Work in progress: Rossidi Orange 2015

Rossidi winery is the brainchild of Edward and Rosie Kourian, who make wine together with their friend and consultant winemaker Peter Georgiev. Rossidi are one of a very few producers in Bulgaria who are daring, playful and savvy about what 21st century c

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

There's an ongoing discussion (sometimes on this blog) about whether the term "orange" will ever catch on as a mainstream idea. Over the last 24 months or so, I've seen winemakers in various corners of the globe take matters into their own hands. Yes, producers are now making wine and putting "orange" in the label, just as they would put "white", "red" or "rosé". Exhibit A is a very young wine from a young winery in Thrace - almost certainly Bulgaria's first proper orange wine.

Rossidi winery is the brainchild of Edward and Rosie Kourian, who make wine together with their friend and consultant winemaker Peter Georgiev. Rossidi are one of a new crop of Bulgarian producers who are daring, playful and savvy about what 21st century consumers might like - Eddie's character runs through everything from his self-confessed "extravagant" satorial styl…