Orange Wine Festival Izola 2012

Wines Which Are Made Just with Grapes

by stasa cafuta Trcek (text & photos)

Where: Manzioli Palace, Izola, Slovenia

When: 20th April, 2012

What: 1st Orange Wine Festival

In Izola was for the first time organized Orange wine festival, in which, were presented forty producers from Slovenia, Italy and Croatia, with white macerated wines. Winemakers who producing so called orange wines do not use chemical synthetic products in the vineyard and in the cellar; allow for spontaneous fermentation without exogenous and selected xeats. They believe wine is made just with grapes.

We tasted wines from:

Batič, Blažič, Brandulin, Clai, Čehovin, Čotar, Dario Prinčič, Emil Tavčar, Fon, Franco Terpin, Gordia, Janko Štekar, JNK, Kabaj, Kelhar, Klabjan, Klinec, Korenika&Moškon, La Castellada, Makovec, Marko Tavčar, Matej Škerlj, Mlečnik, Montanar, Movia, Nando, Paraschos, Podveršič, Radikon, Raspopović, Renčel, Rojac, Roxanich, Slavček, Steras, Škerk, Štemberger, Šumenjak, Urbajs, Vodopivec in Zidarich.

My TOP

• • Malvazija 2009, dry, Pietra (Marko Tavčar), Kras

  • Chardonnay 2005,dry, Nando, Brda

  • Rebula 2007, dry, Slavček, Vipavska dolina