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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Thomas Teibert of Domaine de l'Horizon bottling wine in his cellar in front of oak barrels
France 2 min read
Domaine de l'Horizon
A biodynamic Roussillon estate founded by German winemaker Thomas Teibert at the foot of the Pyrenees, working old Carignan and Grenache around the village of Calce.
Gerard Eyraud of Domaine de Rapatel, natural winemaker near Nimes in southern France
France 3 min read
Rapatel (Gerard Eyraud)
Gerard Eyraud has farmed Domaine de Rapatel near Nimes since 1979, making zero-sulfur wines from vineyards his grandfather planted in 1905 on the edge of the Camargue -- aged in fiberglass tanks until they are ready, sometimes for a decade or more.
The Bonnaire family, owners of Paul Clouet Champagne, standing in their Grand Cru vineyard in Bouzy
Blanc de noirs 3 min read
Paul Clouet
Founded in 1907 in the Grand Cru village of Bouzy, Paul Clouet is a small family Champagne house known for powerful Blanc de Noirs built on six hectares of Pinot Noir and now run by the Bonnaire family.
Luc Devot in black and white, looking toward the camera at a table with wine bottles
France 3 min read
Le Debit d'Ivresse
Luc Devot spent years as a cook, fisherman, musician, and educator before finding his calling in a 4.5-hectare plot of schist-rooted vines in Estagel, where he crafts exuberant natural wines that taste unmistakably of the Roussillon.
Les Foulards Rouges — natural wine producer
France 2 min read
Les Foulards Rouges
A geology graduate who learned natural wine at a Rhone co-op, Jean-Francois Nicq now coaxes silk from Roussillon granite without additives.
Yann Bertrand, natural winemaker at Domaine Les Bertrand in Fleurie, Beaujolais
Beaujolais 3 min read
Yann Bertrand
Yann Bertrand returned to his family's Fleurie terroir and became one of Beaujolais's most sought-after natural wine voices in under a decade.
Antoine Kreydenweiss, winemaker at Domaine Marc Kreydenweiss, Andlau, Alsace
Alsace 3 min read
Marc Kreydenweiss
The Kreydenweiss family has farmed the grand cru slopes of Andlau since 1850 and today bottles some of Alsace's most terroir-faithful wines under the direction of Antoine Kreydenweiss.
O2Y - natural wine producer profile | Primal Wine illustration
France 3 min read
O2Y
A three-way collaboration between Olivier Guala, Yves Roy, and Yoshinori Kuroda in Poligny, Jura, making zero-sulfur, additive-free natural wines since 2020 from organically farmed plots between Arbois and Poligny.
Jean Foillard - natural wine producer profile | Primal Wine illustration
Beaujolais 2 min read
Jean Foillard
A founding member of Beaujolais's 'Gang of Four,' Jean Foillard crafts pure, age-worthy Morgon from old vines on the famed Cote du Py.
A member of the Richaud family among the old vines at Domaine Marcel Richaud in Cairanne
France 2 min read
Domaine Marcel Richaud
A founding figure of natural wine in the Rhône, Marcel Richaud made Cairanne a great terroir; his children Thomas, Claire, and Edith now carry the estate forward.
Thibault Ducroux and his brother Dimitri holding bottles of Morgon in their barrel cellar
Beaujolais 2 min read
Thibault Ducroux
Third-generation vigneron Thibault Ducroux tends 10.5 organically farmed hectares across Beaujolais, Morgon, and Fleurie, making zero-additive Gamay via whole-bunch carbonic maceration.
Remi Pouizin, winemaker behind Clovis
Biodynamic 2 min read
Clovis
A Southern Rhone collaboration by biodynamic vigneron Remi Pouizin, blending estate and neighboring organic fruit into honest, terroir-driven Cotes du Rhone.