https://sommo.app/tags/amphora-wine/Recent content in Amphora Wine on Sommo — AI Wine Scanner, WSET Prep & Wine Journal AppHugoen-USSommoTue, 20 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://sommo.app/blog/amphora-wine-vessels-explained/Tue, 20 Oct 2026 00:00:00 +0000https://sommo.app/blog/amphora-wine-vessels-explained/<p><strong>Amphora wine tells you that a clay vessel was used in production; it does not give you one colour, flavour or complete winemaking recipe.</strong> Ask whether the vessel was used for fermentation, ageing or both, whether it was lined, and how the grapes or wine were handled inside it.</p> <p>Qvevri wine is an important Georgian tradition, covered in our <a href="https://sommo.app/blog/georgian-wine-guide/">Georgian wine guide</a>. But clay vessels also appear in Portugal, Italy, California and elsewhere. Treating every amphora bottle as Georgian orange wine misses both the geography and the method.</p>