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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Oliviero, Cinzia, and Palmira Visintini holding wine glasses in their cellar
Colli orientali 2 min read
Visintini
A family winery rooted in medieval Friuli since 1884, farming biodynamically across the Colli Orientali to coax the best from Ribolla, Friulano, and native reds.
Giovanna Morganti, winemaker and owner of Podere Le Boncie, Chianti Classico, Tuscany
Chianti classico 3 min read
Podere le Boncie
Giovanna Morganti farms 3.5 biodynamic hectares at the southern edge of Chianti Classico, coaxing pure, age-worthy Sangiovese from ancient soils and choosing IGT Toscana over appellation rules to make wine entirely on her own terms.
Marianna Annio, co-founder and winemaker of Pietraventosa in Gioia del Colle, Puglia
Italy 2 min read
Pietraventosa
Marianna and Raffaele Annio founded Pietraventosa in 2005 in Gioia del Colle, Puglia, making ICEA-certified organic Primitivo from elevated limestone vineyards at 380 metres -- lean, mineral, and unlike any Primitivo from the flatlands.
Fabio de Ambrogi, natural wine producer of Fattoria di Gratena, holding a bottle in his vineyard near Arezzo in Tuscany, Italy
Italy 2 min read
Fattoria di Gratena
An organic Tuscan estate above Arezzo run by the Sieni family, championing native Sangiovese and the recently recognized indigenous grape Gratena Nero.
Arianna Occhipinti smiling among the vines of her biodynamic estate in Vittoria, Sicily
Italy 2 min read
Tami'
Tami' is Arianna Occhipinti's everyday label -- biodynamic Sicilian wines made for the table, from the same uncompromising mind that reshaped how the world thinks about Vittoria.
Faccia di Vino - natural wine producer profile | Primal Wine illustration
Emilia-romagna 1 min read
Faccia di Vino
A clean, circular-farming Lambrusco from Modena, made by fourth-generation grower Alberto Pezzuoli on family land worked since 1932 for US importer Amy Atwood.
Centopassi - natural wine producer profile | Primal Wine illustration
Italy 2 min read
Centopassi
Sicily's Libera Terra cooperative turns vineyards confiscated from Cosa Nostra into organic wines that fund a future free of the mafia.
Alessandro Dettori, natural wine producer, in his vineyard in Romangia, Sardinia, Italy
Central italy 3 min read
Tenute Dettori – Sardinia Natural Wine Pioneers
Tenute Dettori is Alessandro Dettori's biodynamic estate in the Romangia hills of northwest Sardinia, overlooking the Gulf of Asinara. A legendary name in natural wine, Dettori has farmed biodynamically since long before it was fashionable, making uncompromising wines of his Sennori terroir.
Prisinzano — natural wine producer
Campania 2 min read
Prisinzano
New York chef Frank Prisinzano bought an 822-year-old palazzo in Scala and its terraced land, making organic Amalfi Coast wine with the help of Bruno De Conciliis.
The seven-member La Cattiva collective standing outside their masseria in Sammichele di Bari, Puglia
Italy 2 min read
La Cattiva
A collective of seven friends from Puglia who revived a dairy farm in Sammichele di Bari and began making spontaneously fermented, zero-sulfur wines from Primitivo and Trebbiano in 2019.
Stefano Legnani portrait, Italian natural wine expert from Liguria, featured in 'Big in Japan' article.
Italian wine 3 min read
Stefano Legnani – Big in Japan
Stefano Legnani came to wine as a passionate drinker, not a farmer, leaving a career as a Bologna insurance broker to work his wife Monica's tiny vineyard near Sarzana, in eastern Liguria. His cult natural wines have made him a genuine star in Japan.
Aia dei Colombi — natural wine producer
Campania 2 min read
Aia dei Colombi
A Pascale-family estate in the Sannio hills bottles only its own grapes, championing Falanghina, Fiano, Aglianico, and the near-forgotten Barbera del Sannio.