The Evolution of Les Lunes

California's premier natural farming-winemaking duo, Shaunt Oungoulian & Diego Roig, on the realities of growing their production - and staying in the Bay Area.

Diego Roig and Shaunt Oungoulian in their new cellar in Richmond.

Shaunt Oungoulian and Diego Roig are a pair of UC Davis alums who trained with marquee estates of the French natural wine world before founding, in 2014, Les Lunes / Populis Wines an unusual negoçiant winemaking-slash-contract farming service, roughly similar to Philippe Pacalet’s business…