Natural Wine Producers
The Renaissance of a Fourteenth-Generation Vigneron In the rolling green hills of the Jura, where vineyards cling to mountainous slopes between Burgundy and Switzerland, Jean-François Ganevat has emerged as one of France's most influential natural winemakers. Representing the 14th generation...
In natural wine, few names carry as much weight as Jules Chauvet. Often referred to as the "godfather of natural wine," Chauvet's influence on modern winemaking practices, particularly in low-intervention and natural wines, cannot be overstated. This essay delves into...
Marcel Lapierre is widely regarded as one of France's founders of the natural wine movement. Lapierre's approach to winemaking emphasized minimal intervention and natural methods, inspiring a new generation of winemakers to embrace natural techniques in their work. Born in...
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. Azienda Agricola Imazio, a family-owned and operated estate is committed to producing organic wine, natural...
Let’s start a bit philosophically with “what is natural wine for you?” This is going to sound a bit provocative but to me, natural wine doesn’t exist. The term “natural” is used to identify those wines made with a certain...
Angiolino, a quick and dirty definition of natural wine? Natural wine is simply a wine that is produced without any additives both in the vineyard and in the cellar. It’s a product and child of the land, transformed by culture,...
COS winery, located on the extreme south-eastern tip of Sicily, not too far from African shores, was founded in 1980 by three lifelong friends: Gianbattista Cilia, Cirino Strano, and Giusto Occhipinti. The name of the winery is simply the acronym...
Born within the impenetrable compounds where obscure vinnaturist secret societies have their quasi-mystical rendezvous, the mantra “vinocinghialo” - which can be translated as “wild boar wine” - has slowly but surely trickled down into the general vinnaturist consciousness. Well, at...
Carolina Gatti is more than just one of the pioneer natural vignerons in Veneto’s prosecco area, sadly a land rich with ancient farming and vinification traditions and now sacrificed at the altar of chemical farming and production of serialized, industrialized...
It is in the ruggedly beautiful hills near Teramo, in the Abruzzo region of central Italy about 8km from the crystalline Adriatic sea...
The Sega brothers, Matteo and Luca, along with their father Angelo, are the heart and soul of Barbacan. They are among the pioneers of natural winemaking in the steep slopes of the Valtellina area in northern Lombardy and true symbols...
