{"id":9614,"date":"2023-12-01T17:53:25","date_gmt":"2023-12-01T09:53:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/terroirsense.com\/?p=9614"},"modified":"2024-05-22T17:11:24","modified_gmt":"2024-05-22T09:11:24","slug":"the-orange-wine-spectrum-a-fun-and-interesting-diversity-of-styles-but-not-quite-the-new-black","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/terroirsense.com\/en\/p\/9614.html","title":{"rendered":"The Orange Wine Spectrum: A Fun and Interesting Diversity of Styles, But Not Quite the New Black"},"content":{"rendered":"

Thought on orange wines<\/strong><\/p>\n

by Ian D\u2019Agata<\/p>\n

There is no doubt that orange wines, which started their lives out mostly as a curiosity and later a fad, are now here to stay. But while orange wines have become\u00a0 popular world-wide only over the last twenty years or so, they have actually always been around, tracing their history back to ancient winemaking methods born in the area of today\u2019s Georgia (skin-macerated wines were typically made in ancient Greece and Rome as well). The orange wine movement has now grown to such a degree that the category has now been officially recognized and accepted as such by everyone in the industry. So much so, that in 2020 the International Organisation of Vine and Wine (OIV) took steps to provide regulations, furnishing guidelines for orange wine production.<\/p>\n

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Clearly, orange wines may not be everybody\u2019s cup of tea, er, of wine, but their success cannot be denied. The reasons for this undeniable success are numerous. The first, very important, reason is that while many orange wines made today also fit in the category of \u201cnatural wines\u201d (or at the very least, are marketed as such by those wineries making natural wines and that often also make more orange wines), most orange wines (certainly not all) are generally well-made and drinkable. You might not like them, but you can try one without fearing for your health, or just having to endure through something that sometimes can unfortunately smell like an overflowing septic tank or a dead horse\u2019s behind. But while the genesis of orange wines and the rise of the orange wine movement has closely followed that of \u201cnatural wines\u201d wines, there are far more wineries now making orange wines than ever before, and many such wineries also make (or have a history of having made) world-class \u201cnormal\u201d wines too. Names like Gravner in Italy and Domaine Weinbach in Alsace are outstanding examples of this. Orange wines are no longer a small niche of wines that need to rely on factors such as affordable prices, very (exaggeratedly) colorful labels, cartoon-like characters and other cheap gimmicks in order to sell or find someone interested in them. In ultimate analysis, orange wine makers have mostly avoided the mistakes of the \u201cnatural wine\u201d movement, and that helps explain at least in part their world-wide success today.<\/p>\n

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Defining Orange Wine<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n

Actually, the orange wine category provides the missing link in the world of wine as we previously knew it. One that goes beyond the mere reality of colour.<\/p>\n

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In this in-depth report, Ian D\u2019Agata analyzes the diversity of orange wine available today (from all over the world, and explains the biochemical reasons behind why orange wines are the way they are. Yumi Liu follows up with tasting notes and scores on about twenty excellent orange wines from all over the world.
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