What is orange wine?


Orange wine is a term given to white wines that have "skin contact" during the wine making process. Unlike true white wines, where contact between the pressed white grape juice and the white grape skins is minimised, for an orange wine the pressed juice will macerate with the skins, similar to the process for making a red wine. The depth of colour and the level of tannin present in the resulting wine will be determined, largely, by the length of this maceration. Due to the presence of tannin, orange wines can often taste "funky" compared to white wines, and are very popular with proponents of the natural wine movement.