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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Biodynamic 3 min read
Orsi
Federico Orsi left consulting to run a biodynamic estate in the Colli Bolognesi in 2005, farming 15 hectares of Pignoletto and making unfined, native-yeast wines including a beloved sur-lie sparkler.
Pierpaolo Messina working in the cellar at Marabino, Noto, Sicily
Biodynamic 3 min read
Marabino
Pierpaolo Messina farms 30 hectares of biodynamic vineyards in Noto's Contrada Buonivini, producing parcel-by-parcel Nero d'Avola and Moscato Bianco that redefine southeastern Sicily.
Martino Manetti, owner and winemaker of Montevertine, Radda in Chianti
Chianti 3 min read
Montevertine
From a Radda hilltop at 425 metres, Martino Manetti continues the singular project his father Sergio began in 1967 — making great Sangiovese-based wines with no appellation label, no compromises, and no Trebbiano.
Giovanni and Alberto Masini — natural wine producer
Emilia 2 min read
Ca' de Noci
Two brothers, an architect and an agronomist, revived nearly forgotten Reggiano grapes on a former walnut farm to make some of Emilia's most serious sparkling wine.
Bonavita — natural wine producer
Faro 2 min read
Bonavita
From 2.5 hectares of clay and limestone above the Strait of Messina, Giovanni Scarfone makes some of the most sought-after wine in Sicily's tiny Faro DOC.
Agricola Marino — natural wine producer
Italy 3 min read
Agricola Marino
A one-man farm in Sicily's far southeast where Salvatore Marino works a single hectare entirely by hand, guided by the lunar calendar and five generations of family tradition.
Ciro Picariello, winemaker of the eponymous Fiano di Avellino estate in Campania
Campania 2 min read
Ciro Picariello
From high volcanic hills around Summonte, Ciro Picariello bottles some of Campania's most precise, ageworthy Fiano di Avellino with nothing but steel, lees and time.
Nicola Oteri of Nuzzella harvesting white grapes in his Etna vineyard
Carricante 2 min read
Nuzzella
Nicola Oteri founded Nuzzella in 2014 on the northeast slope of Etna in Piedimonte Etneo, making organically farmed Nerello Mascalese and Carricante across 4 hectares at 500 meters elevation.
Andrea Scovero, natural wine producer, smiling with a glass of red wine in his vineyard in Piedmont, Italy
Barbera 2 min read
Andrea Scovero
A quiet fourth-generation artisan in the Asti hills, Andrea Scovero farms six steep hectares organically, making Barbera with no added sulfites and increasingly working in amphora.
Ayunta — natural wine producer
Etna 2 min read
Ayunta
Told to save a dying vineyard, Filippo Mangione built an estate of ancient, ungrafted Etna vines and now bottles Nerello Mascalese in red, white, rose and fizz.