Is blue wine the next big drinks trend?

We all know about red, white and pink wines, and last week we reported that orange wines were set to be the big talking point of this summer.

But before you clear out your wine rack and stock up on tangerine vino, there’s a new wine colour you should know about - and it doesn’t look particularly appetising.

Spanish Winemaker Gik has just launched a blue wine onto the market, and the indigo-coloured drink is set to be the next big craze in European bars.

The crisp and light wine was created by the drinks company in the hopes of capturing the attention of millennial drinkers with a sweeter palate, who find white and red wines too bitter to drink.

According to the winemakers, the blend has 11.5% ABV and its electric blue hue, although unusual, is completely natural.

The colouring is, in fact, from a pigment which occurs in grape skin - anthocyanin - along with indigo, a dye extracted from plants.

The eye-catching bottle of booze is made from grapes grown in vineyards near Madrid, including the La Rioja, León, and Castilla-La Mancha regions.

It’s already proved to be a hit with wine-lovers in France, and now Gik is planning to launch its blue wine in the rest of Europe this summer, priced around £7.50 per bottle.

There’s no word yet as to whether the wine will turn your tongue blue, but you might want to have a toothbrush handy if you uncork this one on a first date.

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