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.

G.D. Vajra — natural wine producer
Barolo 2 min read
G.D. Vajra
From the high village of Vergne above Barolo, a family that embraced organic farming in the early 1970s makes some of Piedmont's most elegant, perfumed, high-altitude Nebbiolo.
So Far Out — natural wine producer
California 2 min read
So Far Out
Andrew Jones of Field Recordings teamed with an organic Central Coast grower and an LA wine veteran to make easygoing, sustainable California wine that does not cost the earth.
Cyriaque Rozier of Château Fontanès in the vineyard at Pic Saint-Loup, Languedoc
Biodynamic 2 min read
Les Traverses de Fontanes
Cyriaque Rozier farms 4.5 hectares of biodynamic vines on ancient Roman terraces at Pic Saint-Loup, producing structured, terroir-driven wines that defy the appellation's grape restrictions.
Italy 2 min read
Tanca Nica
On the volcanic island of Pantelleria, 55 miles from Tunisia, Francesco Ferreri and Nicoletta Pecorelli farm 3.5 hectares of ancient Zibibbo vines by hand, making biodynamic wines from one of the most demanding and beautiful terroirs in Italy.
Brothers Cyril and Fabien Boisard of Domaine du Mortier walking in their vineyard
Cabernet franc 2 min read
Domaine du Mortier
Self-taught brothers Cyril and Fabien Boisard turned a teenage fascination into one of Saint-Nicolas-de-Bourgueil's pioneering natural-wine estates.
Gareth and Rainbo Belton of Gentle Folk standing with their child in their Basket Range vineyard
Adelaide hills 2 min read
Gentle Folk
Two marine scientists traded the study of seaweed for the soils of Basket Range, building one of the Adelaide Hills' most beloved natural wine labels.
Three men of the Parera family standing among the vines at Finca Parera in Penedes
Penedes 2 min read
Finca Parera
A third-generation Penedes farm where Ruben Parera turned 22 hectares of biodynamic vines, vegetables and cherries into one of Catalonia's most thoughtful natural wine estates.
Bajola di Alice — natural wine producer
Campania 2 min read
Bajola di Alice
On the volcanic island of Ischia, a former actress vinifies under one hectare of terraced vines in ancient rainwater cisterns, with no added sulfites and barely three thousand bottles a year.
Dieter Cronje winemaker of Riding Monkey inside a fermentation tank at Presqu'ile Winery in California
Producer profile 3 min read
Riding Monkey + Baire Wines
Riding Monkey + Baire Wines represents the crossover between Dieter Cronje's California natural wine project and Baire Wines, a Los Angeles-based importer founded by Basti and Claire, bringing Riding Monkey into their curated portfolio of organic and biodynamic European and California wines.
Juliane and Jean-Gabriel Tridon inspecting vines at Domaine Les Hautes Noelles near Nantes
France 2 min read
Domaine Les Hautes Noelles
A Côtes de Grandlieu estate, the first organic domaine in the Pays de Retz, where Juliane and Jean-Gabriel Tridon now craft mineral Muscadet and Gros Plant near Nantes.
Antonello Rovellotti, winemaker and owner of Rovellotti in Ghemme, standing in the cellar among wine bottles
Italy 3 min read
Rovellotti
The Rovellotti family has made wine inside Ghemme's 10th-century fortified walls since the 15th century, crafting age-worthy Nebbiolo-based reds from Alto Piemonte with zero-chemical conviction.
Biodynamic 2 min read
Leon Gold
First-generation vigneron Leon Gold farms 18 biodynamic hectares in the steep Gundelsbach valley of Württemberg, making zippy, mineral-driven wines from Trollinger, Riesling, and Sauvignon Blanc on ancient keuper soils.