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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Young Stowe and Graham Pirtle, natural wine producer co-founders of Unified Ferments, in their fermentation lab in Brooklyn, New York
New york 2 min read
Unified Ferments
Brooklyn-based fermented tea studio making non-alcoholic, effervescent beverages from high-quality teas using the chemistry and craft of natural fermentation.
Winemaker Frédéric Cossard smiling among the vines in Burgundy
Burgundy 2 min read
Frédéric Cossard
A former Burgundy courtier turned all-natural vigneron, Frédéric Cossard built Domaine de Chassorney and a négociant house on horse-plowed, sulfur-free Burgundy.
Pierpaolo Messina working in the cellar at Marabino, Noto, Sicily
Biodynamic 3 min read
Marabino
Pierpaolo Messina farms 30 hectares of biodynamic vineyards in Noto's Contrada Buonivini, producing parcel-by-parcel Nero d'Avola and Moscato Bianco that redefine southeastern Sicily.
Winemaker Thierry Daulhiac standing among the vines and cover crop at Château Le Payral
Bergerac 2 min read
Château Le Payral
A Demeter-certified biodynamic family estate on the Dordogne hillsides of Saussignac, making pure-fruited Bergerac reds and whites.
Bichi natural wine producer in the vineyard, Tecate, Baja California, Mexico
Baja california 3 min read
Bichi
A family-run Baja California estate reviving century-old, own-rooted vines and heirloom grapes like Mision, making zero-makeup natural wines that put Mexico on the map.
Bruno and Théo Schloegel of Domaine Lissner in their Wolxheim vineyard
Alsace 3 min read
Lissner
Bruno and Théo Schloegel tend 10 hectares of Alsatian vines in Wolxheim — including Grand Cru Altenberg — using Fukuoka-inspired no-till farming and unhurried foudre aging that lets wild, living wines find their own way.
Beno Stewart and Monica Varriale of Catch & Release Wines in the vineyard
Natural wine 1 min read
Catch & Release
A Sonoma partnership between Monica Varriale and Beno Stewart making delicate, low-intervention California wines from organic and biodynamic fruit.
Winemaker Tiago Sampaio of Folias de Baco standing in his Douro vineyard
Douro 2 min read
Folias de Baco
From a high plateau above the Douro, Tiago Sampaio coaxes vivid, low-sulfur natural wines and pet-nats out of century-old field blends under the Uivo label.
Naranjuez - natural wine producer profile | Primal Wine illustration
Andalusia 2 min read
Naranjuez
In the mountain village of Marchal, Granada, garage winemaker Antonio Vilchez Valenzuela makes about 8,000 bottles per year from two hectares of organic vines at 900 metres — with absolutely nothing added in the cellar.
Martino Manetti, owner and winemaker of Montevertine, Radda in Chianti
Chianti 3 min read
Montevertine
From a Radda hilltop at 425 metres, Martino Manetti continues the singular project his father Sergio began in 1967 — making great Sangiovese-based wines with no appellation label, no compromises, and no Trebbiano.
Joan Rubió - natural wine producer profile | Primal Wine illustration
Penedes 2 min read
Joan Rubió
After 15 years rising to technical director at Cava house Recaredo, this Penedes vigneron returned to his family's Cal Tiques estate to make biodynamic, amphora-aged natural wine from Xarel-lo.
Giovanni and Alberto Masini — natural wine producer
Emilia 2 min read
Ca' de Noci
Two brothers, an architect and an agronomist, revived nearly forgotten Reggiano grapes on a former walnut farm to make some of Emilia's most serious sparkling wine.