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.

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Laura Lees and Arthur Joly of Les Abrigans, natural wine producer in the Corbieres, Languedoc, France, with Laura pouring a glass of red wine in the vineyard
Corbières 2 min read
Les Abrigans
Laura Lees and Arthur Joly rescued an abandoned hillside vineyard in the Corbières in 2017, and now farm around 10 hectares of schist-rich land with a passion that has quickly earned them a devoted following in France and beyond.
Paul Esteve and Chrystelle Vareille of Domaine des Miquettes tasting in their cellar with bottles and rock samples on the table
France 2 min read
Domaine des Miquettes
A Saint-Joseph estate where Paul Esteve and Chrystelle Vareille ferment Syrah and white Rhone varieties in buried clay jars inspired by Georgian qvevri.
Mario Andrion, natural wine producer at Castello di Verduno, in Verduno in Italy's Barolo zone of Piedmont
Barolo 2 min read
Castello di Verduno
A historic Verduno estate run by Franco Bianco and Gabriella Burlotto, championing the rare Pelaverga grape alongside traditional Barolo and Barbaresco.
Gaetano Gargano, natural wine producer, inspecting Catarratto grapes in his vineyard at Il Censo in Palazzo Adriano, Sicily
Italy 2 min read
Il Censo
A 200-year-old Sicilian family estate near Palazzo Adriano, revived for wine by Gaetano and Nicoletta Gargano under the guidance of Umbria's Giampiero Bea.
Canlibero - natural wine producer profile | Primal Wine illustration
Aglianico 1 min read
Canlibero
Ennio Romano and Mena Iannella farm barely two hectares of Aglianico, Fiano and Falanghina in Torrecuso, making zero-zero Campanian wines that are wild, vivid and uncompromising.
Ton Mata of Recaredo presenting wines at a tasting, Penedes, Spain
Penedes 3 min read
Recaredo & Celler Credo
Founded in 1924 in Sant Sadurni d'Anoia, Recaredo is one of the Penedes' greatest sparkling wine dynasties -- now in its third generation under Ton Mata, biodynamically certified since 2010, and one of the co-founders of the Corpinnat designation in 2019. Celler Credo is its sister still wine project.
Guy Breton, vigneron of Domaine Guy Breton in Villie-Morgon, Beaujolais
Beaujolais 2 min read
Guy Breton
One quarter of the Beaujolais "Gang of Four," Guy Breton has been crafting pure, spice-driven natural Gamay around Villie-Morgon since 1986.
Steve Matthiasson standing by farm equipment at dusk at his Napa Valley property
California 2 min read
Tendu
Steve and Jill Matthiasson launched Tendu to prove a point: that honest, hand-farmed natural wine from Italian grapes grown in California's Sacramento Valley could be delicious, generous, and cost less than $20 in a one-liter bottle.
Artesano Vintners — natural wine producer
Catalonia 2 min read
Artesano Vintners
Two New Zealand winemakers set up in Catalonia in 2016 to make tiny-batch, zero-added-sulfite wines from indigenous grapes like Xarel-lo and Parellada.
Duckman - natural wine producer profile | Primal Wine illustration
Bairrada 2 min read
Duckman
Maria Pato, youngest of Bairrada's famous Pato wine family, hides behind a duck mask and surreal labels to make irreverent, indigenous, low-intervention wines.
Abbia Nova - natural wine producer profile | Primal Wine illustration
Cesanese 2 min read
Abbia Nova
Two cousins from farming families are reviving Cesanese and forgotten native grapes on Lazio hills that once hosted Roman emperors and a wandering medieval saint.
Alberto of Col Tamarie working at the press
Italy 2 min read
Col Tamarie
On the highest hill of Prosecco DOC, Alberto and Marta make a single biodynamic col fondo from a six-grape field blend, refermented in bottle with nothing added.