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.

Ferdinando Principiano holding a piece of limestone soil in his Barolo vineyard
Barolo 3 min read
Principiano
Ferdinando Principiano farms 21 hectares biodynamically in the Barolo zone, making zero-compromise Nebbiolo that combines ecological obsession with exceptional terroir at Boscareto and Ravera.
Giuseppe Scirto and Valeria Franco standing together among old Etna vines
Etna 2 min read
Vini Scirto
Former IT expert and language graduate who inherited century-old Etna vines and now make some of Sicily's most wild and unfiltered natural wines.
Biodynamic 2 min read
Castello di Tassarolo
A Gavi estate held by the Spinola family since the 14th century, where Massimiliana Spinola farms biodynamically with draft horses and made the first Gavi without added sulfur.
Cortese 2 min read
La Ghibellina
Alberto Ghibellini and Marina Galli founded La Ghibellina in 2000 on twenty organic hectares in Gavi, producing Cortese di Gavi DOCG wines that reflect the limestone clay soils of southern Piedmont.
Lorenzo and Andrea Piccin of Grifalco in their Monte Vulture vineyard
Aglianico 2 min read
Grifalco
On the volcanic slopes of Monte Vulture in Basilicata, the Piccin family makes only Aglianico, from organic vines up to 80 years old.
Vigneron Grégory Guillaume outside his farm in the Ardèche
Ardèche 1 min read
Grégory Guillaume
In the limestone hills of the Ardèche, Grégory Guillaume makes idealistic natural wines that work with the elements rather than against them.
Cinzia Sommariva holding a bottle of Prosecco in front of green vines
Conegliano valdobbiadene 2 min read
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.
Alto adige 3 min read
Pranzegg
Martin Gojer farms 3.5 hectares biodynamically on steep mountain slopes above Bolzano, producing some of Alto Adige's most expressive and uncompromising natural wines from Lagrein and Schiava.
Carso 2 min read
Castelvecchio
A Karst estate above Sagrado with vines documented since 1750, where the Terraneo family farms organically and champions the indigenous Vitovska and Terrano.
Georges Descombes, Gamay producer of Villie-Morgon in Beaujolais
Beaujolais 2 min read
George Descombes
Often called the unofficial fifth member of Beaujolais' Gang of Four, Georges Descombes makes pure, additive-free Gamay across five crus from old vines in Morgon.
Sylvain Bock in his Ardèche vineyard, tending old vines in early spring
Ardèche 2 min read
Sylvain Bock
Sylvain Bock settled in the volcanic hills of the Ardèche in 2010 and has since built a reputation for zero-zero Syrah, Grenache, and Gamay made with deep respect for the land and none of the shortcuts. One of natural wine's quiet greats.
France 2 min read
Domaine Mada
One of France's youngest natural vignerons, Edouard Adam farms a gifted Languedoc plot at Mas Cambounet with zero chemistry and a palindrome for a name.