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.

Oliviero, Cinzia, and Palmira Visintini holding wine glasses in their cellar
Colli orientali 2 min read
Visintini
A family winery rooted in medieval Friuli since 1884, farming biodynamically across the Colli Orientali to coax the best from Ribolla, Friulano, and native reds.
Winemaker Mike Hinds of Franchere Wine Company standing in front of a barrel in his Oregon cellar
Oregon 2 min read
Franchere
Named for a fur-trade ancestor who reached Oregon in 1811, Mike Hinds makes native-yeast Willamette Valley wines with no new oak, no filtration and no temperature control.
Šuman - natural wine producer profile | Primal Wine illustration
Producer profile 3 min read
Šuman
Radovan Šuman has farmed his family's Slovenian Styrian vines biodynamically for over two decades, sealing his amber wines in beeswax-coated clay bottles and bottling only on solstices.
Giovanna Morganti, winemaker and owner of Podere Le Boncie, Chianti Classico, Tuscany
Chianti classico 3 min read
Podere le Boncie
Giovanna Morganti farms 3.5 biodynamic hectares at the southern edge of Chianti Classico, coaxing pure, age-worthy Sangiovese from ancient soils and choosing IGT Toscana over appellation rules to make wine entirely on her own terms.
Moulin de Gassac - natural wine producer profile | Primal Wine illustration
France 2 min read
Moulin de Gassac
Rooted in the Guibert family's 1974 founding of Mas de Daumas Gassac, Moulin de Gassac was launched in 1990 to bottle the wider Hérault through the same organic standards that have governed the family's estate from the very beginning.
François de Nicolay (right) talking in the vineyard in Burgundy
Burgundy 2 min read
François de Nicolay
Alongside running the historic Chandon de Briailles, Francois de Nicolay sources organic and biodynamic fruit from friends across Burgundy and Beaujolais to make pure, low-sulfur wines under his own negociant label.
François and Manuela Chidaine with their dogs among the vines in Montlouis-sur-Loire
Chenin blanc 2 min read
François and Manuela Chidaine
A revered Loire couple farming 30 hectares of old-vine Chenin Blanc biodynamically across Montlouis and Vouvray, the Chidaines have become a benchmark for finesse and purity in Touraine white wine.
Marianna Annio, co-founder and winemaker of Pietraventosa in Gioia del Colle, Puglia
Italy 2 min read
Pietraventosa
Marianna and Raffaele Annio founded Pietraventosa in 2005 in Gioia del Colle, Puglia, making ICEA-certified organic Primitivo from elevated limestone vineyards at 380 metres -- lean, mineral, and unlike any Primitivo from the flatlands.
L'Erba D'Agram - natural wine producer profile | Primal Wine illustration
Biodynamic 3 min read
L'Erba D'Agram
Mathias Guerrero Abras founded L'Erba d'Agram in 2019 near Aniane in the Languedoc, farming 5 hectares biodynamically and making zero-sulfur wines with nothing but grapes.
Fattoria di Gratena - natural wine producer profile | Primal Wine illustration
Italy 2 min read
Fattoria di Gratena
An organic Tuscan estate above Arezzo run by the Sieni family, championing native Sangiovese and the recently recognized indigenous grape Gratena Nero.
AT Roca - natural wine producer profile | Primal Wine illustration
Catalonia 2 min read
AT Roca
A third-generation sparkling-wine name walked away from Cava to join Classic Penedes, making zero-dosage traditional-method bottles from organic, hand-picked Macabeu and Xarel-lo.
Heritage du Pic Saint Loup - natural wine producer profile | Primal Wine illustration
France 2 min read
Heritage du Pic Saint Loup
The Ravaille brothers farm biodynamically at the foot of the Pic Saint-Loup, the family credited with bringing Syrah to an appellation their estate now helps define.