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  • Haywire wines at Raw Fair London 2018

    Haywire is Okanagan’s free form gem

    Simon J Woolf    

    Haywire produce some of Canada’s very best orange wines, not bad for what started as a retirement project.

  • Giorgi and Soso Natenadze - Raw Fair London 2018

    Really wild wines from Giorgi Natenadze

    Simon J Woolf    

    Some wines really are unique. Giorgi Natenadze’s are made from wild vines growing in mountain forests, some up to 400 years old. They taste quite otherwordly.

  • Anne Sperling in the Southbrook vineyards

    Sterling stuff from Sperling & Southbrook vineyards

    Simon J Woolf    

    Simon discovers two very fine orange wines made by Canadian winegrower Ann Sperling, who also happens to have spearheaded one of the world’s first official quality classifications for orange wine.

  • Craven Wines - Clairette Blanche 2016

    Craven prove that Clairette needs skin

    Simon J Woolf    

    Mick & Jeanine Craven are leading the charge for experimentation in Stellenbosch, and their efforts are paying off with some superb skin fermented Clairette and Pinot Gris.

  • The Hermit Ram - Müller-Thurgau Skin Fermented 2017

    The Hermit Ram – wild beast of Canterbury

    Simon J Woolf    

    Theo Coles makes naked, stripped down wines in Canterbury, New Zealand which use skin fermentation to achieve magical ends.

  • Krš Orange 2015 (Vinarija Skegro)

    Impossible orange wine from Vinarija Škegro

    Simon J Woolf    

    Bosnia’s Vinarija Škegro have an orange surprise up their sleeves, and it’s a lot more delicious than Simon ever suspected.

  • Rodrigo Filipe - Humus

    Cool climate curtimenta from Humus

    Simon J Woolf    

    Rodrigo Filipe (Humus) has come up with a strange way to make his curtimenta (skin fermented white wine), but it’s an unqualified success.

  • Channing Daughters - Ribolla Gialla 2015

    Channing Daughters’ Long Island Ribolla Gialla

    Simon J Woolf    

    Ribolla Gialla isn’t a grape variety you find much in the US, but this skin fermented example from Channing Daughters in Long Island is a convincing effort.

  • Skerlj Vitovska

    Matej Skerlj shows the elegance of Vitovska

    Simon J Woolf    

    The wonderful skin macerated Vitovska from Skerlj isn’t just a great wine, it’s also a demonstration of how different this region is from its Friuli-Venezia-Giulia neighbours.

  • Sister Maria Grazia in the vineyard 12.03.11 (Photo courtesy Rosenthal Wine Merchant)

    Another religious experience – Coenobium Ruscum

    Simon J Woolf    

    Religious orders are always good for tasty, traditionally made beverages. Simon reviews the latest vintage of Coenobium from the Cistercian nuns at Vitorchiano.

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