The Best Natural Wine Wineries
Natural wine — a loose label for wines made with native yeasts, without commercial additions, often with minimal or zero sulphites — has reshaped wine lists in Paris, Tokyo, and Brooklyn since the early 2000s. The movement has roots in several specific geographies; these are the estates that anchor it.
Beaujolais (the original natural wine movement)
The cradle. Jules Chauvet's research in the 1960s and 1970s inspired Marcel Lapierre, Jean Foillard, Guy Breton, and Jean-Paul Thévenet — the "Gang of Four" — to make sulphite-free Gamay from the granite hills of Morgon. Their descendants and disciples now define the appellation.
Jura
Pierre Overnoy, Jean-François Ganevat, and Domaine de la Tournelle in Pupillin/Arbois lead the Jura natural movement; oxidative savagnin and ouillé (topped-up) chardonnay are the signature wines.
Loire
Olivier Cousin (Anjou), Mark Angeli (Coteaux du Layon), Catherine & Pierre Breton (Chinon), Thierry Puzelat (Cheverny), and Nicolas Joly (Savennières) span the Loire natural movement from biodynamic Chenin to no-sulphite Cabernet Franc.
Alsace
Domaine Ostertag, Pierre Frick, and Christian Binner are leading natural-leaning Alsace estates; some skin-fermented Pinot Gris expressions cross into orange wine.
Italy: Etna and beyond
The volcanic Etna slopes — Frank Cornelissen, Vino di Anna, and I Vigneri (Salvo Foti) — are major natural producers. Radikon and Gravner in Friuli pioneered orange wine; La Stoppa in Emilia champions natural Barbera and Trebbiano.
Georgia
The historical natural wine — Qvevri-fermented wines from clay amphorae buried in the ground. Pheasant's Tears, Iago Bitarishvili, Our Wine (Soliko Tsaishvili), and Doremi are reference natural estates.
Australia: the Adelaide Hills
Australia's most active natural wine scene. Lucy Margaux (Anton van Klopper), Jauma (James Erskine), Ochota Barrels, and Commune of Buttons are reference natural producers.
US: California
Donkey & Goat, Scholium Project, and Broc Cellars in California; Day Wines and Statera in Oregon — the New World natural movement leaning Burgundian rather than oxidative.
Explore on the map
Every estate above is on the interactive map. Filter by country and search the producer name; natural wine bars in Paris, Copenhagen, Tokyo, and New York carry many of these labels.