Wine
Orange
W I N E
O R A N G E W I N E I S T H E
latest trend in skin-contact wine—
essentially, it's white wine made like red
wine: using the skin of the grapes. (White
wine is typically made by first pressing the
skins off and allowing the juice to ferment
separately, while red wine is made from
the must, or pulp, of the grapes fermented
with skins intact.) Orange winemakers allow
grape skins to mingle with the juice during
the fermentation process. The longer they're
left to play, the more orange the wine.
Despite what your Instagram feed may have
led you to believe, this fad has been around
for at least 5,000 years and hails from the
Caucasus region—the modern-day country
of Georgia—where large vessels called qvevri
held wines as they fermented, skins and all.
Today, Georgia produces some of the finest
(and priciest) skin-contact wines on the
market, but these wines are also made in
Italy and the US.
MARCEL PETIT COMTÉ +
Our Wine 2010 Rkatsiteli Vineyard Akhoebi
BLUE LEDGE FARM LAKE'S EDGE +
La Garagista 2016 Vinu Jancu
VERMONT CREAMERY
BONNE BOUCHE +
Dirty & Rowdy Semillion
V E R M O N T
C R E A M E R Y
B O N N E B O U C H E
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PHOTO:
Mark
Ferri
