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.

Marc Houtin (left) and Julien Bresteau of La Grange aux Belles in their cellar in Anjou
Anjou 2 min read
La Grange aux Belles
Former geologist Marc Houtin founded La Grange aux Belles in Anjou in 2004, and together with partners Julien Bresteau and Gérald Peau, now farms fifteen organic hectares of black schist to make some of the Loire's most vital natural wines.
Baptiste Cousin in a stone cellar holding a glass of wine up to examine it
Anjou 2 min read
Le Batossay
Baptiste Cousin farms 4.5 hectares in Anjou with horses and old-vine intuition, making zero-sulfur natural wines that carry the spirit of his father Olivier Cousin's legendary natural-wine legacy into a new generation.