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.

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Artesano Vintners — natural wine producer
Catalonia 2 min read
Artesano Vintners
Two New Zealand winemakers set up in Catalonia in 2016 to make tiny-batch, zero-added-sulfite wines from indigenous grapes like Xarel-lo and Parellada.
Celler de les Aus - natural wine producer profile | Primal Wine illustration
Alella 2 min read
Celler de les Aus
The natural-wine, zero-sulfite arm of Alta Alella, named for the birds of the Serralada de Marina and built on pioneering no-sulfur cava.
Anne Paillet, natural wine producer of Autour de l'Anne, in the Languedoc, France
France 2 min read
Autour de l'Anne
A former Radiohead roadie quit corporate life after a car crash and now makes what she calls Loiredoc wines: Languedoc fruit raised in the Loire.
The seven-member La Cattiva collective standing outside their masseria in Sammichele di Bari, Puglia
Italy 2 min read
La Cattiva
A collective of seven friends from Puglia who revived a dairy farm in Sammichele di Bari and began making spontaneously fermented, zero-sulfur wines from Primitivo and Trebbiano in 2019.
Les Bories Jefferies - natural wine producer profile | Primal Wine illustration
Biodynamic 2 min read
Les Bories Jefferies
British-born Jo Jefferies farms just 4 hectares of volcanic basalt soil around the village of Caux in the Hérault, making intensely mineral natural wines that have earned him a reputation as one of Languedoc's most compelling producers.
Delinquente Wine Co. founder Con-Greg Grigoriou standing in his Riverland vineyard
Australia 2 min read
Delinquente Wine Co.
Con-Greg Grigoriou is rewriting the Riverland's reputation with bright, smashable wines from heat-loving Southern Italian grapes.
Domaine Le Briseau - natural wine producer profile | Primal Wine illustration
France 2 min read
Domaine Le Briseau
A pioneering Coteaux-du-Loir estate founded in 2002 by Christian Chaussard and Nathalie Gaubicher, whose zero-added-anything Chenin and Pineau d'Aunis helped shape Loire natural wine.
Deux Punx winemakers Dan Schaaf and Aaron Olson, who make the De la Soif wines
California 1 min read
De la Soif
A thirst-quenching California natural wine line from the Deux Punx duo, made for importer Merchants of Thirst.
Simon Busser standing with his horse in a Cahors vineyard
Cahors 2 min read
Simon Busser
Simon Busser farms 5 hectares of Cot, Merlot, and Chenin Blanc along the Lot river near Cahors using horse-drawn plowing and zero additives, a quiet pillar of France's radical natural wine community.
Adrien de Mello of Domaine de la Petite Soeur tasting wine from a barrel in his cellar
France 2 min read
Domaine de la Petite Sœur
A tiny, horse-ploughed Anjou estate where Adrien de Mello farms schist vineyards biodynamically and makes wild-fermented natural wines with no added inputs.
Azienda Agricola Imazio Colline Novaresi - natural wine producer profile | Primal Wine illustration
Italian wine 2 min read
Azienda Agricola Imazio Colline Novaresi
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.…
I Chicchi - natural wine producer profile | Primal Wine illustration
Italy 2 min read
I Chicchi
Near the Roman coast, Enrico Rosati and Federica farm a single hectare of Bordeaux varieties biodynamically, fermenting spontaneously with nothing added in the cellar.