The six young innovators behind Gïk – all of whom are in their 20’s – use a blend of red and white grapes harvested from vinyards in La Rioja, Zaragoza, León and Castilla-La Mancha to make their unique wine, but they say the varieties are not important in creating the bright saphire-like color of the drink. They do that by mixing in anthocyanin, a natural pigment in the grapes’ skin, as well as indigo – a dye extracted from the Isatis tinctoria plant – to make the effect even more visually impressive.
As for how this blue wine actually tastes, the Gïk website doesn’t reveal too much, instructing prospective clients to “Try to forget all you know about wine and ignore all the preconceptions and standards regarding [the] wine industry and turn a deaf ear to what the sommelier told you in the wine tasting last week.” Gïk is supposedly a sweet wine due to an added non-caloric sweetener.
Blue wine is not currently available in the US, although the company certainly has plans to expand there soon. It can be ordered online in Spain, France, the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, and Germany, for the price of about $11 per bottle.