A religious experience – Ruth Lewandowski Chilion
Simon encounters a gender bending orange wine from the Ruth Lewandowski estate in Utah, USA. And it’s probably good for your soul too!
Wines of the cosmos – Zorjan
Simon gets to grips with the cosmic properties of Zorjan’s excellent amphora-fermented wines
What dreams are made of – Le Vignoble du Rêveur
Simon is super impressed with Mathieu Deiss’s newish solo project Le Vignoble du Rêveur – and in particular three skin macerated white wines.
Supermarket surprise – Hofer Orange 2017
Austrian supermarket chain Hofer (AKA Aldi) isn’t the first place one expects to find an orange wine for sale. But Waldherr’s “Orange” Sauvignon Blanc 2017 was on the shelves in December.
¡Ay caramba! Mexican vin de soif from Bichi Wines
One week of drinking (soy) milk with dinner and one day after I saw the bottle of bourbon-barrel Mondavi in the fridge, it was time to get the hell out of what – if you’re the volatile lookin’, gun n’ cuffs Read more
Eymann Gewürztraminer MDG #3
Almost every week, Simon selects an orange wine (a white wine made with extended skin contact) that grabbed his attention. View the whole series here. Germany isn’t a country that’s taken quickly to the orange wine trend. Compared to neighbouring Austria, which has Read more