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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Girolamo Russo — natural wine producer
Etna 2 min read
Girolamo Russo
A former concert pianist returned to his family's old vines on Etna's northern slope, farming volcanic sciare across four contrade between 650 and 780 meters.
Azienda Agricola Siciliano — natural wine producer
Italy 3 min read
Azienda Agricola Siciliano
An old north-facing Etna vineyard born after the 1981 eruption, brought back to life as a natural wine project with winemaker Alessandro Viola guiding the cellar since 2015.
Dario Sciuto, natural wine producer, in his vineyard on Mount Etna in Sicily, Italy
Italy 2 min read
Manciaciumi
Former master brewer Dario Sciuto and partners Giovanni Nicita and Leonardo Di Vincenzo recover old ungrafted vines on the south slope of Mount Etna under the Manciaciumi label, making minimal-intervention volcanic wines.
Nicola Oteri of Nuzzella harvesting white grapes in his Etna vineyard
Carricante 2 min read
Nuzzella
Nicola Oteri founded Nuzzella in 2014 on the northeast slope of Etna in Piedimonte Etneo, making organically farmed Nerello Mascalese and Carricante across 4 hectares at 500 meters elevation.
Ayunta — natural wine producer
Etna 2 min read
Ayunta
Told to save a dying vineyard, Filippo Mangione built an estate of ancient, ungrafted Etna vines and now bottles Nerello Mascalese in red, white, rose and fizz.