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.

California 2 min read
Wavy Wines
Sparked by a birthday spent tasting natural wine around the world, two Angelenos built a brand around piquette and breezy summer bottlings made to be drunk young.
Pierre Baltenweck harvesting in the vineyard at Domaine de Dauliac in Cahors
Cahors 1 min read
Domaine de Dauliac
A ninth-generation Cahors estate in Luzech where young Pierre Baltenweck farms biodynamically and makes supple, juicy Malbec.
Jot Camps, winemaker at Masia de la Roqua, Olivella, Catalonia
Catalonia 2 min read
Masia de la Roqua
Jot Camps tends ancient vines on the calcareous heights of the Massís del Garraf above Barcelona, producing small-batch natural wines from Ull de Llebre, Macabeu, Xarello, and other indigenous Catalan varieties on soils that date back to the twelfth century.
Black and white portrait of Maurizio Ferraro, Italian natural winemaker from Piedmont, featured in "Vinocinghialo" article.
Italian wine 5 min read
Maurizio Ferraro "Vinocinghialo"
Born within the impenetrable compounds where obscure vinnaturist secret societies have their quasi-mystical rendezvous, the mantra “vinocinghialo” - which can be translated as “wild…
Andi Knauss of Weingut Knauss in Strümpfelbach, Württemberg, Germany
Germany 3 min read
La Boutanche A. Knauss
Fourth-generation Andi Knauss farms 15 hectares in Strümpfelbach, Württemberg by instinct and organic conviction, making natural Riesling, Trollinger, and Pinot Noir for the La Boutanche collaboration.
Person enjoying natural wine at Podere Pradarolo vineyard in Emilia-Romagna, Italy, celebrating the vineyard lifestyle.
Emilia-romagna 3 min read
Podere Pradarolo | Emilia-Romagna Mon Amour
Podere Pradarolo is located in Varano de' Melegari in Emilia-Romagna, Northern Italy. The estate spans over 60 hectares, with only 5 hectares dedicated to…
Adelina Molettieri — natural wine producer
Aglianico 2 min read
Adelina Molettieri
Aglianico vines that survived phylloxera on their own roots anchor a tiny organic estate above Montemarano, now made by young hands trained at a pioneering natural cellar.
Baptiste Cousin in a stone cellar holding a glass of wine up to examine it
Anjou 2 min read
Le Batossay
Baptiste Cousin farms 4.5 hectares in Anjou with horses and old-vine intuition, making zero-sulfur natural wines that carry the spirit of his father Olivier Cousin's legendary natural-wine legacy into a new generation.
France 2 min read
Zélige-Caravent
Luc and Marie Michel farm 12 biodynamic hectares across 22 garrigue-edged parcels in Pic Saint Loup, vinifying each plot separately to capture the diversity of Languedoc limestone.
Emilia-romagna 2 min read
La Poiesa
Roberto Cristi returned to his family's Piacenza farm in 2009 and opened La Poiesa in 2013, producing zero-intervention pét-nats and still wines from Ortrugo, Malvasia, and Barbera on organic Emilian clay.
Progetto Sete vineyard in Lazio, Italy, showcasing natural wine enthusiasts enjoying the vineyard lifestyle.
Italian wine 3 min read
Progetto Sete | Natural Wine Made by Beer Lovers
Sete in Italian means “thirst.” Sete boys’ sacred mission is precisely to quench our unending and ever-growing thirst for living, vibrant, fearless wines that…
The Kelhar family of Keltis among the vines in Bizeljsko, Slovenia
Bizeljsko 2 min read
Keltis
The Kelhar family of Bizeljsko, Slovenia, with roots back to 1776, farm five hectares organically and biodynamically, making macerated and sparkling natural wines.