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.
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.
Azienda Agricola Siciliano
An old north-facing Etna vineyard born after the 1981 eruption, brought back to life as a natural wine project with winemaker Alessandro Viola guiding the cellar since 2015.
Azienda Agricola Imazio Colline Novaresi
Azienda Agricola Imazio, deeply rooted in its historical connection to the land, has records tracing back to the 1700s, as evidenced by archival land registry documents.…
Feudo di San Maurizio
Self-taught vigneron Michel Vallet recovered abandoned stone terraces across the Aosta Valley to champion rare alpine grapes like Vuillermin, of which he is one of only three growers.
Camillo Donati
In the hills above Parma, Camillo Donati turns Lambrusco, Malvasia and Barbera into bone-dry, bottle-fermented frizzanti using only wild yeasts and zero filtration.
Manciaciumi
Former master brewer Dario Sciuto and partners Giovanni Nicita and Leonardo Di Vincenzo recover old ungrafted vines on the south slope of Mount Etna under the Manciaciumi label, making minimal-intervention volcanic wines.
Tintero
The fourth-generation Tintero family in Mango, Piedmont, has farmed 30 hectares of Moscato country since 1900, producing single-vineyard Moscato d'Asti and simple, honest table wines imported by Kermit Lynch.
I Clivi
Ferdinando Zanusso and son Mario coax transparent, age-worthy Friulano from old vines in Collio and Colli Orientali, aiming to alter nothing in the cellar.
I Chicchi
Near the Roman coast, Enrico Rosati and Federica farm a single hectare of Bordeaux varieties biodynamically, fermenting spontaneously with nothing added in the cellar.
Randi for Vinovore
Randi for Vinovore is a collaboration between LA natural wine shop Vinovore -- founded by Coly Den Haan -- and Azienda Agricola Randi in Romagna, producing ancestral-method pet-nats from rare indigenous varieties including Famoso, Centesimino, and Longanesi.
La Morella
Enio Ferretti has farmed Carezzano organically since founding La Morella in 1985, growing indigenous Timorasso, Barbera, and Dolcetto on 10 certified organic hectares in Piedmont's Colli Tortonesi.
Sauro Maule
Sauro Maule tends his family's converted cattle farm in the Colli Berici, coaxing expressive wines from Garganega, Durella, and Tai Rosso with zero added chemicals and very little sulfur.