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.
Siemàn
Three brothers -- a nurse, an engineer, and an accountant -- quit their careers to farm the Berici Hills of Veneto under biodynamic principles, making native-variety wines with six hands and singular focus.
La Biancara
Angiolino Maule traded his pizzeria in 1988 for volcanic hillside vines in Gambellara, Veneto, and has spent four decades making zero-sulfur Garganega wines that helped define what Italian natural wine means.
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.
Il Ceo
Davide Andreatta, the boy who tore out easy vines to replant Veneto's native Vespaiola and Groppello, makes zero-zero wines in the hills around Breganze.
Le Colture
The Ruggeri family has cultivated the steep Glera vineyards of Santo Stefano di Valdobbiadene for generations, crafting Prosecco Superiore DOCG that expresses the singular terroir of Italy's most celebrated sparkling wine hills.
Bakari
A collective of five wine professionals, led by Raffaele Bonivento with winemaker Stefano Menti, making honest, affordable Veneto naturals from biodynamic Gambellara fruit.
Garganuda
A play on Garganega and the Italian for naked, Garganuda is Andrea Fiorini Carbognin's biodynamic Gambellara project, born from his bond with Stefano Menti.
Marco Barba
Marco Barba tends forgotten parcels of biodynamic vines in Gambellara and Lonigo, bottling vivid, low-intervention Veneto wines under the Marcobarba label with his partner Stefano.
Paolo Fasolo
Alberto Buratti revived his grandfather's 1972 Euganean Hills farm under the Faedesfa label in 2020, farming 3.2 hectares on volcanic soils and making zero-sulfur pet-nats from rare local varieties.
Vigna Flor
Davide and Francesca's small-batch natural wine project in the Colli Euganei hills of Veneto, dedicated to their daughter Flor and built on synergistic farming and spontaneous fermentation.
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.
Sommariva
Cinzia Sommariva grows 50 hectares of hand-harvested Glera on the UNESCO-listed hills of Conegliano Valdobbiadene, crafting Prosecco Superiore DOCG with a family-run commitment to quality and sustainability.