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.

Two of the Andrieu siblings of Clos Fantine, the natural wine estate in Faugères, Languedoc
Carignan 2 min read
Clos Fantine
Three Andrieu siblings farm 23 schist hectares high in Faugères, fermenting Carignan and Grenache in concrete with zero added sulfur in honor of their late father.
California 2 min read
Everything is Okay
From a shared warehouse in Richmond, California, Booker Riley turns organically farmed fruit into zero-zero wines built on long-term relationships with the farmers who grow it.
Arianna Occhipinti smiling among the vines of her biodynamic estate in Vittoria, Sicily
Italy 2 min read
Tami'
Tami' is Arianna Occhipinti's everyday label -- biodynamic Sicilian wines made for the table, from the same uncompromising mind that reshaped how the world thinks about Vittoria.
Aaron Bryan and Amy of Conduit in their El Dorado County vineyard
California 2 min read
Conduit
A small family winery on a granite ridge in El Dorado County making native-ferment natural wines from a 6-acre estate vineyard at 2,700 feet.
California 2 min read
Jumbo Time Wines
A Los Angeles natural wine project from two self-taught friends who turned playful curiosity into orange wines, chilled reds, and serious Pinot Noir.
Emilia-romagna 1 min read
Faccia di Vino
A clean, circular-farming Lambrusco from Modena, made by fourth-generation grower Alberto Pezzuoli on family land worked since 1932 for US importer Amy Atwood.
France 2 min read
Autour de l'Anne
A former Radiohead roadie quit corporate life after a car crash and now makes what she calls Loiredoc wines: Languedoc fruit raised in the Loire.
Jérôme Lambert, natural wine vigneron in Anjou, Loire Valley
Chenin blanc 2 min read
Jérôme Lambert
A self-taught Anjou paysan working a handful of hectares of Chenin and animals in Rablay-sur-Layon, bottling sulfur-free Loire wines of striking purity.
Jody Brix Towe and Emily Towe of J. Brix Wines walking through a California vineyard
California 2 min read
J. Brix Wines
A San Diego County couple making tiny lots of native-yeast natural wine from grapes sourced all over California, guided by the motto 'only love.'
France 1 min read
Domaine de Durban
A hilltop Beaumes-de-Venise estate run by brothers Henri and Philippe Leydier, makers of the appellation's most celebrated Muscat.
Italy 2 min read
Centopassi
Sicily's Libera Terra cooperative turns vineyards confiscated from Cosa Nostra into organic wines that fund a future free of the mafia.
Portrait of Tenute Dettori, Sardinia natural wine pioneers, showcasing their passion for Central Italy's unique wines.
Central italy 3 min read
Tenute Dettori – Sardinia Natural Wine Pioneers
Perhaps the phrase that best summarises Alessandro Dettori’s approach to winemaking and Tenute Dettori's wines is found on the back labels: “I don’t follow…