Orange Wine Flavors Courtesy of Wine Folly
In the Wine Light is Virtual Orange Wine Week. This day was originally started by Amanda Clair Goodwin (known at The Real Housewine) in 2018 as National Orange Wine Day to be celebrated annually on October 6th. This year it has been expanded to a whole week to be celebrated from October 5th – 10th.
The goal of National Orange Wine Day and now Virtual Orange Wine Week is to according to the day’s website, “bring greater awareness to this beautiful, yet lesser-known style of wine in a way that is nonjudgmental, unintimidating, and inclusive.”
So, you may be thinking what is Orange Wine? No, we’re not talking wine made from oranges. We’re talking about a white wine made from white grapes. With orange wine, unlike traditional white wine where the skins are removed, the pressed juice remains on the skins to ferment for days to weeks or even months. This gives the resulting wine an orange hue.
Orange wines are more bold and complex than many white wines. They might have flavors not typically associated with white wine. Also, they can be more tannic due to the contact with the grape skins. Orange wines are thought of have originated in what is now the country of Georgia.
Have you had an orange wine? Some past and current producers of orange wine in North Carolina are Sanctuary Vineyards in Jarvisburg, McRitchie Winery & Ciderworks in Thurmond, DéFi Wines (Botanist & Barrel) in Cedar Grove, and Lazy Elm Vineyard & Winery in Mocksville.
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