Special events in #vinitalyspecialedition2021. One of the most interesting masterclasses was in the first day 17th Oct. “Orange wine festival @Verona Masteclass. ”Between the wineries where we tasted in tasting room 3, hall 5 was @chatzivariti_winery with the orange wine miNimus 2019, which left an excellent impression. The speakers were: Toni Gomiscek journalist and Prinoz Lavrencic the owner of Burja family vineyard estate from Slovenia.

Over the past decade the festival in Izola (Slovenia) and Vienna (Austria) has followed and generated the development and growing interest in orange wines. Along with Georgia, the ancestral home of wines, the northern Adriatic is one of the most important areas of wine production. A dozen orange wines from important producer countries  presented at the Orange Wine Festival @Verona Masterclass. The Masterclass also outlined trends in production in this niche of winemaking, that were both an important indicator for sustainable production as well as for attracting new wine lovers who are committed to sustainable wines. 

Chatzivaritis (Greece) Ni (miNimus) 2019

After studying oenology in France and Portugal, Chloi Chatzivariti returned to Greece, where on the family estate she continues the work of her father Vangelis and mother Olga. They long ago opted for organic cultivation, but the young winemaker also brought a low-intervention approach in the winery.

Location: Goumenissa Wine district: Kilkis Wine region: Macedonia Owner: Chloi Chatzivaryti and Olga Iakovidou Size: 20 ha Vineyard height above sea level: 300 m Soil: Light textured sandy-clay soil Vineyard exposure: S Certificate: organic.

Ni (miNimus) Vintage: 2019 Alc. by vol.: 12,5 % Variety: 100% Malagousia Vine training system: double cordon Maceration: 30 days Maturation: 4 months in old oak barrels, 6 months in the bottle Filtration: no Date bottled: 26. February 2020 Number of bottles: 2.000 Total SO2 : 30 mg/l

Read here infos about the rest wines:

https://liveshop.vinitaly.com/media/ndmnc5kj/katalog_owf_verona_small.pdf