Orange weekly: Ronco Severo - Severo Bianco 2012

I made many discoveries at last Friday's Orange Wines Festival, in gorgeous Izola, Slovenia (full report coming soon) - but none more pleasurable than the wines of Ronco Severo, based in Friuli Colli Orientali. Having twice visited the village of Prepotto

Apr 27, 2015

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Every week, I select an orange wine (a white wine made with extended skin contact) that grabbed my attention. View the whole series here.

Stefano Novello - Ronco Severo, at the Orange wines festival, Izola, 24 April 2015

I made many discoveries at last Friday's Orange Wines Festival, in gorgeous Izola, Slovenia (full report coming soon) - but none more pleasurable than the wines of Ronco Severo, based in Friuli Colli Orientali. Having twice visited the village of Prepotto, where Schioppettino is king, I wondered how I'd managed to miss such a great producer.

Ronco Severo is Stefan Novello, who started on his winemaking journey in 1998. Novello makes a delicious skin macerated Ribolla Gialla, and an aromatic, creamy Friulano, but the pick of the bunch for me was his white blend "Severo Bianco 2012"

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