Radikon

Radikon is a renowned Italian winery based in Oslavia, in the northern Italianregion of Friuli bordering Slovenia. The family estate’ founding winemakerStanislao (Stanko) was widely regarded as one of Italy’s first champions of orangewine. After Stanislao’s passing in 2016, his son Saša Radikon took over the reins.Radikon has a history of over seven decades. Radikon makes orange wines fromlocal grape Ribolla Gialla and international varieties planted on eighteen hectaresof organically farmed vineyards rooted in marbled limestone and clay soils.Thegrapes are handpicked and left on their skins for an extended period of time forthe purpose of initiating skin maceration. Wild yeast fermentation takes place inlarge barrels and the wines are matured in Slavonian oak barrels for a minimumof one year and bottle aged for four months. Radikon’s philosophy is to “alwaysmake a natural, organic wine with the least human intervention possible andrespect for the soils and nature.