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.

Eric Narioo, co-founder of Passione Natura, with partner Anna Martens at a wine fair
Abruzzo 3 min read
Passione Natura
Born from a partnership between Eric Narioo and a collective of Abruzzo farmers in 2014, Passione Natura produces biodynamic Montepulciano and Trebbiano from mountain vineyards in one of Italy's most dramatic natural landscapes.
Wolfgang Weber of En Cavale holding a bottle of his California natural wine
California 2 min read
En Cavale
Wolfgang Weber and Chad Westbrook Hinds founded En Cavale in 2017 to re-examine classic West Coast grapes like Sauvignon Blanc and Zinfandel through a natural, affordable lens.
Person enjoying Folicello natural sparkling wine in a scenic Emilia-Romagna vineyard, Italy.
Emilia-romagna 3 min read
Folicello – Natural Sparkling Wine from Emilia-Romagna
Folicello holds a special place at Primal Wine. Folicello wines were amongst the first natural wines we bought for this project. Everybody loves Folicello…
Franz Strohmeier in his West Styrian vineyard, talking about his vines
Austria 2 min read
Strohmeier
Franz and Christine Strohmeier have farmed their steep West Styrian slopes without compromise since 1997, crafting zero-additive wines from Blauer Wildbacher and native varieties at the edge of the Alps.
California 2 min read
Delmore
A San Luis Obispo native uses ocean-cooled coastal sites to craft tiny lots of wild-fermented Pinot Noir and Syrah.
Borgo Savaian — natural wine producer
Friuli 2 min read
Borgo Savaian
Twelve kilometers from Slovenia, the Bastiani family farms 18 organic hectares in Collio, where the Aransat orange wine bridges tradition and modernity.
Axel Prufer of Le Temps des Cerises peering over a fermentation vessel in his Languedoc cellar
Carignan 2 min read
Les Temps des Cerises
German-born Axel Prufer left East Germany for the Languedoc in 2003 and built a domaine of roughly 15 hectares above Beziers, farming granitic soils without systemic sprays and making zero-sulfur wines from Cinsault, Carignan, and Grenache with an easy, glouglou character all his own.
Biodynamic 3 min read
Orsi
Federico Orsi left consulting to run a biodynamic estate in the Colli Bolognesi in 2005, farming 15 hectares of Pignoletto and making unfined, native-yeast wines including a beloved sur-lie sparkler.
Jeff Coutelou, winemaker at Mas Coutelou, Puimisson
Carignan 3 min read
Mas Coutelou
Jean-François 'Jeff' Coutelou farms 14 hectares of ancient vines in Puimisson with certified-organic credentials stretching back to 1987, producing singular Languedoc wines from rare Mediterranean varieties with total commitment to non-intervention.
Meinklang — natural wine producer
Austria 2 min read
Meinklang
On the lowest land in Austria, the Michlits family runs Angus cattle, ancient grains, and vines together as one living Demeter farm spanning the Hungarian border.
New york 2 min read
Unified Ferments
Brooklyn-based fermented tea studio making non-alcoholic, effervescent beverages from high-quality teas using the chemistry and craft of natural fermentation.
Winemaker Frédéric Cossard smiling among the vines in Burgundy
Burgundy 2 min read
Frédéric Cossard
A former Burgundy courtier turned all-natural vigneron, Frédéric Cossard built Domaine de Chassorney and a négociant house on horse-plowed, sulfur-free Burgundy.