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.

Abbia Nova — natural wine producer
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.
Winemaker Romain Zordan (right) with his father at Château de Grand Pré, sharing a glass of wine
Beaujolais 2 min read
Château de Grand Pré
In Fleurie, Romain Zordan farms organic cru Beaujolais and makes whole-bunch Gamay with native ferments and barely any sulphur.
Calabria 2 min read
Caparra & Siciliani
A historic Calabrian estate born in 1963 from two farming families, devoted almost entirely to native Gaglioppo in the Cirò appellation along the Ionian coast.
Canada 3 min read
Proxies
Proxies, from Toronto's Acid League, are non-alcoholic wine alternatives built from grape juices, teas, spices, and ferments--crafted by winemaker Devin Campbell to honor wine's role at the table.
Natalino del Prete, organic wine producer, San Donaci, Salento, Puglia
Italy 2 min read
Natalino del Prete
Certified organic since 1994, Natalino del Prete farms 10 hectares of Primitivo, Negroamaro, and Malvasia Nera in San Donaci without irrigation, without chemicals, and without sulfur — making honest, rustic Salento wines built for the table.
France 3 min read
Romain Petiteau La Tourlaudiere
Romain Petiteau leads the 21-hectare Domaine de la Tourlaudiere in Muscadet, converting a 17th-century family estate to organic viticulture and exploring low-intervention winemaking with Melon de Bourgogne.
Italy 2 min read
Fattoria Calcabrina
A father-and-son goat farm turned biodynamic estate in the hills of Montefalco, where Diego and Angelo Calcabrina make tiny lots of zero-added-sulfite wine alongside their cheeses.
Gut Oggau — natural wine producer
Austria 3 min read
Gut Oggau
An Austrian estate where every cuvee is a fictional family member with its own face and personality, made from biodynamic Burgenland vineyards around a restored 17th-century manor.
De Fermo co-founder Stefano Papetti Ceroni in the vineyards at Loreto Aprutino, Abruzzo
Abruzzo 2 min read
De Fermo
Two lawyers traded the courtroom for a biodynamic estate above an 18th-century cellar in Abruzzo's Loreto Aprutino hills.
Oliviero, Cinzia, and Palmira Visintini holding wine glasses in their cellar
Colli orientali 2 min read
Visintini
A family winery rooted in medieval Friuli since 1884, farming biodynamically across the Colli Orientali to coax the best from Ribolla, Friulano, and native reds.
Winemaker Mike Hinds of Franchere Wine Company standing in front of a barrel in his Oregon cellar
Oregon 2 min read
Franchere
Named for a fur-trade ancestor who reached Oregon in 1811, Mike Hinds makes native-yeast Willamette Valley wines with no new oak, no filtration and no temperature control.