Tasting Orange wines
The New Zealand Sommelier and Wine Professionals Association was officially launched on Monday 7 May with the goal: To create a community of people from around New Zealand working with wine, beverages (alcoholic and non alcoholic), wine and beverage sales, wine and beverage marketing within the sectors of hospitality, wine, wine tourism, wine education, wine marketing and sales and beverage sales, wine and beverage marketing within the sectors of hospitality, wine, wine tourism, wine education, wine marketing and sales The event was celebrated with a fascinating tasting of ‘orange’ wines – white grapes transformed by using traditional red wine-making techniques such as fermenting on skins, often for considerable time; aged in clay amphora vessels with minimal sulphur.
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