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.
Ruge
Brothers Ruggero and Andrea Ruggeri farm 4 hectares of high-altitude Prosecco vineyards in Santo Stefano di Valdobbiadene, crafting small-production Prosecco Superiore and Cartizze with deep respect for the land.
Cantina Martinelli
Working vines inherited from his grandfather, Francesco Martinelli makes mineral, biodynamic Garganega from a forest-ringed cru in Soave, against the grain of the region's co-ops.
Vini Pra
Graziano Pra's certified-organic Soave estate in Monteforte d'Alpone, making mineral, age-worthy Garganega-based whites with indigenous yeasts and no new oak since 1983.
Morandin
On a single hectare in Corbanese di Tarzo, three generations of the Giacometti family have made just one wine — Lèntico, a col fondo Prosecco refermented in bottle with native yeasts, bottled following the lunar cycle, and capped with sediment.
Col Tamarie
On the highest hill of Prosecco DOC, Alberto and Marta make a single biodynamic col fondo from a six-grape field blend, refermented in bottle with nothing added.
Sauro Maule
Sauro Maule tends his family's converted cattle farm in the Colli Berici, coaxing expressive wines from Garganega, Durella, and Tai Rosso with zero added chemicals and very little sulfur.
Nous
Nous is an Italian farming collective founded in 2015 by Sara and Alessandro Filippi on volcanic Soave soils, uniting small growers across Veneto and Sicily under a regenerative Vini di Luce philosophy that goes beyond organic to revitalize soil life and biodiversity.
Tamellini
Brothers Gaetano and Pio Francesco Tamellini make some of Italy's most compelling Soave from 100% Garganega on their family estate in Costeggiola -- proof that a single grape, farmed with care, can say everything.
Casa Belfi
A biodynamic Prosecco pioneer in the Treviso plains, Demeter-certified, best known for its cloudy, bottle-fermented Colfondo made from 100% Glera with no disgorgement.
Vini Sassara
A husband-and-wife team farming biodynamically on the ancient morainic soils of Bardolino, drawing out the forgotten complexity of Veneto's indigenous grapes.
Sorelle Bronca
Sisters Antonella and Ersiliana Bronca farm 20 hectares of steep UNESCO-listed hillsides in Valdobbiadene by hand, making some of Italy's most expressive and sustainably crafted Prosecco.