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.
Maison De Montille
Founded in 2003 by siblings Alix and Etienne de Montille as a micro-negociant, Maison de Montille sources and vinifies small parcels across Burgundy with the same biodynamic rigour as the family's famed domaine in Volnay.
Michel Guignier
Fourth-generation Villié-Morgon vigneron Michel Guignier tends 11 hectares of Beaujolais across multiple crus, farming certified organic since 2006 and vinifying entirely with indigenous yeasts, vertical press, and old neutral oak.
Marco Barba
Marco Barba tends forgotten parcels of biodynamic vines in Gambellara and Lonigo, bottling vivid, low-intervention Veneto wines under the Marcobarba label with his partner Stefano.
Unturned Stone
Woman and LGBTQ-owned Northern California project making low-intervention wines from organically farmed Sonoma and Mendocino vineyards since 2010.
Éric Texier
A former nuclear engineer who walked away from his career in the 1990s, Éric Texier revived nearly-forgotten appellations in the northern Rhône and became one of France's most respected natural wine producers.
Etteilla
Two best friends who trained under natural-wine pioneer Tony Coturri make hand-crafted zero-zero wines and ciders named for the metaphysics of the tarot.
Dunites
Husband-and-wife team Tyler and Rachel Eck make cool-climate, low-intervention wines on the ancient sand dunes and uplifted seafloor of California's San Luis Obispo coast.
François Cazin
A four-generation Cheverny family estate, Le Petit Chambord is the standard-bearer for Romorantin, the rare Loire grape that Francois Cazin helped rescue with the creation of the Cour-Cheverny appellation.
Occteau
A Santa Barbara County negociant project making hand-crafted, gravity-fed natural wines from organic and biodynamic vineyards with no fining or filtration, working across Rhone, Italian, and other varieties.
Poivre d'Âne
Founded 2013 by three southern French wine friends, Poivre d'Ane partners with organic growers across Languedoc and the Rhone to make fresh, indigenous-variety wines without filtration, fining, or added sulfur.
I Cangianti
Brothers Matteo and Luca Stoppini make chemical-free natural wines from vines near Montepulciano and Corciano, putting their own faces on every label.
Collective Z
A two-person German micro-winery in Leistadt farming barely a hectare of old limestone vines by hand, with no ambition to grow beyond two.