Nicolas Renard

Now in his sixties, Nicolas Renard is one of the natural wine movement’s quiet godfathers. All his vineyards are tended in an organic and natural way, and his wines are slow fermentations that often take more than half a decade to finish. Sulfites, finings, and filtrations are not used with any of his wines. Nicolas and his wines are famous in the Japanese underground natural wine market and his production levels are no more than a few hundred cases per year.