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.
Possa
Heydi Bonanini practices heroic viticulture on terraced cliffs above Riomaggiore, producing Cinque Terre whites and the legendary Sciacchetra from rescued indigenous varieties.
Azienda Agricola Spagnoli
On Monte Masignano above the Colli di Luni, Ilenia Spagnoli turns a 1950s family farm's two hectares of vines into spontaneous, unfiltered Vermentino and skin-contact whites.
Tenuta Selvadolce
Aris Blancardi, a trained veterinarian, converted his family's Ligurian flower farm into 7 biodynamic hectares near Bordighera, producing Pigato, Vermentino, and Rossese with minimal intervention.
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.