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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Fabio Gea, natural winemaker near Barbaresco in Piedmont, Italy
Italy 1 min read
Fabio Gea
A geologist turned vigneron, Fabio Gea farms under two hectares near Barbaresco and ferments his Nebbiolo in porcelain eggs of his own design.
Mario Andrion, natural wine producer at Castello di Verduno, in Verduno in Italy's Barolo zone of Piedmont
Barolo 2 min read
Castello di Verduno
A historic Verduno estate run by Franco Bianco and Gabriella Burlotto, championing the rare Pelaverga grape alongside traditional Barolo and Barbaresco.
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.…
Marco Tintero, natural wine producer, standing in his vineyard in Mango, Piedmont, Italy
Italy 2 min read
Tintero
The fourth-generation Tintero family in Mango, Piedmont, has farmed 30 hectares of Moscato country since 1900, producing single-vineyard Moscato d'Asti and simple, honest table wines imported by Kermit Lynch.
Enio Ferretti of La Morella, black-and-white portrait
Colli tortonesi 2 min read
La Morella
Enio Ferretti has farmed Carezzano organically since founding La Morella in 1985, growing indigenous Timorasso, Barbera, and Dolcetto on 10 certified organic hectares in Piedmont's Colli Tortonesi.
Tenuta la Pergola, natural wine producer, two of the family winemakers holding glasses of wine in their vineyard in Cisterna d'Asti, Piedmont, Italy
Italy 2 min read
Tenuta la Pergola
A four-generation family estate in Cisterna d'Asti since 1903, Tenuta la Pergola farms 40 organically tended hectares across Roero, Monferrato, and Langhe with indigenous Piedmontese varieties.
Lidia Carbonetti of Rocco di Carpeneto working on a large wooden fermentation vessel in the cellar
Italy 3 min read
Rocco di Carpeneto
Former Milanese finance professionals Lidia Carbonetti and Paolo Baretta left the city in 2008 to farm ancient Piedmont vineyards in the Alto Monferrato hills, making zero-zero wines from native grapes.
Stefano Bellotti of Cascina degli Ulivi in his cellar
Biodynamic 2 min read
Cascina degli Ulivi
The Piedmont farm where the late Stefano Bellotti turned a single hectare into one of Italy's defining biodynamic estates, now carried on by his daughter Ilaria.
Luca Amerio, natural wine producer at Tenuta il Nespolo, in Moasca, Monferrato, Piedmont, Italy
Italy 2 min read
Tenuta il Nespolo
Luca Amerio farms old-vine Barbera and Moscato in Moasca, southern Asti, applying organic principles and a light touch in the cellar to produce vibrant, appellation-defying blends.
Rie and Hiroto Sasaki, natural wine producers of Cascina Lieto, in their vineyard in Castiglione Tinella, Piedmont, Italy
Italy 2 min read
Cascina Lieto
A Japanese couple's micro-estate launched in 2018 in Castiglione Tinella, Piedmont, making organic, biodynamic, bottle-aged wines from Moscato, Cortese, Freisa, Barbera and Nebbiolo.
Nicoletta Bocca — natural wine producer
Italian wine 5 min read
Nicoletta Bocca – San Fereolo
The wine business – like many other fields – is one in which women have been underrepresented for too long. In recent years, however, women have…
Mariacristina Oddero at the Oddero winery tasting room in La Morra, Piedmont
Barbaresco 3 min read
Oddero
Established in La Morra since the eighteenth century, Poderi e Cantine Oddero farms 35 hectares of Langhe organically, making structured Barolo and Barbaresco aged in large Slavonian oak botti under the sixth and seventh generation of the Oddero family.