Natural Wine Producers: Working With Nature

José Carvalho, a Portuguese musician turned winemaker, built La Cave des Nomades on three hectares of schist-rooted old vines in Banyuls-sur-Mer, creating zero-sulfur wines of startling depth before relocating to Portugal.

Jasper Smith and Ella McCallion founded Son of Man in Oregon's Columbia River Gorge to make Sagardo, Basque-style cider: wild-fermented, unfiltered, and bone dry, using heirloom apples from Hood River Valley farms.

Dimitri Vetois and Marion Valverde work four hectares of old Jura vines by horse in Menétru-le-Vignoble, making biodynamic wines from Savagnin, Chardonnay, Poulsard, and Pinot Noir that speak clearly of limestone and marl.

Founded in 2015 by Jonathan Walton, Glassmaker makes spontaneously fermented, low-sulfur California wines from organically and biodynamically farmed vineyards.

Amy Atwood's Oeno label sources from biodynamic Russian River Valley vineyards in Sonoma, fermenting with native yeasts in neutral oak to craft unfined, unfiltered California natural wines with zero additives.

Stefano Bellamoli farms 10 hectares of Corvina, Corvinone, and Rondinella on organic south-facing terraces in historic Valpolicella, making natural, wood-free wines that redefine what this region can express.

Son of northern Rhône legend Éric Texier, Martin set up on his own in 2014 with five hectares around Saint-Julien-en-Saint-Alban, working a mosaic of clay, limestone, gneiss, schist, and granite soils to make pure, zero-sulfur wines from Syrah, Cinsault, Grenache, and Roussanne.

Former geologist Marc Houtin founded La Grange aux Belles in Anjou in 2004, and together with partners Julien Bresteau and Gérald Peau, now farms fifteen organic hectares of black schist to make some of the Loire's most vital natural wines.

Remo Bartolomei launched La Regina del Quartuccio in 2020, naming the project after his mother's nickname, and produces vivid orange and red wines from ancient volcanic vines on the southern slopes of Lake Bolsena in northern Lazio.

François-Xavier Dauré named his Roussillon estate after the fireflies he resembled while pruning by headlamp before dawn, and now makes additive-free wines from organic and biodynamic vines.

An ex-tech-sales blogger turned cult California winemaker who made Mourvedre the standard-bearer of the natural wine movement.

A Los Angeles natural wine project founded by Berlin-born Sebastian Lowa, sourcing biodynamic and organic fruit from Santa Barbara County for low-intervention bottlings.