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.

Germany 2 min read
Cuve Kollektiv
A Germany-based project that scouts family-run organic growers without distribution and bottles their spontaneously fermented, low-sulfite wines under tank-numbered labels.
Rachel and Guillaume Hubert inspecting grape clusters in the vineyard at Château Peybonhomme-les-Tours
Biodynamic 2 min read
Château Peybonhomme
A pioneering biodynamic Bordeaux estate near Blaye, in the Hubert family since 1895 and certified biodynamic since 2000.
Nathalie Banes standing with her horse Hulot in the Beaujolais hills
Beaujolais 2 min read
Nathalie Banes
Nathalie Banes farms roughly 4 hectares of Gamay in the high-altitude village of Oingt, Beaujolais, plowing her clay-limestone slopes with a horse named Hulot and vinifying without sulfur or filtration for wines of quiet intensity.
Alex Craighead of Kindeli standing in a vineyard in Nelson, New Zealand
Nelson 2 min read
Kindeli
In near-total isolation in Nelson, New Zealand, Alex Craighead farms eleven hectares and crafts zero-additive wines from ten varieties across stainless, amphora, and oak.
Alex Schulkin of The Other Right holding a glass of red wine and smiling
Australia 2 min read
The Other Right
Russian-born Alex Schulkin makes no-additive, wild-fermented wines from certified organic vineyards in McLaren Vale and Adelaide Hills, drawing on his research science background at the AWRI.
Catarratto 2 min read
Longarico
Luigi Stalteri and Alessandro Viola launched Longarico in 2015 on the slopes of Mount Bonifato above Alcamo, bringing organic Catarratto and red grapes from 350-meter clay-calcareous soils back to life as pure, unfiltered Sicilian naturals.
Jauma winemaker James Erskine tending Grenache vines in South Australia
Australia 2 min read
Jauma
Decorated sommelier turned natural-wine pioneer James Erskine makes additive-free Grenache and more from organic fruit in McLaren Vale and the Adelaide Hills.
Elisabetta Foradori — natural wine producer
Italy 3 min read
Elisabetta Foradori – The Queen of Biodynamics
Elisabetta Foradori – also known as “The Lady of Teroldego” in natural wine circles and well beyond – is one of the most historical…
Alfio Cavallotto tasting a glass of Barolo in the family cellar
Barolo 2 min read
Cavallotto
A fourth-generation Barolo estate on the Bricco Boschis hill that has farmed organically since 1976 and bottles single-vineyard Nebbiolo from one unbroken slope.
Italy 3 min read
Ruge
Brothers Ruggero and Andrea Ruggeri farm 4 hectares of high-altitude Prosecco vineyards in Santo Stefano di Valdobbiadene, crafting small-production Prosecco Superiore and Cartizze with deep respect for the land.
Todd Cavallo, co-founder and winemaker at Wild Arc Farm in Pine Bush, New York
Hudson valley 2 min read
Wild Arc Farm
Todd Cavallo and Crystal Cornish left Brooklyn to pioneer piquette production and hybrid winemaking in New York's Hudson Valley.
Chenin blanc 3 min read
Pascal Janvier
Pascal Janvier tends nine hectares of Chenin Blanc and Pineau d'Aunis across 66 parcels in Jasnières and Coteaux du Loir, farming sustainably to produce the most mineral, flinty expressions of these little-known Loire appellations.