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.

Pranzegg - natural wine producer profile | Primal Wine illustration
Alto adige 3 min read
Pranzegg
Martin Gojer farms 3.5 hectares biodynamically on steep mountain slopes above Bolzano, producing some of Alto Adige's most expressive and uncompromising natural wines from Lagrein and Schiava.
The Terraneo family of Castelvecchio, natural wine producer in Sagrado, Carso, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Italy, standing in their vineyard
Carso 2 min read
Castelvecchio
A Karst estate above Sagrado with vines documented since 1750, where the Terraneo family farms organically and champions the indigenous Vitovska and Terrano.
Georges Descombes, Gamay producer of Villie-Morgon in Beaujolais
Beaujolais 2 min read
George Descombes
Often called the unofficial fifth member of Beaujolais' Gang of Four, Georges Descombes makes pure, additive-free Gamay across five crus from old vines in Morgon.
Sylvain Bock in his Ardèche vineyard, tending old vines in early spring
Ardèche 2 min read
Sylvain Bock
Sylvain Bock settled in the volcanic hills of the Ardèche in 2010 and has since built a reputation for zero-zero Syrah, Grenache, and Gamay made with deep respect for the land and none of the shortcuts. One of natural wine's quiet greats.
Domaine Mada - natural wine producer profile | Primal Wine illustration
France 2 min read
Domaine Mada
One of France's youngest natural vignerons, Edouard Adam farms a gifted Languedoc plot at Mas Cambounet with zero chemistry and a palindrome for a name.
Amplify Wines — natural wine producer
California 2 min read
Amplify Wines
A sommelier and his wife trade Old World obsession for Santa Barbara fruit, fermenting roughly 16 varieties with native yeast in neutral vessels under music-inspired labels.
Josef and Pia Wurzinger, natural wine producers behind Früg, at their winery in Tadten, Burgenland, Austria
Austria 2 min read
Früg
Named after a 1960s dance, Früg is the lively, liter-bottled natural line from organic Burgenland grower Josef Wurzinger in collaboration with Jenny & François.
Theo Bechtold of Domaine Bechtold tasting a glass in the cellar in front of barrels.
Alsace 2 min read
Domaine Bechtold
A third-generation Alsace estate in Kirchheim where Theo Bechtold farms 12 biodynamic hectares across the Couronne d'Or, including holdings in Grand Cru Engelberg.
Marco Bertoni, natural wine producer of Il Farneto, on his biodynamic farm in Castellarano, Emilia-Romagna, Italy
Emilia-romagna 2 min read
Il Farneto
High in the hills above the Secchia river, Marco Bertoni has farmed biodynamically since 2003, reviving Spergola and even near-extinct Termarina alongside his frizzante Lambrusco.
Rachel Silkowski DeAscentiis seated near a window holding a glass of red wine
Central coast 3 min read
Say When
Rachel and Michel DeAscentiis founded Say When in 2013 from a single barrel of Pinot Noir, building a Lompoc-based label that sources from California's finest organic and biodynamic Central Coast vineyards.
Thomas Angles - natural wine producer profile | Primal Wine illustration
France 2 min read
Thomas Angles
Thomas Angles farms 5 organically tended hectares of old Carignan, Aramon, and Grenache near Saint-Chinian in the Languedoc, making minimal-intervention reds full of garrigue character.
Case Vecchie - natural wine producer profile | Primal Wine illustration
Italy 2 min read
Case Vecchie
A tiny morainic-hill farm south of Lake Garda where Paolo Ferri makes spontaneous, low-sulfur wines alongside honey, olive oil and ancient grains.