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.
Olivier Coste
Ninth-generation vigneron Olivier Coste stewards 65 hectares of Languedoc vines at Domaine Montrose near Pezenas, reviving near-extinct varieties like Carignan Blanc through organic, carbon-neutral farming.
Les Athlètes du Vin
Les Athlètes du Vin is a Loire Valley négociant project born from the Vini Be Good collective, bringing together some of the region's finest natural producers to make honest, value-driven wines under labels designed by Michel Tolmer.
Domaine Gérard Villet
A tiny zero-zero estate in Arbois where Gérard and Christine Villet have farmed organically since 1988, mentoring a generation of Jura natural winemakers along the way.
Chateau la Grolet
On Bordeaux's Right Bank, the Hubert family farms Cotes de Bourg biodynamically, with siblings Guillaume and Rachel making pure, low-sulfur reds.
Casot des Mailloles
A cult no-sulfur domaine on the steep terraces above Banyuls, founded by Alain Castex and Ghislaine Magnier and now carried on by Catalan winemaker Jordi Perez.
No Control
Former sports marketer turned punk-rock vigneron Vincent Marie launched No Control in 2012 in Volvic, Auvergne, farming 5 hectares of 117-year-old Gamay vines on volcanic soils with a horse and bottling every wine without sulfur, filtration, or any oenological additions.
Domaine du Haut Bourg
Fourth-generation brothers Herve and Nicolas Choblet age Melon de Bourgogne on its lees for years beside Lake Grand-Lieu, redrawing the map of serious Muscadet.
Barbara Lebled
Trained alongside her father Laurent, Barbara Lebled launched her own Touraine project in 2019, working organically across the central Loire's full grape palette.
Domaine du Bel Air
Five generations on, Pierre Gauthier and his son Rodolphe plow Benais by draft horse to coax deep, ageworthy Cabernet Franc from Bourgueil's clay-limestone tuffeau.
Vivanterre
A cross-regional natural wine project from Auvergne's Patrick Bouju and Justine Loiseau, blending grapes from volcanic soils, Alsace, and Beaujolais with zero sulfites added.
Clement Baraut
After decades guiding Anjou growers into organics, oenologist Clément Baraut set up his own tiny Savennières domaine, coaxing additive-free Chenin from schist and volcanic rock.
Domaine la Bohème
Patrick Bouju's pioneering Auvergne domaine, farming century-old volcanic-soil vines and crafting vivid, mostly zero-sulfur Gamay and Chardonnay near the Puy de Dome.