While the world is coloured orange for Halloween, orange wine is on everyone’s mind in Shanghai as the one-week countdown to Shanghai’s inaugural “Skin-2-Skin: Orange Wine Symposium” is on. 

To mark the one-week countdown, organisers have announced the full 24-strong wine list to be featured in the landmark half-day symposium, of which 22 will be tasted during the sit-down global comparative tasting – Session 3 of this high-anticipated symposium exploring the world’s newest official category of wine-White Wine with Skin Maceration.

The entire sit-down symposium-style event, comprising four hours spanning three sessions, from 13:30 to 17:30, will feature 24 wines from 11 countries.

The event will see these wines presented by, debated and discussed by experts from several sectors. A total of 18 speakers will join the event, including the Georgian Government’s Minister for Environment Protection & Agriculture; seven international winemakers (hailing from Georgia, Austria, Slovenia and China); three international winery representatives (Georgia, Austria and Italy); two Masters of Wine; and several experts from the Chinese wine industry.

Organisers have just announced the final wine list for the event – an unequivocal “whose who” of the orange wine world:

Wine 1: Xiao Pu Ningxia Orange, Ju, NV Blend (CHINA)

Wine 2: Claus Preisinger Fruit Loops Weiss 2021 (AUSTRIA)

Wine 3: Ploder-Rosenberg Blanca NV (AUSTRIA)

Wine 4: Heinrich Roter Traminer Freyheit 2021 (AUSTRIA)

Wine 5: Loimer Gemischter Satz Mitt Achtung! 2017 (AUSTRIA)

Wine 6: Strekov 1075 Šupkáč 2021 (SLOVAKIA)

Wine 7: Matassa Marguerite 2021 (FRANCE)

Wine 8: Weingut Sybille Kuntz Organic Riesling 2021 (GERMANY)

Wine 9: Testalonga El Bandito Skin 2019 (SOUTH AFRICA)

Wine 10: Costador Terroirs Mediterranis Metamorphika Sumoll Blanc Brisat 2020 (SPAIN)

Wine 11: Sato Pinot Gris L’atypique 2019 (NEW ZEALAND)

Wine 12: Baia’s Wine Tsolikouri Dry White 2020 (GEORGIA)

Wine 13: Iago’s Wine Chinuri 2022 (GEORGIA)

Wine 14: Winery Khareba “Monastery Wine” Qvevri Tsitska 2012 (GEORGIA)

Wine 15: Ščurek Malvazija 2019 (SLOVENIA)

Wine 16: Radikon Slatnik 2020 (ITALY)

Wine 17: Dario Prinčič Bianco Trebez IGT Venezia Giulia 2017 (ITALY)

Wine 18: Marjan Simčič Rebula Opoka 2019 (SLOVENIA)

Wine 19: Movia Lunar 2016 (SLOVENIA)

Wine 20: Gravner Ribolla Gialla 2014 (ITALY)

Wine 21: La Stoppa Ageno 2018 (ITALY)

Wine 22: Schuchmann “Vinoterra” Mtsvane 2014 (GEORGIA)

Two additional wines will be tasted during Session 2, to demonstrate the effect of skin contact and qvevri (Georgian amphora) winemaking techniques to guests. These include:

Wine 23: Askeneli Brothers Kisi 2020 (GEORGIA)

Wine 24: Teliani Valley Glekhuri Qvevri Kisi 2020 (GEORGIA)