October 18, 2024 – New York — The third annual Orange Glou Wine Fair, America’s first and only fair dedicated exclusively to orange wines, is returning to New York on November 3rd, 2024, where attendees can try over 100 wines, meet winemakers and more. Founded by top orange wine expert Doreen Winkler, founder of Orange Glou, the first and only wine store and club dedicated to orange (aka skin-contact) wines, each Orange Glou Fair focuses on different winemaking regions, with this year’s focus on Austria, Italy and Slovenia.
Soaring in popularity across the U.S., orange wines are made with white grapes but in the style typical of reds where the skins are kept in contact with the juice for a period of time after pressing. The process results in a wide range of textures, flavors and hues that span from light pink to dark amber and everything in between, making orange wines an extremely versatile style of wine.
“Orange wines are incredibly exciting and they deserve more exposure. While they’re growing in popularity with the opening of more natural wine bars and the continued growth of the Orange Glou store and club, I hope this Fair will continue to help raise the profile of skin-contact wines and educate consumers on how this diverse style of wine is made and can be enjoyed,” says Orange Glou Fair founder Doreen Winkler. “The Orange Glou Fair will feature the best of the best orange wines from Austria, Italy and Slovenia. From first-time orange wine drinkers to experienced sommeliers, there will be something for everyone to enjoy. With over 100 wines, my goal for the Fair is to broaden the understanding of orange wines by showcasing how layered they are and highlighting natural winemaking techniques.”
Wines featured at the Fair must follow Winkler’s criteria: grapes are grown organically or biodynamically by independent producers, hand-picked and fermented with indigenous yeasts; no additives or new oak aging; under 20 mg per liter or no sulfites are added; the wines are unfiltered and unfined.
Participating wineries include Austria’s Gut Oggau, Franz Strohmeier, Christian Tschida, Georg Schmelzer, Weingut Maria & Sepp Muster, Fidesser Orbis, Weingut Heinrich, Ploder Rosenberg, Markus Altenburger, Koppitsch; Italy’s Franco Terpin, Alessandro Viola, Frank Cornelissen, Podere Pradarolo, Cantina Giardino, La Stoppa, Cantina Indigeno, Foradori, Marco di Bartoli; Slovenia’s Božidar Zorjan, Blažič, Keltis, Guerila, Kabaj, Atelier Kramar, JNK, Svetlik; plus wines from neighbors Croatia’s Tomac and Bosnia & Herzegovina’s Skrego from wine importers Scuola di Vino, Zev Rovine Selections, Vinum, Jenny & Francois, Bowler Wines and Louis Dressner Selections.
The Orange Glou Fair will be held in a space at 31 E. 17th Street in Union Square in Manhattan on November 3rd, 2024, in two sessions. Tickets are $65 for the 11am-2:30pm tasting and $75 for 3pm-6pm, and include an Orange Glou Fair glass to keep, as well as water and coffee. The Orange Glou Wine Fair After Party ($75) will be held at the Orange Glou store (264 Broome Street) from 7pm-10pm with winemakers. (Attendees can apply $20 to any in-store purchase made the night of the after party.)
The 2024 NYC Orange Glou Fair partners are Austrian Wine, S.Pellegrino, Onyx Coffee Lab and Ravenscroft Crystal.
About Orange Glou & Founder Doreen Winkler
Orange wines are soaring in popularity right now, and nobody knows this style of wine better than Orange Glou founder, natural wine sommelier and orange wine expert Doreen Winkler. She launched Orange Glou, the world’s first orange wine subscription service in 2019, which delivers a sommelier-curated selection of hard-to-find skin contact wines across the nation and has been named one of USA Today’s 10 Best Wine Clubs since 2020, followed by opening the Orange Glou wine store in NYC in 2021, and the Orange Glou Wine Fair in 2022, an annual celebration of orange wines that takes place in NYC in November. Now a nationwide event, Doreen brought the Fair to Los Angeles for the first time in April 2024. All wines are natural, organic or biodynamic and made by independent winemakers. Monthly wine subscriptions: a curated selection of 3 or 6 new, rare and highly allocated bottlings with vinification, tasting and food pairing notes are 3 bottles $105/month; 6 bottles $195/month. The Orange Glou store is at 264 Broome Street in NYC; www.orangeglou.com; @OrangeGlou.
About Austrian Wine
The Austrian Wine Marketing Board (Austrian Wine), based in Vienna, is a national service body for the Austrian wine industry. It was founded in 1986 with the aim to strategically support, coordinate and maintain quality and sales. The company’s goal is to maintain the high shares of Austrian wine on the domestic market. At the same time, it is also aiming to grow wine exports, by placing the focus on value creation.
About S.Pellegrino® Sparkling Natural Mineral Water
S.Pellegrino® Sparkling Natural Mineral Water is a premium sparkling mineral water that flows naturally from a thermal spring in San Pellegrino Terme, near Bergamo (Lombardia). S.Pellegrino has unique balance of effervescence and rich minerality which cleanse the palate and amplify subtle flavors, making it the perfect complement to fine food and wines. Its clean, refreshing taste has distinguished S.Pellegrino as a preferred sparkling water by leaders of the global culinary community.
About Onyx Coffee Lab
Onyx Coffee Lab is an Arkansas-based specialty coffee roaster known for its uncompromising commitment to quality, transparency, and innovation. Sourcing the finest coffee beans from around the world, Onyx’s meticulous approach to roasting and brewing has earned it a reputation as one of the leading names in the specialty coffee industry.
About Ravenscroft Crystal
Ravenscroft Crystal combines the qualities of old-world European craftsmanship with a modern understanding of how the shape of a wine glass can significantly enhance the tasting experience. Ravenscroft glassware designs are developed out of the deepest respect for great wine and are hand-blown in nearly 30 different styles; each of which are the result of thousands of years of glass making trial-and-error. Their ultimate goal is to enhance the bouquet and taste of the wine or spirit for which it was made.
