Trend for English ‘orange’ wine growing 29th October, 2015 by Lucy Shaw A trend is developing in England for “orange” wine production with two skin contact wines made from white grape Bacchus due to come onto the market. Chapel Down in Kent made 1,000 litres of skin contact Bacchus for the first time last year. The wine was fermented on its skins for a week using wild yeast and aged in oak for nine months. Wine consultancy and contract winemaker Litmus Wines has also jumped on the orange wine bandwagon with an own-label skin contact Bacchus. The company is aiming to raise the quality of English still wines via careful fruit selection, minimum intervention and extended ageing in barrel. As part of the project, five tonnes of “well ripened” Bacchus from Kent was macerated and fermented on its skins. “The beauty of working in a larger winery is that we are able to take risks. The wine looks good, aromas of quince and matchsticks have replaced the typical Bacchus characteristics of nettle and herby notes,” said Litmus’ director and chief winemaker John Worontschak.

“The palate is also very promising with a bitter pithy peach character, a fleshy, rounded mouthfeel and firm tannins. We’re excited for its potential as it has surpassed our expectations,” he added. Around 4,000 bottles of Litmus Orange Bacchus are expected to go on sale. Widespread until the 1960s in Italy, orange wines, so called due to the colour extracted from the skins, had largely disappeared until recently but are back in fashion again. Subscribe to our newsletters Ornellaia collection makes $112,500 in NYC Week in Photos: Hong Kong The week in pictures Penfolds Grange leads Barossa Wine Chapters Auction ‘Rosé all day’ wine brand launched Dry whites will save sweet Sauternes Farmacy launches cannabis cocktails Power can be as dangerous as gin warns Pope Single Malt exports surpass £1billion for first time Bottega Gold wins US Duty Free listing Michael Schuster launches new website TFWA Asia Pacific Exhibition & Conference attracts record exhibitors

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These pips' morphological and ampelographical characteristics were identical to those of vitis vinifera sativa. There are around 1500 different varieties of grapes that are used to make wine. Out of that number, 400 is grown in Georgia and only 38 varieties are officially used for commercial viticulture. Our ServicesCenimex are dedicated to providing exceptional service to all customers, Cenimex will tailor every order to specific customer requirements. Each order is individual; each order is dealt with as a priority.• All queries dealt with quickly and efficiently• A tailored customer service, giving customers what they want exactly how they want it• Customers can order by phone, email, and through ourwebsite either on desktop or mobile platformsLitmus and IOC forge new UK collaborationLitmus Wines has partnered with the Institut Oenologique de Champagne SAS (IOC) to supply IOC goods and services to the UK wine industry. IOC has in many ways pioneered sparkling wine technology and the development of the sparkling wine industry in the UK since the early days.

This collaboration will see the distribution of the […] Read more LITMUS RELEASES LONG AWAITED ENGLISH RED WINELitmus Wines has released the 2014 Litmus Red Pinot. The first Red Pinot released under its label since 2011. Winemaker John Worontschak explains, “We make Red Pinot only when the fruit is of the highest quality and fully ripened. In England that means that it must be an exceptional autumn as in 2011, 2014 and […] Read moreBarossa champion Chris Ringland releases new wines in the UKIconic Australian wine producer Chris Ringland has released new vintages of his super-premium Barossa Shiraz range, plus a brand new entry-level wine named simply ‘CR 2013’ with an RSP of £17.00. This complex, concentrated wine has already won 91 Wine Spectator points and is available from UK distributor Litmus Wines, Noel Young Wines and CRU […] Read moreLitmus Wines: helping to change the face of English wineRichard Siddle of The Buyer helps to decipher the intricacies of Litmus Wines in this nicely written piece.

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