Don't Take It Too Seriously
From NYC to London to Mallorca — Charlie Prymaka spent a decade in wine, twice a year packing up to work harvest somewhere new. Now settled in Santa Margalida, he makes Jugo Vins: fresh, glou-glou natural wines from indigenous varieties and old Syrah/Moscatell. With partner Lauren Duttenhofer and their corgi Bao.
From Les Caves to the Vine
Charlie Prymaka's wine journey spans over a decade across three continents. He cut his teeth working in wine in New York City and London — including time as a representative for the legendary Les Caves de Pyrene, one of Europe's most influential natural wine importers. But Charlie wasn't content to just sell wine; twice a year, he packed his bags and went to work harvest somewhere new.
His vintage resume reads like a natural wine lover's dream: working with Evan Lewandowski at Ruth Lewandowski Wines in the United States, Scott Frank at Bow & Arrow Wines on the West Coast, plus stints in Australia and across Spain. These experiences shaped his approach — hands-on, low-intervention, and deeply collaborative.
"Charlie packed up and did a vintage somewhere... After vintages in the US, Australia and Spain; he settled in Mallorca."
— On the nomadic years
Learning from Cati Ribot
In 2019, Charlie made the move to Mallorca to work with Cati Ribot at her cellar in Santa Margalida. It was a pivotal collaboration — Charlie brought experience from the US West Coast natural wine scene, while Cati offered deep knowledge of Mallorcan indigenous varieties and the island's unique terroir.
Together, they transformed the bodega. They replaced large conventional tanks with smaller vessels suited to natural winemaking, brought in new ceramic tinajas, and worked side by side on everything from fermentation experiments to vineyard management. The collaboration was so successful that it grew — soon Eloi Cedó (Chato Paquita) and Jaume Prats joined them at Bodega Galmés i Ribot, creating a vibrant hub of Mallorquin natural winemaking.
Charlie's time with Evan Lewandowski (Ruth Lewandowski) and Scott Frank (Bow & Arrow) on the US West Coast shaped his approach to natural fermentation and minimal sulfur. You can taste this influence in Jugo Vins' glou-glou style.
Working daily alongside Cati Ribot, Charlie absorbed deep knowledge of indigenous varieties like Mantonegro, Callet, Escursac, and Giró Ros — grapes perfectly suited to the island's hot, dry Mediterranean climate.
"Their collaboration was a great success, and, by chance, it started to grow... Cati's bodega is a collaborative workshop, the home base of four hardworking, innovative winemakers."
— On the Santa Margalida collective
Wines for Whenever
Founded in 2020 with partner Lauren Duttenhofer, Jugo Vins represents a new generation of Mallorcan winemaking — one that doesn't take itself too seriously. The name says it all: "Jugo" means juice, and that's what these wines are. Fresh, energetic, and made for drinking, not pondering.
Charlie works with organic farmers across Mallorca, sourcing indigenous varieties from young vineyards and older plantings of Syrah and Moscatell. The goal is always the same: fresh, vin de soif style natural wines with no additions that can be drunk whenever — with food or without, on a Tuesday night or at a beach picnic.
🐶 Meet Bao
When you visit Charlie and Lauren's wine shop CAV. in Palma, you might just meet their adorable corgi, Bao — the unofficial mascot of Jugo Vins and the best greeter in the natural wine world.
The winemaking is intentionally straightforward: organic grapes, native yeast fermentation, no fining or filtering, low to no sulfur. But within that simplicity, there's room for play — carbonic maceration experiments, foot-treading, and blending decisions made by taste rather than tradition.
A Shop in Palma
In 2021, Charlie and Lauren opened CAV. — a natural wine shop in the heart of Palma de Mallorca. More than just retail, CAV. is a hub for the island's growing natural wine community, stocking not only Jugo Vins but selections from like-minded producers across Spain and beyond.
Through CAV., Charlie imports and distributes wines from The Terroirs Project — small Spanish growers making expressive, minimal-intervention wines. Look for Caminando, Gre2, El Pinto, and Abrazos — authentic wines that feel alive in the glass.
CAV. serves as a gathering place for Mallorca's natural wine scene — hosting tastings, building relationships with restaurants and wine bars, and introducing locals and visitors to low-intervention wines from across the island and the world.
The Jugo Wines
All wines are made with organic grapes, native yeast fermentation, no fining, and no filtering. Sulfur is kept to a minimum or eliminated entirely. These are "bottled Mallorcan sunshine" — aromatic, energetic, and designed for casual enjoyment.