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.
De Fermo
Two lawyers traded the courtroom for a biodynamic estate above an 18th-century cellar in Abruzzo's Loreto Aprutino hills.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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
Sicily's Libera Terra cooperative turns vineyards confiscated from Cosa Nostra into organic wines that fund a future free of the mafia.
Tenute Dettori – Sardinia Natural Wine Pioneers
Perhaps the phrase that best summarises Alessandro Dettori’s approach to winemaking and Tenute Dettori's wines is found on the back labels: “I don’t follow the market,…
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.
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 – Big in Japan
Stefano Legnani wasn’t born into winemaking; he began his journey as a gourmet, natural wine lover, and avid drinker. Fast forward a few years, he has…