10/20/2022
🍇🧡Orange wine, also known as “skin-contact white wine,” “skin-fermented white wine,” or “amber wine,” is a type of wine made from white wine grapes where the grape skins are not removed, as in typical white wine production, and stay in contact with the juice for days or even months.
It's easy to dismiss orange wine as a fad, but these wines find their roots in ancient techniques. The origins of orange wine date back thousands of years to regions in current-day Georgia. In this area, wines were fermented inside qvevri, or large clay anfora (or urns) used for aging wines.
Skin-fermented white wines were common in Italy up until the 1950s and 1960s, but fell out of fashion as technically 'correct' and fresh white wines came to dominate the market.
Nowadays, they are not the most favorable in society, but definitely underestimated for value, quality, and education. Educate a bottle nearest you… you’ll be surprised… every time.
Cheers!
