amphora

Wines made in clay, amphora or qvevri

Bosman family wines with skin contact
amphora, Around South Africa in 80 wines, grape varieties, Grenache Blanc, Hemel-en-Aarde Valley, Pinot gris/grigio, South Africa, Wellington, Wine, wine regions

Bosman Family wines with skin contact: from pink to orange

Look at the colours of these wines. To the right is a skin contact pinot gris and the left a full-on and delicious orange wine. Ignore the moth that snuck into the picture. I’m back in the Hemel-en-Aarde valley (Heaven and Earth valley) at the 8th generation Bosman Family Vineyards. They have been on the land since 1798 working the vineyards founded by a Huguenot in 1699. For the uninitiated orange wine isn’t made of citrus. It describes the colour […]