Organic, biodynamic, natural and vegan winemaking: the estates that farm and make wine with less.
47 regions · 12 countries
Region by region
Biodynamic in every region
France 10 regions
AlsaceRiesling, Gewurztraminer and 51 Grands Crus on the Vosges flank
BeaujolaisTen granite crus, one grape, a natural-wine revolution
BordeauxLeft Bank gravels, Right Bank clay, one top-tier appellation
BurgundyOne thousand climats of Pinot Noir and Chardonnay
ChampagneThe chalk cellars and Grand Cru villages of the world's benchmark sparkling wine
JuraVin jaune under a yeast veil, on 80 km of Jurassic marl
LanguedocCarignan, Grenache, Syrah, Mourvedre, Picpoul and Mauzac across the garrigue from Narbonne to the Cevennes
Loire ValleySauvignon, Chenin, Cabernet Franc and Melon across one thousand kilometres of river
ProvenceMourvedre, Grenache, Cinsault, Rolle and Tibouren across the Mediterranean garrigue from the Rhone delta to the Italian border
Rhone ValleySyrah, Viognier and Grenache across two hundred kilometres of the Rhone
Italy 10 regions
AbruzzoMontepulciano, Cerasuolo and the hills below the Gran Sasso
Alto AdigeAlpine whites, native reds, bilingual cellars between the Dolomites and the Adige
FranciacortaTraditional-method sparkling DOCG from 1995, born in 1961 at Berlucchi, anchored at Erbusco
Friuli-Venezia GiuliaItaly's white-wine north-east plus the birthplace of modern orange wine at Oslavia
PiedmontNebbiolo kings, Barbera workhorses, fog over the Langhe hills
SicilyVolcano, sea wind, and native varieties that change with every contrada
TuscanySangiovese hills, Super Tuscan coasts, one indelible terroir
UmbriaSagrantino's hill towns, Orvieto's tufa cellars, one landlocked green heart
ValpolicellaCorvina, drying lofts and the making of Amarone
VenetoAmarone hills, Prosecco ridges, the full arc of Italian wine
Spain 7 regions
BierzoOld-vine Mencía, slate slopes, village wines
Jerez & SherryTwo DOs, three towns, one chalky terroir, flor yeast
PenedesCava's home, Xarel-lo's homeland, and the splinter that became Corpinnat
PrioratGarnacha, slate and the five pioneers who changed Spanish wine
Ribera del DueroTinto Fino on the Castilian plateau, from cooperative roots to cult-wine gravity
RiojaTempranillo, oak and the Ebro across three sub-zones
Rías BaixasAtlantic Albariño, granite pergolas, five rías
Germany 6 regions
BadenSpaetburgunder heartland on volcanic soil, Gutedel in the Markgraeflerland, Riesling on the Ortenau's granite
FrankenBone-dry Silvaner in the Bocksbeutel, from Wuerzburg's Stein to the Steigerwald's gypsum keuper
MoselRiesling on slate, from feather-light Kabinett to noble Trockenbeerenauslese
PfalzRiesling on basalt and limestone in the Mittelhaardt, Pinot Noir and Weissburgunder on the Sudliche Weinstrasse
RheingauRiesling on quartzite and loess from Hochheim to Lorch, Spätburgunder on red slate at Assmannshausen
RheinhessenRiesling on Wonnegau limestone, Silvaner on rolling hills and Roter Hang red slate above the Rhine
Portugal 4 regions
Greece 3 regions
Austria 2 regions
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Beaujolais
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Photo credits
- Abruzzo: Photo by maury3001, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0
- Alentejo: Photo by Antonio Araujo on Unsplash
- Alsace: Photo by Adam Baker on Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0
- Alto Adige: Photo by Hubert Berberich on Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Baden: Photo by Hanna Schwichtenberg on Unsplash
- Beaujolais: Photo by Jameson Fink on Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0
- Bierzo: Photo by malditofriki on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0)
- Bordeaux: Photo by Angell Guillén on Unsplash
- Brda: Photo by neiljs on Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0
- Burgenland: Photo by Christian Holzinger on Unsplash
- Burgundy: Photo by Ile-de-re on Wikimedia Commons, Public domain
- Champagne: Photo by Pline on Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Douro Valley: Photo by Maksym Kaharlytskyi on Unsplash
- Dão: Photo by Vitor Oliveira on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 2.0)
- Franciacorta: Photo by paola capelletto on Unsplash
- Franken: Photo by Kaffeebart on Unsplash
- Friuli-Venezia Giulia: Photo by Cookligan on Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Istria: Photo by Lothar Boris Piltz on Unsplash
- Jerez & Sherry: Photo by El Pantera on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0)
- Jura: Photo by Mpmpmp on Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Kakheti: Photo by Vladimir Pankratov on Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Languedoc: Photo by Hakon Grimstad on Unsplash
- Loire Valley: Photo by Sue Winston on Unsplash
- Mosel: Photo by Matthew on Unsplash
- Naoussa: Photo by Osenji on Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Nemea: Photo by ulrichstill on Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0 DE
- Penedes: Photo by Aleix Ventayol on Unsplash
- Pfalz: Photo by Bernd Dittrich on Unsplash
- Piedmont: Photo by David Salamanca on Unsplash
- Priorat: Photo by Juan Emilio Prades Bel, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Provence: Photo by le Sixieme Reve on Unsplash
- Rheingau: Photo by Joshua Kettle on Unsplash
- Rheinhessen: Photo via Unsplash
- Rhone Valley: Photo by Everett Harper on Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0
- Ribera del Duero: Photo by Matthieu Joannon on Unsplash
- Rioja: Photo by Emilio Garcia, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Rías Baixas: Photo by José Luis Filpo Cabana on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 3.0)
- Santorini: Photo by Treephoto on Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Sicily: Photo by Bernd Dittrich on Unsplash
- Sussex: Photo by Ian Hawfinch, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0
- Tuscany: Photo by Johny Goerend on Unsplash
- Umbria: Photo by Umbria Lovers, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
- Valais: Photo by Daniel R. on Unsplash
- Valpolicella: Photo by Aaron Epstein on Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 2.0
- Veneto: Photo by Patafisik on Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Vinho Verde: Photo by alexandra vale on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY 2.0)
- Wachau: Photo by Svitlana on Unsplash