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.
Societa' Agricola il Sasso
Stefano Bellamoli farms 10 hectares of Corvina, Corvinone, and Rondinella on organic south-facing terraces in historic Valpolicella, making natural, wood-free wines that redefine what this region can express.
Novaia
Fourth-generation Vaona family estate in Marano di Valpolicella, organically certified since 2014, making Corvina-based Valpolicella, Ripasso, and Amarone with native yeasts and minimal sulfur at 250-400m elevation.
Monte Dall'Ora | Natural Wine from Valpolicella
Monte dall'Ora is Carlo Venturini and Alessandra Zantedeschi, who in 1995 set out to make terroir-driven natural wine in Valpolicella, a region better known for oak-heavy Amarone. Both from local vigneron families, they farm the heart of Valpolicella, interpreting nature without forcing it.
Brigaldara
On the foothills of Monte Masua, the Cesari family turns Corvina and Corvinone into Valpolicella and Amarone from a 120-hectare estate whose name dates to the twelfth century.
Giuseppe Quintarelli
Known as Bepi, the father of modern Amarone dried his grapes by three different methods and aged the wines a decade in Slavonian oak, setting Valpolicella's gold standard.