project. Everybody loves Folicello wines and…
Federico Orsi, natural wine producer, in his biodynamic vineyard at Orsi Vigneto San Vito in Valsamoggia, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
Biodynamic 3 min read
Orsi
Federico Orsi left consulting to run a biodynamic estate in the Colli Bolognesi in 2005, farming 15 hectares of Pignoletto and making unfined, native-yeast wines including a beloved sur-lie sparkler.