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.
Celler Succes Vinicola
A young Catalan couple who started a winery at age 20 and turned the overlooked Trepat grape of Conca de Barbera into a new regional benchmark.
Lo-Fi Wines
Mike Roth and Craig Winchester built Lo-Fi Wines in Santa Barbara County on a nothing-added, nothing-taken-away philosophy, making low-alcohol, Beaujolais- and Loire-inspired naturals from certified organic and biodynamic vineyards since 2012.
Hollow Wines
Dr. Quinn Hobbs left academia and marketing to make low-intervention, lighter-footprint California wines under his Hollow Wines label, leaning into expressive skin-contact whites.
Cantina Marilina
Two sisters farm 60 organic hectares on a Pachino hilltop in southeast Sicily, hand-harvesting native grapes and fermenting in concrete with the lightest touch in the cellar.
Cantina Giardino – The Interview
Let’s start a bit philosophically with “what is natural wine for you?” This is going to sound a bit provocative but to me, natural…
Fattoria Mondo Antico
An organic, biodynamic farm in the Oltrepo Pavese hills where Dario Tiraboschi and his family let cows graze between the vines and ferment local Croatina and Barbera with wild yeast.
Alessandra Divella
The first woman to lead a Franciacorta estate, Alessandra Divella farms two organic hectares and bottles zero-dosage sparklers that look more to grower Champagne than to the DOCG.
Yves Duport
Four generations of the Duport family have shaped the Bugey appellation; Yves now farms biodynamically and makes wines of alpine freshness.
Roccafiore
Perched above Todi in Umbria, Roccafiore has farmed organically since 1999, crafting precise, sun-drenched whites from Grechetto di Todi and reds from Sangiovese and Sagrantino.
Yves Amberg
Yves Amberg has farmed certified organic Alsace vineyards since 2001, producing terroir-driven skin-contact and varietal wines from Epfig.
Maison Crochet
Wilfried Crochet makes small-production organic still and sparkling wines from 3.5 hectares in the village of Bulligny in Lorraine, a historic French wine region just southwest of Nancy.
Pandolfa
On a 17th-century estate in Predappio, Marco Cirese farms 30 certified-organic hectares and makes mineral Romagna Sangiovese that honours the subzone's distinct clay and limestone soils.