Swick 6-Pack Natural Wine Bundle
A three-bottle lineup from Oregon natural winemaker Joe Swick, featuring the newest release of Mallsoft Orange, recently included in VinePair’s list of The 25 Best Orange Wines for 2025.
Mallsoft Orange 2023 is a skin-contact blend of Aligoté, Pinot Gris, and Gewürztraminer spent 45 days on skins before aging in neutral French oak, delivering dried apricot, honeysuckle, and sun-warmed peach with bright tangerine lift.
Alongside it are two Swick favorites: Only Zuul 2023, a tropical-leaning orange wine with pineapple, peach, and lychee from 30 days of skin contact, and Bring It 2022, a fresh, easygoing red blend showing bright red fruit and refreshing acidity. A focused snapshot of Swick’s playful, low-intervention style across orange and light red wines.
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Swick Wines
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Oregon, United States
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About Natural Wine
Great question! There are a lot of definitions for natural wine with the main term you'll hear being that it has had minimal intervention. To be more specific, our definition is that the wine must first be sustainably farmed, which typically means it was organically or biodynamically farmed.
Then, in the cellar the natural winemaking process has some differences as well! The wine is typically unfined, unfiltered, and goes through spontaneous fermentation with native yeasts. If you want to know more about what natural wine is, we have an entire guide under our reference section!
The short answer is that natural wine can taste like any other kind of conventional wine (we like to call these stealth natural wines) or it can taste quite a bit different, as production methods can vary and potentially be lighter, or in a style you've never had before (like orange, pet-nat or amphora).
The natural wine community is also more accepting of some qualities in wines that conventional would consider a flaw, like Brett, some oxidation, or volatile acidity. We would consider these in high amounts to also be a flaw, but in many cases a touch of these qualities can ultimately improve their flavor and texture and be happily accepted in a natural wine.
To find out more about what natural wine tastes like, check out our full blog and podcast on the topic here.
The short answer is, no! But many are. Glou-glou describes winesthat are easily chuggable, impossible to put the glass down, and seductively delicious! They tend to be young and fresh, designed to be drunk early with an average ABV of around 10%. Check out different styles or glou glou natural wine here on our site.