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.
Alessandra Divella
The first woman to lead a Franciacorta estate, Alessandra Divella farms two organic hectares and bottles zero-dosage sparklers that look more to grower Champagne than to the DOCG.
Roccafiore
Perched above Todi in Umbria, Roccafiore has farmed organically since 1999, crafting precise, sun-drenched whites from Grechetto di Todi and reds from Sangiovese and Sagrantino.
Pandolfa
On a 17th-century estate in Predappio, Marco Cirese farms 30 certified-organic hectares and makes mineral Romagna Sangiovese that honours the subzone's distinct clay and limestone soils.
Longarico
Luigi Stalteri and Alessandro Viola launched Longarico in 2015 on the slopes of Mount Bonifato above Alcamo, bringing organic Catarratto and red grapes from 350-meter clay-calcareous soils back to life as pure, unfiltered Sicilian naturals.
Elisabetta Foradori – The Queen of Biodynamics
Elisabetta Foradori – also known as “The Lady of Teroldego” in natural wine circles and well beyond – is one of the most historical and respected…
Cavallotto
A fourth-generation Barolo estate on the Bricco Boschis hill that has farmed organically since 1976 and bottles single-vineyard Nebbiolo from one unbroken slope.
Ruge
Brothers Ruggero and Andrea Ruggeri farm 4 hectares of high-altitude Prosecco vineyards in Santo Stefano di Valdobbiadene, crafting small-production Prosecco Superiore and Cartizze with deep respect for the land.
Cantina Indigeno | Wild Natural Wine
Today we are talking about wild wines. A natural wine primal mantra welcomes you as soon as you land on Cantina Indigeno’s homepage: “In the vats…
Croci
On a fossilized seabed in the Colli Piacentini, Massimiliano Croci makes bottle-refermented sparkling wines with a patient low-and-slow ferment that stops in winter and restarts in spring.
Bonzano
Wine has been made at this Monferrato castle since 1491; today the Bonzano family champions native Barbera, Grignolino, and the rare Albarossa.
Kante
Edi Kante carved a three-story cellar into the limestone of the Carso above Trieste and helped put the native Vitovska grape on the map.
Nusserhof
Heinrich and Gloria Mayr farm 2.4 hectares of organic vines within the city of Bolzano, Alto Adige, cultivating indigenous Lagrein, Blatterle, Schiava, and Teroldego since at least 1788.