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.

Daniel Kurrle and Frederike Schmidt of Kleines Gut
Germany 2 min read
Kleines Gut
A young couple coaxing expressive, hands-off natural wines from three hectares in a steep Stuttgart side valley, working out of a cellar that dates to 1546.
Friuli-venezia giulia 2 min read
San Lurnis
Marco Pecorari revived his family's 1874 estate in San Lorenzo Isontino, Friuli, producing only ancestral-method sparkling wines from 50-year-old Malvasia Istriana vines on the alluvial plains between Collio and the Isonzo river.
California 1 min read
Discovino
Discovino is the disco-born rose label of Wonderwerk, the low-intervention California project of childhood friends Issamu Kamide and Andrew Lardy.
Winemaker Cristiano Guttarolo standing in his vineyard near Gioia del Colle in Puglia
Italy 2 min read
Cristiano Guttarolo
On the Murge plateau above Gioia del Colle, Cristiano Guttarolo coaxes a rare lightness and minerality from Primitivo, fermenting some of it in beeswax-sealed Umbrian amphorae.
Cannonau 2 min read
Meigamma
Barbara and Giuseppe Pusceddu make searingly pure Sardinian wine from 1.1 hectares of coastal vines near Cagliari, guided by a philosophy whose name translates simply as 'afternoon nap.'
Biodynamic 2 min read
Casa Pardet
A tiny biodynamic Catalan estate in Verdu making zero-sulfite, additive-free wines from Cabernet Sauvignon, Trepat and Chardonnay on limestone-clay soils.
Bianka and Daniel Schmitt, winemakers at Weingut Schmitt, in a close-up portrait outdoors among the vines
Germany 3 min read
Weingut Schmitt
Bianka and Daniel Schmitt bring Hungarian spirit and Rheinhessen heritage together in Demeter-certified natural wines from one of Germany's oldest family estates.
Winemaker Ricard Sebastia Foraster of Josep Foraster standing in his vineyard in Montblanc, Conca de Barbera
Conca de barbera 2 min read
Josep Foraster
A fourth-generation Catalan family in Montblanc championing the indigenous Trepat grape from organically farmed limestone slopes of Conca de Barbera.
France 2 min read
Jean-Yves Péron
A biochemist turned vigneron who trained with Thierry Allemand and Bruno Schueller before reviving old Mondeuse vines above Lake Annecy with zero-sulfur, skin-contact winemaking.
Georgia 2 min read
Kortavebis Marani
A Kakheti winemaker building a living library of thirty-plus indigenous Georgian grapes, fermenting spontaneously in qvevri with zero added sulfur.
The Good Boy Wine team standing in a Central Coast vineyard at dusk
California 2 min read
Good Boy Wine
A French-inspired Los Angeles natural wine project pairing Central Coast organic fruit with low-intervention winemaking and an easygoing, joyful spirit.
Gabriel Scheuermann standing outdoors holding a Junge Pfalz Top 20 award certificate, smiling
Germany 3 min read
Scheuermann
Brothers Gabriel and Simon Scheuermann took over their family's Pfalz estate as teenagers and turned it into one of Germany's most exciting biodynamic addresses, making Pfalz wine in a Loire state of mind.