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2 Minute Guide ➺ Orange Wine

2 Minute Guide ➺ Orange Wine

A historical wine style that's made a modern resurgence. Despite what the name might suggest, orange wine isn't made from oranges nor is it made from any orange grapes. An orange wine is a wine that's made from white grapes, but made using red-wine techniques AKA fermenting the grape juice together with the grape skins. This gives the wine its texture and deep-amber colour.

THE GUIDE

HISTORY
In places like Georgia, they used to use big amphorae called qvevri that were buried in the ground and here they would leave the finished wine in contact with the grape skins for anything up to 12 or 18 months. And get really deep amber-coloured wines.

REGIONS
These orange wines started to come back into the limelight, thanks to two winemakers named Josko Gravner and Stanislao Radikon, both in the northeast of Italy, who started making orange wines in the late 90s. Since then, this style has spread throughout Italy, throughout Europe and then the rest of the world.

Here in Australia, the rise in popularity of orange wine really went hand-in-hand with natural winemaking.
So it's not just about the fact that you're using a combination of grape skins and grape juice in the fermentation, but actually when it comes down to the farming, using no kind of pesticides or insecticides in the vineyards, sustainably, organically farming and also in the winery, no additions and not adding yeast or not adding any water or acid and really trying to make a true example of either the varieties or where they're grown.

VARIETIES
Normally aromatic grape varieties, things like Pinot Grigio, Gewürztraminer, Pinot Blanc and Riesling tend to work really well as orange wines. You just get a lot more intensity in terms of the aromatics and for that reason they pair really, really well with food.
“Two winemakers named Josko Gravner and Stanislao Radikon, both in the northeast of Italy, started making orange wines in the late 90s. Since then, this style has spread throughout Italy, throughout Europe and then the rest of the world.”

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Golden Child Tropicana White Blend 2022
$27.00
Progressive
Golden Child - Tropicana White Blend 2022
Chateau Lulu Skin Contact Semillon Blend 2021
$26.00
Lo-fi / Natural
Chateau Lulu - Skin Contact Semillon Blend 2021
Radikon Ribolla Riserva 3781 Ribolla Giallo 500mL 2007
$320.00
Lo-fi / Natural
Radikon - Ribolla Riserva 3781 Ribolla Giallo 500mL 2007
Alpha Box & Dice Golden Delicioso Semillon 2021
$32.00
Progressive
Alpha Box & Dice - Golden Delicioso Semillon 2021
Italian Plastic Golden Skin Contact White Blend 2022
$24.00
Lo-fi / Natural
Italian Plastic - Golden Skin Contact White Blend 2022
Hochkirch Blanc Sauvignon Blanc / Semillon 2021
$36.00
Progressive
Hochkirch - Blanc Sauvignon Blanc / Semillon 2021
Jamsheed Fiallo Fiano/Moscato Giallo 2022
$34.00
Lo-fi / Natural
Jamsheed - Fiallo Fiano/Moscato Giallo 2022
COS Pithos Bianco 2021
$75.00
Lo-fi / Natural
COS - Pithos Bianco 2021
Blind Corner Orange In Colour 2022
$23.00
Lo-fi / Natural
Blind Corner - Orange In Colour 2022
Fleet Skins Pinot Gris 2022
$42.00
Progressive
Fleet - Skins Pinot Gris 2022
Delinquente Jaybird Macerato 2023
$25.00
Lo-fi / Natural
Delinquente  - Jaybird Macerato 2023
Yetti And The Kokonut Salsa Verde Verdelho 2021
$33.00
Lo-fi / Natural
Yetti And The Kokonut - Salsa Verde Verdelho 2021
Alpha Box & Dice Golden Mysterioso NV
$32.00
Progressive
Alpha Box & Dice - Golden Mysterioso NV
Good Intentions Wine Co. Relatively White Blend 2022
$35.00
Lo-fi / Natural
Good Intentions Wine Co. - Relatively White Blend 2022
Good Intentions Wine Co. Gris Diddly Dee Pinot Gris 2022
$32.00
Lo-fi / Natural
Good Intentions Wine Co. - Gris Diddly Dee Pinot Gris 2022
Cantina Blanca White Blend 2022
$28.00
Lo-fi / Natural
Cantina - Blanca White Blend 2022
Frank Cornelissen Munjebel Bianco Grecanico / Carricante 2021
$115.00
Lo-fi / Natural
Frank Cornelissen - Munjebel Bianco Grecanico / Carricante 2021
Ghost Rock Supernatural Cellar Rat Gewürztraminer / Pinot Gris 2022
$30.00
Lo-fi / Natural
Ghost Rock - Supernatural Cellar Rat Gewürztraminer / Pinot Gris 2022
Trutta Skinsy Pinot Gris 2022
$32.00
Progressive
Trutta - Skinsy Pinot Gris 2022
The Hermit Ram Zealandia Skin Fermented Sauvignon Blanc 2021
$33.00
Lo-fi / Natural
The Hermit Ram - Zealandia Skin Fermented Sauvignon Blanc 2021
Radikon Sivi Pinot Grigio 2021
$94.00
Lo-fi / Natural
Radikon - Sivi Pinot Grigio 2021
Radikon Slatnik Chardonnay / Tocai Friulano 2021
$94.00
Lo-fi / Natural
Radikon - Slatnik Chardonnay / Tocai Friulano 2021
Radikon Slatnik Chardonnay / Tocai Friulano 1500mL 2021
$208.00
Lo-fi / Natural
Radikon - Slatnik Chardonnay / Tocai Friulano 1500mL 2021
Jauma Somewhere On Another Hill Skin Contact 2022
$38.00
Lo-fi / Natural
Jauma - Somewhere On Another Hill Skin Contact 2022
Brian Wines Pinot Gris 2021
$20.00
Lo-fi / Natural
Brian Wines -  Pinot Gris 2021
Późno Slowpoke Pinot Grigio 2022
$38.00
Lo-fi / Natural
Późno - Slowpoke Pinot Grigio 2022
Późno Scenic Route Skinsy Sauvignon Blanc 2022
$35.00
Lo-fi / Natural
Późno - Scenic Route Skinsy Sauvignon Blanc 2022