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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Black and white portrait of Éric Texier, northern Rhône natural wine producer, wearing glasses
France 3 min read
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.
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Beaujolais 2 min read
La Boutanche
La Boutanche is Selection Massale's natural wine label launched in 2012, pairing iconic animal-mascot labels with 1-litre screw-top bottles of native-yeast, low-sulfur wines made by a rotating cast of trusted producers.
Le Raisin & l'Ange - natural wine producer profile | Primal Wine illustration
Ardeche 3 min read
Le Raisin & l'Ange
Antonin Azzoni continues his father Gilles's pioneering zero-sulfur work in the Ardeche, farming a small family plot and sourcing from neighboring organic growers to make wines that have cheered hearts in these volcanic valleys since 2000.
A member of the Richaud family among the old vines at Domaine Marcel Richaud in Cairanne
France 2 min read
Domaine Marcel Richaud
A founding figure of natural wine in the Rhône, Marcel Richaud made Cairanne a great terroir; his children Thomas, Claire, and Edith now carry the estate forward.
Remi Pouizin, winemaker behind Clovis
Biodynamic 2 min read
Clovis
A Southern Rhone collaboration by biodynamic vigneron Remi Pouizin, blending estate and neighboring organic fruit into honest, terroir-driven Cotes du Rhone.
Château Landra - natural wine producer profile | Primal Wine illustration
France 2 min read
Château Landra
At the foot of the Monts de Vaucluse, the Renoux family revived one of the Ventoux's oldest cellars and turned it fully natural.
Martin Texier in the vineyards of Saint-Julien-en-Saint-Alban, Ardèche, France
Ardèche 3 min read
La Boutanche Martin Texier
Martin Texier, son of northern Rhône legend Eric Texier, launched his own domaine in Saint-Julien-en-Saint-Alban in 2014 and makes native-yeast, zero-sulfur wines from 5 hectares planted in clay, schist, gneiss, and granite.
Christophe Aguilar, natural wine producer at Domaine de la Patience in Costieres de Nimes, France, standing in his vineyard
Costières de nîmes 3 min read
La Patience
Christophe Aguilar farms 100 organic hectares near Bezouce in the southern Rhône, producing honest wines from Grenache, Syrah, and Carignan named for the wild Mediterranean herb growing throughout his vines.
Paul Esteve and Chrystelle Vareille of Domaine des Miquettes tasting in their cellar with bottles and rock samples on the table
France 2 min read
Domaine des Miquettes
A Saint-Joseph estate where Paul Esteve and Chrystelle Vareille ferment Syrah and white Rhone varieties in buried clay jars inspired by Georgian qvevri.
Henri and Philippe Leydier, natural wine producers, in their vineyard at Domaine de Durban in Beaumes-de-Venise, Rhone, France
France 1 min read
Domaine de Durban
A hilltop Beaumes-de-Venise estate run by brothers Henri and Philippe Leydier, makers of the appellation's most celebrated Muscat.