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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The Bonnaire family, owners of Paul Clouet Champagne, standing in their Grand Cru vineyard in Bouzy
Blanc de noirs 3 min read
Paul Clouet
Founded in 1907 in the Grand Cru village of Bouzy, Paul Clouet is a small family Champagne house known for powerful Blanc de Noirs built on six hectares of Pinot Noir and now run by the Bonnaire family.
The Vaona family of Novaia winery standing in their Valpolicella vineyards
Amarone 3 min read
Novaia
Fourth-generation Vaona family estate in Marano di Valpolicella, organically certified since 2014, making Corvina-based Valpolicella, Ripasso, and Amarone with native yeasts and minimal sulfur at 250-400m elevation.
Travis Tausend - natural wine producer profile | Primal Wine illustration
Adelaide hills 2 min read
Travis Tausend
Zero-zero winemaker in Hope Forest, Adelaide Hills, crafting handmade, purely spontaneous wines from organically farmed fruit with no additions whatsoever.
Luc Devot in black and white, looking toward the camera at a table with wine bottles
France 3 min read
Le Debit d'Ivresse
Luc Devot spent years as a cook, fisherman, musician, and educator before finding his calling in a 4.5-hectare plot of schist-rooted vines in Estagel, where he crafts exuberant natural wines that taste unmistakably of the Roussillon.
Les Foulards Rouges — natural wine producer
France 2 min read
Les Foulards Rouges
A geology graduate who learned natural wine at a Rhone co-op, Jean-Francois Nicq now coaxes silk from Roussillon granite without additives.
Tenuta Cipressi - natural wine producer profile | Primal Wine illustration
Abruzzo 2 min read
Tenuta Cipressi
The Cipressi family has farmed organically in Abruzzo since 1990, producing BioVegan-certified wines from grapes grown on their estate in Scafa -- Montepulciano, Cerasuolo, and the rare skin-contact Moscato they call John Doe.
Yann Bertrand, natural winemaker at Domaine Les Bertrand in Fleurie, Beaujolais
Beaujolais 3 min read
Yann Bertrand
Yann Bertrand returned to his family's Fleurie terroir and became one of Beaujolais's most sought-after natural wine voices in under a decade.
Winemaker Sergio Germano standing at the bottling line in the Ettore Germano cellar
Barolo 2 min read
Ettore Germano
A Serralunga d'Alba family estate where Sergio Germano makes benchmark, organically farmed Barolo plus mountain Riesling and sparkling wine from the Alta Langa.
Antonio Camillo — natural wine producer
Ciliegiolo 2 min read
Antonio Camillo
After 25 years working other people's vines, this Maremma grower went solo in 2006 to make Ciliegiolo a serious wine rather than a blending afterthought.
Aldo Viola — natural wine producer
Italy 2 min read
Aldo Viola
A former footballer turned natural-wine cult figure, Aldo Viola farms scattered Sicilian plots single-handed and macerates Catarratto and Grillo for months on end.
Antoine Kreydenweiss, winemaker at Domaine Marc Kreydenweiss, Andlau, Alsace
Alsace 3 min read
Marc Kreydenweiss
The Kreydenweiss family has farmed the grand cru slopes of Andlau since 1850 and today bottles some of Alsace's most terroir-faithful wines under the direction of Antoine Kreydenweiss.
Winemaker Lisa Hinton of Old Westminster Winery seated on barrels
East coast 3 min read
Old Westminister
Winemaker Lisa Hinton and her siblings grow and vinify Maryland fruit with native yeasts and zero filtration at their Westminster farm, producing some of the East Coast's most compelling natural wines.