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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Winemaker Eduardo Torres Acosta carrying a harvest crate in his Etna vineyard
Etna 2 min read
Eduardo Torres Acosta
A Canary Islands native turned Etna garagiste, Eduardo Torres Acosta farms tiny high-altitude parcels of old vines on Sicily's volcano and bottles them with almost nothing added.
Giuseppe Scirto and Valeria Franco standing together among old Etna vines
Etna 2 min read
Vini Scirto
Former IT expert and language graduate who inherited century-old Etna vines and now make some of Sicily's most wild and unfiltered natural wines.
Girolamo Russo — natural wine producer
Etna 2 min read
Girolamo Russo
A former concert pianist returned to his family's old vines on Etna's northern slope, farming volcanic sciare across four contrade between 650 and 780 meters.
Nicola Oteri of Nuzzella harvesting white grapes in his Etna vineyard
Carricante 2 min read
Nuzzella
Nicola Oteri founded Nuzzella in 2014 on the northeast slope of Etna in Piedimonte Etneo, making organically farmed Nerello Mascalese and Carricante across 4 hectares at 500 meters elevation.
Ayunta — natural wine producer
Etna 2 min read
Ayunta
Told to save a dying vineyard, Filippo Mangione built an estate of ancient, ungrafted Etna vines and now bottles Nerello Mascalese in red, white, rose and fizz.