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  • Father Gerasim pours the 2010 vintage (Nov 2012)

    The fleeting joy of an Alaverdi Monastery Kisi

    Simon J Woolf   

    Simon reminisces about a special visit to Alaverdi Monastery, and how he finally proved just how well Alaverdi Monastery Kisi 2010 can age.

  • Soellner Irden

    Earthly pleasures of Soellner Irden Roter Veltliner

    Simon J Woolf   

    Simon reviews Soellner Irden Roter Veltliner, a charming and deft orange wine from Wagram, Austria. And we introduce a special offer for Morning Claret readers!

  • Roberto Henriquez at Les Penitentes, Angers, Feb 2019

    Roberto Henriquez revives Chile’s pipeño tradition

    Simon J Woolf   

    Simon discovers Chile’s ancient pipeño tradition – a South American orange wine style – and one of its modern-day champions, Roberto Henriquez

  • Gernot Heinrich - Graue Freyheit 2016

    Freedom at scale – Heinrich Graue Freyheit

    Simon J Woolf   

    Anyone who thinks that larger wineries can’t do quality, or show a serious commitment to sustainable, minimal-intervention production methods, should check out the wines from Gernot and Heike Heinrich in Burgenland, Austria. Simon takes a spin through their skin contact range.

  • Casè labels

    Cosi Casè – a capricious Malvasia di Candia

    Simon J Woolf   

    Every week, Simon selects an orange wine (a white wine made with extended skin contact) that grabbed his attention. View the whole series here. When I first discovered the macerated monolith that is La Stoppa’s Ageno, I made the assumption that it was a bit of a one-off. Like so many assumptions, it turned out to be completely

  • Anna Addison and her bottles

    A tale of two Georgias: Nine Oaks Estate

    Simon J Woolf   

    Nine oaks is a newly created vineyard and winery in Kakheti Georgia. Despite not having any qvevris when they made their first vintage in 2016, the results are authentic and impressive.

  • Various Gravner vintages

    Celebrating The Amber Revolution with a Gravner vertical

    Simon J Woolf   

    Simon is lucky enough to taste an incredible vertical of Gravner’s wines, during a celebratory weekend as his book Amber Revolution launches in Europe

  • Vodopivec Vitovska 2014

    Vodopivec, a perfect expression of Vitovska

    Simon J Woolf   

    “The first problem for wine producers is not oedium, it’s ego”, states Paolo Vodopivec disarmingly. He concludes “I don’t want my ego in my wines”. Simon discoves what this means, and why Vodopivec hates being associated with the orange wine scene.

  • Biohof Herrgott - Sofrei Gelb 2015

    Herrgott’s orange beauty – Sofrei Gelb

    Simon J Woolf   

    Every week, Simon selects an orange wine (a white wine made with extended skin contact) that grabbed his attention. View the whole series here. Christian Strohmeier isn’t directly related to the rather more well known Franz Strohmeier but just to add to the confusion, the two winemakers live not only in the same Austrian wine region (Western Styria) but

  • Angiolino Maule in the cellar, June 2018

    Ceci n’est pas un orange – La Biancara Pico

    Simon J Woolf   

    Simon tries to understand what Angiolino Maule means when he says he doesn’t like orange wine.

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