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.
Yann Bertrand
Yann Bertrand returned to his family's Fleurie terroir and became one of Beaujolais's most sought-after natural wine voices in under a decade.
Ettore Germano
A Serralunga d'Alba family estate where Sergio Germano makes benchmark, organically farmed Barolo plus mountain Riesling and sparkling wine from the Alta Langa.
Antonio Camillo
After 25 years working other people's vines, this Maremma grower went solo in 2006 to make Ciliegiolo a serious wine rather than a blending afterthought.
Aldo Viola
A former footballer turned natural-wine cult figure, Aldo Viola farms scattered Sicilian plots single-handed and macerates Catarratto and Grillo for months on end.
Marc Kreydenweiss
The Kreydenweiss family has farmed the grand cru slopes of Andlau since 1850 and today bottles some of Alsace's most terroir-faithful wines under the direction of Antoine Kreydenweiss.
Old Westminister
Winemaker Lisa Hinton and her siblings grow and vinify Maryland fruit with native yeasts and zero filtration at their Westminster farm, producing some of the East Coast's most compelling natural wines.
Vallarom
Organic Trentino estate in Avio farming since 1972, making native-yeast, low-intervention wines from Marzemino, Chardonnay, and local varieties under the Scienza family.
O2Y
A three-way collaboration between Olivier Guala, Yves Roy, and Yoshinori Kuroda in Poligny, Jura, making zero-sulfur, additive-free natural wines since 2020 from organically farmed plots between Arbois and Poligny.
De Levende
A Los Angeles importer's California-grown side project turning North Coast organic fruit into zero-zero, no-sulfur natural wine.
Jean Foillard
A founding member of Beaujolais's 'Gang of Four,' Jean Foillard crafts pure, age-worthy Morgon from old vines on the famed Cote du Py.
Monte Dall'Ora | Natural Wine from Valpolicella
It is sadly quite rare to find true natural wineries, real ambassadors of tradition and terroir, in Veneto’s famed Valpolicella area. Although blessed with…
Sete Vini Naturali
Childhood friends Emiliano Giorgi and Arcangelo Galuppi founded Sete in 2013 to rescue the forgotten vineyards and grape varieties of Lazio's Amaseno river valley, one plot at a time.