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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Chad and Michelle Westbrook Hinds of Iruai standing in their Scott Valley vineyard near Mount Shasta
California 2 min read
Iruai
A husband-and-wife project pioneering alpine grape varieties in the mountains around Mount Shasta, far from California's familiar wine country.
Wild Jag - natural wine producer profile | Primal Wine illustration
California 2 min read
Wild Jag
Adam Beck brings a punk musician's DIY ethic to natural winemaking in California, crafting accessible wines priced to party.
Alex Pomerantz, co-founder of Welcome Stranger, natural wine producer in California, pulling a barrel sample in his cellar
California 3 min read
Welcome Stranger
A California natural wine project sourcing organic fruit from Mendocino's Open Hand Ranch, making zero-sulfur co-fermented wines of striking originality.
Fable Farm, natural wine producer in Barnard, Vermont, holding a glass of amber apple wine outdoors
Cider 2 min read
Fable Farm
In the Green Mountains of Barnard, Vermont, brothers Jon and Chris Piana ferment foraged apples, grapes, herbs, and honey into living wines on a closed-loop farm.
Holden Wine Company - natural wine producer profile | Primal Wine illustration
Natural wine 2 min read
Holden Wine Company
An Oregon label devoted to northern Italian grape varieties, where Sterling Whitted ferments organically farmed fruit with native yeast and almost no sulfur.
Andrew Jones, natural wine producer of Field Recordings, holding grapes in his vineyard in Paso Robles, California
California 2 min read
Field Recordings
A vine nursery fieldman turned vintner, Andrew Jones bottles California's overlooked corners as a personal catalog of the people and places he loves.
Tony Coturri — natural wine producer
California 2 min read
Tony Coturri
Third-generation Sonoma Mountain winemaker and godfather of California natural wine, making sulfite-free, dry-farmed Zinfandel since 1979.
Winemaker James Jelks of Florez Wines smiling and holding a bottle outdoors
California 2 min read
Florez Wines
James Jelks makes dry-farmed, sulfur-light California wines from old mixed-variety vineyards around Santa Cruz, dressed in Japanese-style woodcut labels.
Ruth Lewandowski — natural wine producer
Arneis 2 min read
Ruth Lewandowski
Evan Lewandowski ferments Mendocino fruit in California, then drives the live juice in a refrigerated U-Haul to Salt Lake City to finish it, building a Utah winery named after his favorite book of the Old Testament.
Wonderwerk — natural wine producer
California 3 min read
Wonderwerk
A Gilroy-based natural wine label from two Virginia friends, sourcing eclectic grapes across California for playful co-ferments, pet-nats, and orange wines made to be shared.
Mike Roth standing in a barrel room at Coquelicot Estate, smiling at the camera
California 2 min read
Le Machin
Mike Roth and Craig Winchester launched Le Machin as a focused, low-intervention project sourcing CCOF-certified organic Pinot Noir, Chardonnay, and Syrah from the fog-cooled hills of Santa Barbara County.
Lo-Fi Wines - natural wine producer profile | Primal Wine illustration
California 2 min read
Lo-Fi Wines
Mike Roth and Craig Winchester built Lo-Fi Wines in Santa Barbara County on a nothing-added, nothing-taken-away philosophy, making low-alcohol, Beaujolais- and Loire-inspired naturals from certified organic and biodynamic vineyards since 2012.