Natural Wine Producers: Working With Nature

Zsolt Sütő farms 12 hectares of indigenous Slovak varieties on the Pannonian Plain, making zero-sulfur natural wines in a village first documented in 1075 AD. His holistic, wooden-stake viticulture has inspired a generation of Central European winemakers.

A former finance professional turned vigneron, Henri Chauvet farms 10.5 hectares of Gamay, Pinot Noir, and Chardonnay on the volcanic slopes of Boudes in the Côtes d'Auvergne.

Evan Lewandowski ferments Mendocino fruit in California, then drives the live juice in a refrigerated U-Haul to Salt Lake City to finish it, building a Utah winery named after his favorite book of the Old Testament.

In the medieval village of Gueberschwihr, four generations of the Gross family have moved from conventional Alsace farming to biodynamics and bold, unsulfured orange wines.

A Gilroy-based natural wine label from two Virginia friends, sourcing eclectic grapes across California for playful co-ferments, pet-nats, and orange wines made to be shared.

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.

After training with Cornas legend Thierry Allemand, Loic Roure rebuilt an old cooperative cellar in Lansac into one of the Roussillon's purest natural-wine voices.

On the volcanic Kaiserstuhl, Holger and Gabriele Koch craft some of Germany's most delicate Pinots from Burgundian and Alsatian mass selections, fermented wild and aged on the lees.

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.

A Penedes native with Burgundy and Champagne training who farms biodynamically to express the true character of Xarel-lo and Sumoll from his family's ancient land.

Family estate in Romagna's Imola hills making organic, minimal-intervention wines from Sangiovese, Albana, and Trebbiano since the 1960s.

Los Angeles lifestyle duo Bo Yeong and Kevin Carney created Loose Wines with Emilia-Romagna producer Massimo Randi: a trio of organic, ancestral-method pet nat sparkling wines from indigenous Longanesi and Malbo Gentile grapes.