Winemaker Giulio Armani of both La Stoppa and this project, Denavolo, is a master of native Emilia-Romagna grapes. He sets the standard for what I want all orange wines to taste like. Catavela has citrus notes like lemon and orange...

80/20 refers to the blend of Palomino from two different sites: 80% from the Pago de Forlong, and 20% from the Pago de Bilbaina Alta. The wine ferments in clay tinajas where it is simultaneously macerated with the leftover Pedro...

"Our orange wine is a dry macerated Muscat Petits Grains (3 to 4 weeks) which combines the notes of Earl Gray tea, orange blossom and apricot. Perfect with roasted squash or mushrooms accompanied by smoked bacon. Very interesting with an...

This is an orange wine made of 100% Viognier, which sees two and a half weeks of semi-carbonic maceration followed by about six months in neutral French oak. The color is that of a hazy sunset, with peach fruit and...

Peaux a Peaux is a special bottling of Chenin Blanc from the Jousset's estate vineyards and employing short maceration with the skins. 

As fasctinating as it is delicious, the 'Macération de Menu Pineau' was Lise and Bertrand's first foray into the 'orange wine' (skin contact) category. Originally taking the obscure Menu Pineau grape and letting the juice and skins sit together for...

'KM 510' is a collaboration of six hands, including those of Lise and Bertrand Jousset and their friend and winemaker Sébastien Fezas from Gascogne. The name is a reference to the distance between the Jousset's home in Montlouis-sur-Loire and Sébastien's...

Goyo Garcia Viadero is making natural wines in Ribera del Duero with his wife Diana Semova Geogieva. They farm high altitude plots of old vines, vinify in a traditional and low-intervention fashion with indigenous yeasts and without sulfur additions, and...

This fascinating wine is made from 100+ year-old vines of (80%) Albillo Mayor and (20%) Malvasia. The grapes are harvested by hand, destemmed, and pressed into stainless steel tanks, where the juice is left to macerate on the skins for...

A blend of local grapes Azal and Avesso, with extended skin contact, giving this wine a light amber hue and subtle structure and texture. Great on its own or with a variety of snacks and appetizers. 

Barig is a blend of Gruner Veltliner and Roter Veltliner, with a short period of skin contact, yielding a tasty and very fresh, zippy wine. A great introduction to the world of skin contact wines, and certainly just an introduction,...