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.

Italy 2 min read
I Chicchi
Near the Roman coast, Enrico Rosati and Federica farm a single hectare of Bordeaux varieties biodynamically, fermenting spontaneously with nothing added in the cellar.
Andreas Kontozisis of Kontozisis Organic Vineyards
Greece 2 min read
Kontozisis Organic Vineyards
One of Greece's earliest organic estates, championing the rare Thessalian red Limniona from low-yielding vineyards on the foothills of Mount Agrafa.
California 2 min read
Poco a Poco
Luke Bass of Porter-Bass Winery in Sonoma County makes Poco a Poco wines from certified organic and biodynamic Mendocino grapes -- slow, careful, minimal-intervention winemaking that lives up to the label's "little by little" philosophy.
Coly Den Haan founder of Vinovore standing outside her natural wine shop in Los Angeles
Emilia-romagna 3 min read
Randi for Vinovore
Randi for Vinovore is a collaboration between LA natural wine shop Vinovore -- founded by Coly Den Haan -- and Azienda Agricola Randi in Romagna, producing ancestral-method pet-nats from rare indigenous varieties including Famoso, Centesimino, and Longanesi.
France 2 min read
Domaine de la Pépière
A benchmark Muscadet estate built parcel by parcel by Marc Ollivier and now led by Remi Branger and Gwenaelle Croix, with an unusually high share of cru vineyards.
Enio Ferretti of La Morella, black-and-white portrait
Colli tortonesi 2 min read
La Morella
Enio Ferretti has farmed Carezzano organically since founding La Morella in 1985, growing indigenous Timorasso, Barbera, and Dolcetto on 10 certified organic hectares in Piedmont's Colli Tortonesi.
Guilhem Dardé, winemaker at Mas des Chimères, Octon
France 3 min read
Mas des Chimères
Guilhem Dardé and his family have farmed the volcanic and Permian red soils beside Lac du Salagou since 1993, making certified-organic Terrasses du Larzac wines of singular geological character from one of the Languedoc's most dramatic landscapes.
Winemaker Vincent Alexis at Chateau Barouillet with a bottle of his Bergecrac wine
Bergerac 2 min read
Château Barouillet
Eighth-generation Vincent Alexis turned a bulk Bergerac estate biodynamic, replanting forgotten local grapes and making dry, sweet and skin-contact wines.
Domaine Calvez Bobinet — natural wine producer
Cabernet franc 2 min read
Domaine Calvez Bobinet
An eighth-generation Saumur vigneron and a former professional dancer farm under four hectares organically, aging Cabernet Franc and Chenin in cellars carved straight into the region's tuffeau limestone.
Louis Terral, vigneron at Domaine Louis Terral in Mérignat, Bugey
Bugey 2 min read
Louis Terral
Louis Terral is the only still-wine producer in the village of Mérignat, farming 2.2 biodynamic hectares of Gamay and Chardonnay in the mountains of Bugey with a pickaxe, no inputs, and no sulfur additions whatsoever.
Sauro Maule standing next to a stainless steel tank in his winery, giving a thumbs up
Italy 3 min read
Sauro Maule
Sauro Maule tends his family's converted cattle farm in the Colli Berici, coaxing expressive wines from Garganega, Durella, and Tai Rosso with zero added chemicals and very little sulfur.
Portrait of winemaker at Amarone della Valpolicella winery, showcasing natural wine from Veneto, Italy in B&W dithered style.
Amarone della valpolicella 1 min read
Amarone della Valpolicella DOCG
Amarone della Valpolicella is one of the big Italian red wines. Amarone was born as a blend of three grape varietals indigenous to the Valpolicella area, Corvina, Rondinella, and...