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Orange Wine, Or How MAR Lost the Skin-Contact War

Published Date: August 20, 2019
Episode: 30

Adam and MAR drink Alessandro Viola’s ‘Sinfonia di Grillo’ while talking about one of the natural wine world’s brightest stars: Orange wine. They’ll take you through how it’s made, what gives it that bright orange color, and how MAR’s campaign to call it ‘skin-contact’ has pretty much failed.

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Orange Wine, Or How MAR Lost the Skin-Contact War

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