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.
L'Erba D'Agram
Mathias Guerrero Abras founded L'Erba d'Agram in 2019 near Aniane in the Languedoc, farming 5 hectares biodynamically and making zero-sulfur wines with nothing but grapes.
Heritage du Pic Saint Loup
The Ravaille brothers farm biodynamically at the foot of the Pic Saint-Loup, the family credited with bringing Syrah to an appellation their estate now helps define.
Clos Fantine
Three Andrieu siblings farm 23 schist hectares high in Faugères, fermenting Carignan and Grenache in concrete with zero added sulfur in honor of their late father.
Autour de l'Anne
A former Radiohead roadie quit corporate life after a car crash and now makes what she calls Loiredoc wines: Languedoc fruit raised in the Loire.
Benjamin Taillandier
After apprenticing with Jean-Baptiste Senat, Benjamin Taillandier farms Caunes-Minervois biodynamically to make lighter, fresher Minervois built for thirst.
Les Bories Jefferies
British-born Jo Jefferies farms just 4 hectares of volcanic basalt soil around the village of Caux in the Hérault, making intensely mineral natural wines that have earned him a reputation as one of Languedoc's most compelling producers.
Mas des Chimères
Guilhem Dardé and his family have farmed the volcanic and Permian red soils beside Lac du Salagou since 1993, making certified-organic Terrasses du Larzac wines of singular geological character from one of the Languedoc's most dramatic landscapes.
Domaine du Temps
On a former 18th-century priory north of Carcassonne, Lauranne Plegat and Jeremy Gobert farm thirteen biodynamic hectares ringed by sixty hectares of protective garrigue.
Colline de l'Hirondelle
A Franco-American couple makes organic Corbieres wines on a bird-refuge hillside in the Aude, including a Grenache-Mourvedre bottled with no added sulfites.
Mas Champart
Founded by Isabelle and Matthieu Champart in Saint-Chinian in 1976 and now guided by winemaker Noémie Vidil since 2023, Mas Champart farms 16 certified-organic hectares on steep limestone terraces at 210-300 metres elevation, making age-worthy, terroir-driven Saint-Chinian reds, whites, and rosé.
John Almansa
A Languedoc farmer who tends sheep, bees and olives alongside two hectares of old Cinsault, making zero-sulfur whole-cluster wines under his Domaine Zou Mai label.
La Sorga
Antony Tortul launched La Sorga in 2008 as an itinerant natural negociant in Languedoc, sourcing from 25 hectares of old vines across calcareous, schist, basalt and granite terroirs to produce zero-sulfite, whole-bunch wines of arresting purity.