Grape – Riesling

‘What is orange natural wine?’ - the question we are asked most frequently on an average day at Wayward. Named for its colour, natural orange wine is made using white grapes, but vinified as one would a red. That means the skins stay on through the process, often the stalks and stems too, bleeding pigment into the wine and producing all manner of deep golden, amber, ochre hues in the glass.

This creates tannic structure too - which makes them more complex than your everyday white wine and coupled with their lifted aromatics you are in sensory overload territory. 

Weingut Brand
Wilder Satz Pur 2022

A bracingly zippy, palate-cleansing wine that buzzes with tart white grapefruit citrus and softens into the creamy peaks of a lemon meringue pie. Anecdotally described as 'alcoholic lemonade for grown-ups' and for good reason! Find out more.

  • Region Bockenheim, Pfalz, Germany
  • Grapes Müller Thurgau, Riesling, Kerner, Silvaner, Chardonnay, Weissburgunder & Grauburgunder
  • Vineyard Organic
  • Cellar Fermented with native yeasts, unfiltered & unfined, no additional sulphites
£21

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Staffelter Hof
Little Bastard 2021

Mosel Riesling, but not as you know it. Blended with Sauvignon Blanc, Muller Thurgau and Muscat, the wine is cloudy and has a refreshing spritz. It's zippy, fresh and funky new-school Deutschland that pushes against against the strict rules of the Prädikat System. Find out more.

  • Region Kröv, Mosel, Germany
  • Grapes Riesling, Sauvignon Blanc, Muller Thurgau & Muscat
  • Vineyard Organic
  • Cellar Fermented with native yeasts, unfiltered & unfined, no additional sulphites
£25.50

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Jean-Marc Dreyer
Finisterra Macération 2019

The varied skin colours of the blend of grapes here give this orange wine a sultry blush tint. Something tea-like comes to mind with the soft, grippy mouthfeel and the sapid, aromatic fruits make for a wine that is as atypical as it is intriguing. Dreyer never fails. Find out more.

  • Region Rosheim, Alsace, France
  • Grapes Riesling, Auxerrois, Pinot Gris & Muscat
  • Vineyard Biodynamic
  • Cellar Fermented with native yeasts, unfiltered & unfined, no additional sulphites
£31

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Jean-Marc Dreyer
'Origin' Riesling Macération 2021

The maceration technique really brings out the lime citrus and kerosine aromas that most Riesling-heads seek out with glee, and here they are really dialled up. On the palate there are richer, honeyed notes and a bit of edge given from some balanced volatility in the acids. Find out more.

  • Region Rosheim, Alsace, France
  • Grapes Riesling
  • Vineyard Biodynamic
  • Cellar Fermented with native yeasts, unfiltered & unfined, no additional sulphites
£35.50

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Domaine Durrmann
Krax 2022

Yann’s macerated Riesling. Grippy and pithy with a gentle ginger spice and well-balanced bitterness. Hand-harvested grapes are de-stemmed and macerated on the skins gently for 3 weeks. Find out more.

  • Region Andlau, Alsace, France
  • Grapes Riesling
  • Vineyard Organic
  • Cellar Fermented with native yeasts, unfiltered & unfined, minimal additional sulphites
£26.75

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Fabrice Dodane
Le Dos d'Chat 2021

This lesser-spotted Riesling is a wine from the négoce project of one Fabrice Dodane, who you may know better for his work at the lauded Domaine de Saint Pierre. Everything you'd expect from a high-quality expression of the grape; high levels of mouth-watering acidity with a raw citrus quality, smoky lime and nectarine with that hallmark waft of kerosine lifting from the glass. Find out more.

  • Region Matheny, Jura, France
  • Grapes Riesling
  • Vineyard Organic
  • Cellar Fermented with native yeasts, unfiltered & unfined, minimal additional sulphites
£45

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