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.
Davide Vignato
A third-generation Gambellara grower farming 14 volcanic hectares organically and biodynamically since 1997 to draw deep minerality from Garganega and Durella.
Calalta
A young couple at the foot of Monte Grappa grows offbeat grapes like Bronner and Riesling organically, fermenting wild and aging across steel, cement, wood and amphora.
Caneva da Nani
On the steep Glera slopes of Guia, the Canello family makes cloudy, crown-capped col fondo Prosecco that refements in bottle and proudly sits outside the official DOC rules.
I Castagnucoli
In a tiny corner of the volcanic Colli Euganei, Nicola Dal Santo farms two and a half hectares organically, carrying on the spontaneous-fermentation wines his father began in the 1980s.
Farnea – Marco Buratti's Colli Euganei Hideout
Marco Buratti, who might seem rather gruff and surly at first impact, is just quiet and slightly shy...initially at least. He then pleasantly explodes in a…
Costadila
Costadila is the col fondo pioneer Ernesto Cattel built in the Treviso hills, reviving cloudy bottle-refermented Prosecco with native grapes and no added sulfites.
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.
Il Roccolo di Monticelli
Silvia Tezza, who came to wine without a winemaking family, rescued a walled clos of old Garganega vines near Verona to make sulfite-free, hands-off bottlings.
Tenuta l'Armonia
Self-taught winemaker Andrea Pendin founded Tenuta l'Armonia in 2010 in Montecchio Maggiore, Vicenza, crafting biodynamic blends from Garganega, Durella, and Tai Rosso on volcanic Veneto soils.
Le Fraghe
Matilde Poggi has spent more than 40 years proving that Bardolino, long overlooked, can produce wines of genuine elegance and depth, farming 28 certified-organic hectares on the eastern shores of Lake Garda with complete independence.
Volcanalia
Rossella Mastrotto returned from a global wine journey to revive ancient Garganega vines on Gambellara's volcanic basalt soils, naming her estate after a Roman harvest festival.
Domini del Leone
A Fidora family label from one of Italy's oldest organic estates, certified organic on the Venetian mainland since 1974 and biodynamic since 2018.