Austrian wine gets a tan: Diwald's orange Grüner Veltliner and more

A little round up of four new Austrian orange wines.

Interest in skin maceration as something more than a madcap hipster phenomenon seems to be peaking. In the last week, I've tasted the UK's first orange wine (see my review here) and no less than four examples of the genre that randomly appeared on producer's tables at a major tasting of Austrian wines in London.

One of the most enjoyable moments of that tasting was finally meeting Martin Diwald, a personable and laidback chap who produces superb white wines in Wagram (East along the Danube from Wachau). His Grüner Veltliner and Frühroter Veltliner have been favourites in my fridge door for some time now (they're easily available in the Netherlands, although not yet in the UK).

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