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.
Oeno
Amy Atwood's Oeno label sources from biodynamic Russian River Valley vineyards in Sonoma, fermenting with native yeasts in neutral oak to craft unfined, unfiltered California natural wines with zero additives.
Cormorant Cellars
After two decades making wine for others, Charlie Gilmore launched his own Sonoma label in 2018 to prove that simplicity, not machinery, makes the best wine.
Unturned Stone
Woman and LGBTQ-owned Northern California project making low-intervention wines from organically farmed Sonoma and Mendocino vineyards since 2010.
Old World Winery
Darek Trowbridge, great-grandson of Russian River Valley pioneer Giuseppe Martinelli, farms biodynamic century-old vines in Fulton and vinifies rare heritage grapes with foot-treading, native yeast, and zero filtration.
Dan Marioni
A fifth-generation Sonoma native and ex-engineer who learned the 'nothing added, nothing taken away' Coturri Way and now bottles native-yeast, zero-sulfur wines under hand-carved linocut labels.
Tony Coturri
Third-generation Sonoma Mountain winemaker and godfather of California natural wine, making sulfite-free, dry-farmed Zinfandel since 1979.
Slow Dance
Graham Shelton launched Slow Dance in 2018 in Northern California, making zero-sulfur, native-ferment wines from organically farmed Mendocino, Sonoma, and Lodi vineyards with a light touch and a deep respect for terroir.
Where's Linus?
Chris Christensen, Bodkin Wines founder and Wine Enthusiast 40 Under 40 honoree, makes playful skin-contact California wines that champion diversity in the wine industry.
Guthrie Family Vineyards
In Sonoma, New Zealand-born Blair Guthrie and his wife Caroline make small-batch, low-intervention wines from organically grown grapes, built from scratch.
Catch & Release
A Sonoma partnership between Monica Varriale and Beno Stewart making delicate, low-intervention California wines from organic and biodynamic fruit.
Les Lunes Wine
UC Davis graduates Diego Roig and Shaunt Oungoulian founded Les Lunes in California's Bay Area in 2014, farming over 20 hectares of organic vineyards in Sonoma and beyond and making minimal-intervention wines from Chardonnay, Pinot Noir, Zinfandel, and Cabernet Sauvignon.