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.

Italy 2 min read
Ampeleia
Born of an Alpine lunch involving Elisabetta Foradori, this Alta Maremma estate champions Cabernet Franc and Mediterranean grapes, raised entirely in cement, never wood.
AmByth Estate — natural wine producer
California 2 min read
AmByth Estate
On a dry-farmed Templeton ridge, a Welsh shepherd's son foot-stomps amphora-aged wines with native yeast and zero added sulfur, the first Demeter-certified estate in Paso Robles.
Etienne de Montille standing among the vines at Domaine de Montille in Volnay, Burgundy
Burgundy 3 min read
Maison De Montille
Founded in 2003 by siblings Alix and Etienne de Montille as a micro-negociant, Maison de Montille sources and vinifies small parcels across Burgundy with the same biodynamic rigour as the family's famed domaine in Volnay.
Michel Guignier, vigneron at Les Amethystes in Villié-Morgon, Beaujolais
Beaujolais 3 min read
Michel Guignier
Fourth-generation Villié-Morgon vigneron Michel Guignier tends 11 hectares of Beaujolais across multiple crus, farming certified organic since 2006 and vinifying entirely with indigenous yeasts, vertical press, and old neutral oak.
Marco Barba in the vineyard at Gambellara, Veneto, harvesting white grapes
Biodynamic 3 min read
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.
California 2 min read
Unturned Stone
Woman and LGBTQ-owned Northern California project making low-intervention wines from organically farmed Sonoma and Mendocino vineyards since 2010.
Black and white portrait of Éric Texier, northern Rhône natural wine producer, wearing glasses
France 3 min read
Éric Texier
A former nuclear engineer who walked away from his career in the 1990s, Éric Texier revived nearly-forgotten appellations in the northern Rhône and became one of France's most respected natural wine producers.
California 2 min read
Etteilla
Two best friends who trained under natural-wine pioneer Tony Coturri make hand-crafted zero-zero wines and ciders named for the metaphysics of the tarot.
Tyler Eck and Rachel Goffinet Eck of Dunites Wine Co. holding bottles in their tasting room
Producer profile 2 min read
Dunites
Husband-and-wife team Tyler and Rachel Eck make cool-climate, low-intervention wines on the ancient sand dunes and uplifted seafloor of California's San Luis Obispo coast.
François Cazin in the cellar of his Le Petit Chambord estate in Cheverny, Loire Valley
France 2 min read
François Cazin
A four-generation Cheverny family estate, Le Petit Chambord is the standard-bearer for Romorantin, the rare Loire grape that Francois Cazin helped rescue with the creation of the Cour-Cheverny appellation.
California 3 min read
Occteau
A Santa Barbara County negociant project making hand-crafted, gravity-fed natural wines from organic and biodynamic vineyards with no fining or filtration, working across Rhone, Italian, and other varieties.
France 3 min read
Poivre d'Âne
Founded 2013 by three southern French wine friends, Poivre d'Ane partners with organic growers across Languedoc and the Rhone to make fresh, indigenous-variety wines without filtration, fining, or added sulfur.