Natural Wine Producers: Working With Nature

Woman and LGBTQ-owned Northern California project making low-intervention wines from organically farmed Sonoma and Mendocino vineyards since 2010.

Founder Avi Deixler won a planning fight to open the only registered winery in Marin's North Marin Wine District, building a reputation for pristine reds made with grapes and nothing else.

A California natural wine project sourcing organic fruit from Mendocino's Open Hand Ranch, making zero-sulfur co-fermented wines of striking originality.

Pete Bloomberg's Llewelyn project, launched in 2021 out of Cloverdale, California, coaxes Mendocino old-vine Carignan, Syrah, Pinot Noir, and Chardonnay into lean, expressive natural wines with minimal addition and zero irrigation.

First-generation California winemaker Martha Stoumen farms organic and dry-farmed sites across Mendocino and Contra Costa, making patient, additive-free wines from Italian varieties and California classics that ask a simple question: what does this state actually taste like?

Graham Shelton launched Slow Dance in 2018 in Northern California, making zero-sulfur, native-ferment wines from organically farmed Mendocino, Sonoma, and Lodi vineyards with a light touch and a deep respect for terroir.

Winemaker Joel Burt and actor-director Eric Wareheim founded Las Jaras in 2017, sourcing from organic and sustainably farmed old-vine sites across Mendocino, Sonoma and Oregon to produce low-intervention California wines that are food-friendly, lower-alcohol and genuinely fun.

UC Davis graduates Diego Roig and Shaunt Oungoulian founded Les Lunes in California's Bay Area in 2014, farming over 20 hectares of organic vineyards in Sonoma and beyond and making minimal-intervention wines from Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, Zinfandel, and Cabernet Sauvignon.