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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Winemaker Mike Hinds of Franchere Wine Company standing in front of a barrel in his Oregon cellar
Oregon 2 min read
Franchere
Named for a fur-trade ancestor who reached Oregon in 1811, Mike Hinds makes native-yeast Willamette Valley wines with no new oak, no filtration and no temperature control.
Everything is Okay - natural wine producer profile | Primal Wine illustration
California 2 min read
Everything is Okay
From a shared warehouse in Richmond, California, Booker Riley turns organically farmed fruit into zero-zero wines built on long-term relationships with the farmers who grow it.
Jumbo Time Wines - natural wine producer profile | Primal Wine illustration
California 2 min read
Jumbo Time Wines
A Los Angeles natural wine project from two self-taught friends who turned playful curiosity into orange wines, chilled reds, and serious Pinot Noir.
Jody Brix Towe and Emily Towe of J. Brix Wines walking through a California vineyard
California 2 min read
J. Brix Wines
A San Diego County couple making tiny lots of native-yeast natural wine from grapes sourced all over California, guided by the motto 'only love.'
Joe Swick of Swick Wines, natural wine producer, in the vineyard in Oregon, USA
Oregon 3 min read
Swick Wines
Fifth-generation Oregonian Joe Swick spent a decade making harvests across three continents before returning home to craft energetic, low-intervention wines from organic Pacific Northwest vineyards. Raw, honest, and built for drinking.
Zack Klug and Patrick Vaughn of Liten Buffel at a wine tasting event
Biodynamic 2 min read
Liten Buffel
Zack Klug and Patrick Vaughn grow and vinify Pinot Noir, Syrah, and Riesling on 4.5 acres of New York's Niagara Escarpment with foot-crushing, old barrels, and a philosophy that puts spontaneity ahead of safety nets.
Deux Punx winemakers Dan Schaaf and Aaron Olson, who make the De la Soif wines
California 1 min read
De la Soif
A thirst-quenching California natural wine line from the Deux Punx duo, made for importer Merchants of Thirst.
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.
Andy Young of St. Reginald Parish sharing fried chicken with his dog, surrounded by bottles of The Marigny wines
Oregon 2 min read
St. Reginald Parish
Former New Orleans rock drummer Andy Young traded his kit for fermentation vessels in Oregon's Willamette Valley, making playful, carbonic-maceration-driven natural wines that carry the soul of Louisiana and the terroir of the Pacific Northwest.
Luke Bass, natural wine producer behind Poco a Poco, at his Porter-Bass estate near Guerneville, Sonoma County, California
California 2 min read
Poco a Poco
Luke Bass of Porter-Bass Winery in Sonoma County makes Poco a Poco wines from certified organic and biodynamic Mendocino grapes -- slow, careful, minimal-intervention winemaking that lives up to the label's "little by little" philosophy.
Chris Christensen, winemaker behind Where's Linus?, smiling outdoors in a vineyard wearing a backwards cap and white t-shirt
California 3 min read
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.
Beaver Creek Vineyards - natural wine producer profile | Primal Wine illustration
California 2 min read
Beaver Creek Vineyards
Czech-born Martin Pohl makes CCOF-organic and Demeter-certified wines below Mount Saint Helena, native-fermented with zero added sulfites and no filtration.