Orange Wine


Italian winemakers are among the first to play with a variety of a different hue.

This article, written by John Brunton, appears on The Guardian.

The foodie traveller… drinks orange wine in Italy and Slovenia

You’re familiar with red, white and rosé, but did you know about orange wine? First-time drinkers of it often get a shock. First there’s the colour, that can range from deep amber through satsuma orange to dark pink. Don’t be surprised if it is cloudy: that is par for the course. Then there’s the taste. My first experience was of a sauvignon from Franco Terpin, an artisan winemaker in Friuli, north-east Italy. The process produces intense aromas and complex flavours, and I’d never have guessed it was made with this grape.

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