Simon J Woolf is a British journalist and writer currently clinging to mainland Europe in Amsterdam.A regular contributor to Decanter magazine and Meininger Wine Business International, Simon is a critical advocate for organic, biodynamic and natural winemaking, and specialises in the wines of Italy, Austria and Eastern Europe.
He is the founder and editor of The Morning Claret, one of the world’s best loved online resources for natural wines.
Simon is currently writing the world’s first book about orange wines, and was shortlisted for the Roederer International Feature writer of the year in 2017.
/Natural wine expert Simon J Woolf is launching what he believes to be the world’s first book exclusively dedicated to orange wine.
Amber Revolution: How the World Learned to Love Orange Wine uncovers the ‘rags to riches’ story of the world’s oldest wine style.
The book, whose publication is being funded via a Kickstarter campaign, details orange wine’s decline after two world wars and its extraordinary rebirth in the late 1990s thanks to pioneers like Joško Gravner and the late Stanko Radikon. The book includes exclusive interviews with both winemakers.
Amber Revolution is the result of more than four years of research, covering post-war Friuli and neighbouring Slovenia, joining the dots to Georgia’s 8,000-year-old traditional wine culture, which is associated with the origin of orange wine. The 250-page book profiles 180 top orange wine producers, and is illustrated with more than 100 images from photographer Ryan Opaz. /Darren Smith/
Simon is currently writing the world’s first book about orange wines, and was shortlisted for the Roederer International Feature writer of the year in 2017.
/Natural wine expert Simon J Woolf is launching what he believes to be the world’s first book exclusively dedicated to orange wine.
Amber Revolution: How the World Learned to Love Orange Wine uncovers the ‘rags to riches’ story of the world’s oldest wine style.
The book, whose publication is being funded via a Kickstarter campaign, details orange wine’s decline after two world wars and its extraordinary rebirth in the late 1990s thanks to pioneers like Joško Gravner and the late Stanko Radikon. The book includes exclusive interviews with both winemakers.
Amber Revolution is the result of more than four years of research, covering post-war Friuli and neighbouring Slovenia, joining the dots to Georgia’s 8,000-year-old traditional wine culture, which is associated with the origin of orange wine. The 250-page book profiles 180 top orange wine producers, and is illustrated with more than 100 images from photographer Ryan Opaz. /Darren Smith/
