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The Jug Shop Presents:

SF Natural Wine Week – Italian “Orange” Wines

Orange wines: ". . .an otherwise heterogeneous group of white wines linked together by the technique of leaving freshly crushed juice in contact with the grape skins for a prolonged period." Eric Asimov, New York Times.

As a proud sponsor of SF Natural Wine Week, we'll be hosting one of the most comprehensive (and geeky!) tastings of Italian natural whites. Affectionately known as "orange" wines due to the color resulting from long skin contact, these represent the ultimate in ecologically responsible winemaking and sustainable grape farming. While defining "natural winemaking" has proved somewhat elusive, the following characteristics, in whole or in part, have come to loosely define the category:

- Sustainable, organic or biodynamic farming
- No pesticides, herbicides or other toxic chemicals
- No reserve osmosis or concentrators
- No or low sulfites
- And most importantly, use of ambient or native yeasts

We hope you'll join us for a star-studded line-up of Italian "orange" wines, representing some of the very best Italy has to offer from true masters of sustainable agriculture and natural winemaking.

Featured Wineries

Damijan - Friuli
Donati - Emilia-Romagna
Emidio Pepe - Abruzzo
Gravner - Friuli
La Stoppa - Emilia Romagna
Movia - Friuli
Ottaviano Lambruschi - Liguria
Peter Pliger - Alto Adige
Radikon - Friuli
Ronco Severo - Friuli
Valentini - Abruzzo
Vodopivec - Friuli
Zidarich - Friuli

SF Natural Wine Week: Italian Orange Wines
Saturday, August 29th,2009
4pm to 6pm
$30 per person

Due to the high cost of these wines, our samples will be limited. Please kindly indicate your interest by sending an RSVP to: info@jugshop.com

To learn more about SF Natural Wine Week, please visit http://bit.ly/1Xk6pw

Read more about orange wines from Eric Asmiov at http://bit.ly/741wZ.