{"id":18455,"date":"2026-08-10T12:58:35","date_gmt":"2026-08-10T12:58:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/natwineaficionados.com\/who-we-are\/"},"modified":"2026-08-10T12:58:36","modified_gmt":"2026-08-10T12:58:36","slug":"who-we-are","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/natwineaficionados.com\/en\/who-we-are\/","title":{"rendered":"Who we are"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Our history, vision and mission<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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Welcome to Natwine Aficionados, where Nature speaks louder than any label. We were born in June2021 with a simple purpose: to bring natural wines, which we already appreciated, within your reach. We startedwith a very short selection, the first producers who generously agreed to collaborate with us, andsince then the project has grown organically, just like the wines we champion. <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Our story<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Natwine Aficionados started small, by choice, not by circumstance. Instead of chasing afterextensive catalogs, we preferred to build direct relationships with those who make the wine, without intermediaries, withoutdistributors in between: we relate personally with each producer who is part of our portfolio.Each one joined by invitation and out of affinity, never for volume. <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Our vision<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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We envision consumers making conscious and informed choices, where natural wine ceases to be arare discovery and becomes an accessible and simple choice for those who seek it.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Our mission<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Our mission is to bring to you, and to anyone who trusts in our portfolio’s aesthetic, wines bornfrom small-scale production, made by those who respect the natural cycles of Nature and reject artificial methods in the winery.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Alberto Fernandes<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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Carlos Veloso<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Our goal<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Our goal is simple: to be the bridge between you and producers whose philosophy is non-negotiable, people who work withsustainable agriculture, far from mass production, attentive to the rhythms of Nature before anycommercial calendar, people who prioritize their values \u200b\u200band principles overeasy commercial profit at any cost.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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We don't have the biggest selection. We have our own.
And we know the name of the person who signs each bottle. <\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Alberto Fernandes<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Our value proposition<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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At Natwine Aficionados, we don’t just sell bottles. We offer a personal curation, based on thephilosophy of natural wine. Each producer we accept into our portfolio shares the sameethical principles, and that, more than any technical sheet, guides us. <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Values \u200b\u200band philosophy<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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We believe in small-scale production and non-mass-produced agriculture. We believe in agricultural productionthat respects natural cycles and observes the rhythms of Nature, instead of forcing them. We believe in time, inrespecting time, whether for producing or savoring wine. We believe in human connections, inhealthy conviviality among people, around wine and food. We believe in the culture and identity thateach natural wine represents, in the sense that the bottle belongs to the place where the grapes were produced. Andwe believe that the philosophy, ethics, and principles of the producers we choose are non-negotiable: it is thisconsistency, not scale, that defines who we are. <\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Our team<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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Behind Natwine Aficionados are Alberto Fernandes and Carlos Veloso, accompanied by adesign team, an IT team, and friends who, in various ways, collaborate with us withoutobligation, shaping this project every day.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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