Natural Wine Producers: Working With Nature

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.

A San Luis Obispo native uses ocean-cooled coastal sites to craft tiny lots of wild-fermented Pinot Noir and Syrah.

Twelve kilometers from Slovenia, the Bastiani family farms 18 organic hectares in Collio, where the Aransat orange wine bridges tradition and modernity.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Brooklyn-based fermented tea studio making non-alcoholic, effervescent beverages from high-quality teas using the chemistry and craft of natural fermentation.

A former Burgundy courtier turned all-natural vigneron, Frédéric Cossard built Domaine de Chassorney and a négociant house on horse-plowed, sulfur-free Burgundy.

Pierpaolo Messina farms 30 hectares of biodynamic vineyards in Noto's Contrada Buonivini, producing parcel-by-parcel Nero d'Avola and Moscato Bianco that redefine southeastern Sicily.

A Demeter-certified biodynamic family estate on the Dordogne hillsides of Saussignac, making pure-fruited Bergerac reds and whites.

A family-run Baja California estate reviving century-old, own-rooted vines and heirloom grapes like Mision, making zero-makeup natural wines that put Mexico on the map.