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.
End of Nowhere
Amador County's only homegrown natural winery, where a former New York sommelier turned farmer bottles native-yeast, no-additive wines from the Sierra Foothills.
Martvilis Marani
Winemaker Zaza Gagua left Tbilisi in 2015 to farm the subtropical lowlands of Samegrelo in western Georgia, cultivating ten indigenous grape varieties on four organic hectares and fermenting in qvevri to make wild, authentic expressions of one of the wine world's oldest regions.
Wonderwerk
A Gilroy-based natural wine label from two Virginia friends, sourcing eclectic grapes across California for playful co-ferments, pet-nats, and orange wines made to be shared.
Domaine du Possible
After training with Cornas legend Thierry Allemand, Loic Roure rebuilt an old cooperative cellar in Lansac into one of the Roussillon's purest natural-wine voices.
Les Clos Perdus
Former Australian ballet dancer Paul Old has spent two decades tracking down lost Languedoc parcels, building a 20-hectare biodynamic estate that produces some of the Corbières and Roussillon's most compelling natural wines.
Barbacan Wines – High-altitude Excellence
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…
Slobodne Vinarstvo
Slobodne Vinarstvo -- 'free winemaking' -- is a family estate in western Slovakia reclaimed after communist-era seizure and rebuilt over 25 years into one of the country's most respected natural wine producers.
Hollow Wines
Dr. Quinn Hobbs left academia and marketing to make low-intervention, lighter-footprint California wines under his Hollow Wines label, leaning into expressive skin-contact whites.
Cantina Giardino – The Interview
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…
Marcel Lapierre | Natural Wine Pioneer
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…
Julien Peyras
A Languedoc native making zero-sulfur natural wines from old vines around Paulhan, working entirely without additives under his La Dame Jeanne label.
Markus Altenburger
From a multi-generational farming family in Jois, Markus Altenburger farms 17 hectares of certified organic Leithaberg vines biodynamically, coaxing site-specific Blaufränkisch and skin-contact whites from ancient limestone and slate soils above Lake Neusiedl in Burgenland.