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.

Filippo Rizzo of Lamoresca standing in a field in central Sicily
Frappato 2 min read
Lamoresca
Filippo Rizzo returned to his remote patch of central Sicily in the early 2000s after running a natural-wine restaurant in Belgium, and now farms 11 hectares of organic Frappato, Nero d'Avola and Nerello Mascalese at 450 metres between Etna and Vittoria.
Arianna Occhipinti — natural wine producer
Frappato 3 min read
Arianna Occhipinti
Sicily's most celebrated natural winemaker, who started at 22 with one hectare and now farms 40 hectares of red sand and limestone biodynamically near Vittoria.