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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Clos Saron, natural wine producer, in the vineyard in California's Sierra Foothills
Pinot noir 2 min read
Clos Saron
A two-and-a-half acre Sierra Foothills outpost where Gideon Beinstock makes tiny lots of Pinot Noir and wild blends by feel, with a no-winemaking philosophy.
La Clarine Farm - natural wine producer profile | Primal Wine illustration
California 2 min read
La Clarine Farm
Hank Beckmeyer and Caroline Hoel farm ten organic acres at 2,600 feet in California's Sierra Foothills, making small-batch natural wines guided by the do-nothing philosophy of Masanobu Fukuoka.
Everwild co-founder Talia St. Clair standing outdoors in backlit evening light
Natural wine 2 min read
Everwild Wines
Two former film-industry burnouts traded the screen for the cellar, co-fermenting low-intervention Sierra Foothills wines designed to slow life down.
End of Nowhere - natural wine producer profile | Primal Wine illustration
Natural wine 2 min read
End of Nowhere
Amador County's only homegrown natural winery, where a former New York sommelier turned farmer bottles native-yeast, no-additive wines from the Sierra Foothills.
Tahnee Shields of Oest Wines in her Richmond, California cellar
California 2 min read
Oest
Tahnee Shields makes alive, terroir-driven natural wines in Richmond, California, sourcing Gamay, Cabernet Franc, Syrah, and other varieties from Sierra Foothills growers she trusts to farm with integrity.
Aaron and Cara Mockrish of Frenchtown Farms pruning vines in their North Yuba vineyard
California 2 min read
Frenchtown Farms
Aaron and Cara Mockrish farm and make wine in California's North Yuba foothills, mentored by Clos Saron's Gideon Beinstock, crafting foot-trodden, native-ferment wines from organic mountain vineyards.