Italy · 5 days · 6–10 people
Friuli and Collio: orange wine at the border
Five days from Trieste with sommelier Dante Minutello: a small-group wine tour of Friuli's Collio and Carso, amber Ribolla in Oslavia, Vitovska and osmize.
Topics
Orange-Wine
Tours
Winemaker stories
Austria · Styria NaturalBiodynamic
Sepp and Maria Muster and the Opok above Leutschach
Sepp and Maria Muster, Leutschach, Styria, Austria: Demeter vines on Opok, Gräfin and Erde on skins, and the Schmecke das Leben farms on a private wine tour.
Czechia · Znojmo Biodynamic
Petr Nejedlík and the qvevri buried near Znojmo
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Italy · Friuli Natural
Saša Radikon and the slow Ribolla of Oslavia
Radikon in Oslavia, Collio, Friuli, Italy: Ribolla Gialla months on its skins, years in old oak, half-litre bottles, and the winemaker son who keeps the pace.
Italy · Friuli Natural
Joško Gravner and the qvevri of Oslavia
Gravner in Oslavia, Friuli Collio, Italy: Ribolla Gialla six months on skins in Georgian qvevri, six years in botti, and a winemaker who lets time do the work.
Wine knowledge
orange-wine · skin-contact
Orange wine: skin contact explained without the hype
Orange wine is white wine fermented on its skins. How the method works, how Kakheti in Georgia and Oslavia in Friuli, Italy do it, and how to drink it well.
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