BLUE WINE - IN THE BLUE PAINTED OF BLUE

Blue like the sky, blue like the sea, blue like… wine?

Yes, you got it right, blue has also become the color of wine, one news in the wine world that leaves curiosity and amazement but at the same time doubts and perplexities.

But where does this "madness" come from?

It comes from one Spanish startup who decides to devise a wine light years away from tradition, is obtained from a mix not better specified than white and red grapes, including varieties such as Airén, Syrah and Garnacha.

No maceration of the marcs, no aging in barrels.

To the wine, following fermentation, they are however added two organic dyes: le anthocyanins, which are contained in the grape skin and have a color that can vary from red to blue, and above all indigo, which gives the original shade of intense blue to the drink.

Usually we work on selected grapes and vines to be able to obtain the combination capable of creating a wine of excellent quality, but not in this case because the only peculiarity is the blue color.

And what does the legislation think of this wine that has nothing traditional?

The Spanish Ministry of Agriculture fined the startup for violation of the rules that regulate the wine sector, the weight of tradition is too strong because according to current legislation, in fact, blue is not an acceptable color for wine, which is why creators have decided to get around the obstacle: after a two-month hiatus, they practically put a product back on sale identical but composed of 99% of wine and 1% of grape must, so as not to fall under the definition of "wine" in the strict sense.

In conclusion, is this drink crazy or something more ???
We will see in the next few years, in the meantime we continue to sing Domenico Modugno's song happy with our winemaking tradition.