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.

Adrien Berlioz standing among the vines on a steep Chignin slope in Savoie
Biodynamic 2 min read
Cellier Des Cray
Adrien Berlioz farms seven hectares across 17 steep Savoie micro-parcels by hand, Demeter-certified biodynamic, bottling a cuvee from each named for a family member.
Gérard Lambert, natural wine producer of Caves de Seyssel, in his cellar in Seyssel, Savoie, France
France 2 min read
Caves de Seyseel
An alpine sparkling-wine revival in Savoie, where two families bought back the historic Royal Seyssel label in 2007 to remake a wine once famous across Europe.
Jean-Yves Péron, natural wine producer, in his cellar in the Savoie region of the French Alps
France 2 min read
Jean-Yves Péron
A biochemist turned vigneron who trained with Thierry Allemand and Bruno Schueller before reviving old Mondeuse vines above Lake Annecy with zero-sulfur, skin-contact winemaking.
Ça Boit Libre - natural wine producer profile | Primal Wine illustration
France 3 min read
Ça Boit Libre
Damien Bastian Goddard launched his Savoie domaine in 2017 after years farming vegetables in Chad and apprenticing under Jean-François Ganevat, producing zero-sulfur Chasselas from glacial moraine vineyards beside Lake Geneva.
Natural winemaker Corentin Houillon in his Savoie vineyard
Altesse 2 min read
Corentin Houillon
A scion of the Jura's famed Houillon family, Corentin makes biodynamic, native-yeast Savoie wines from 5 mountain hectares he found after searching twelve regions.
André & Michel Quenard — natural wine producer
France 2 min read
André & Michel Quenard
On the steep limestone scree of Chignin's Coteau de Torméry, the Quenards farm 22 terraced hectares of Jacquère, Bergeron, Mondeuse and Altesse, with Guillaume now at the helm.
Romain Chamiot - natural wine producer profile | Primal Wine illustration
France 3 min read
Romain Chamiot
Third-generation vigneron Romain Chamiot tends seven hectares of Jacquere across 30 parcels in Savoie's Apremont appellation, crafting Alpine whites of crisp mineral precision.