Posted on 10/06/2023 11:09:27 AM PDT by Red Badger
NATIONAL ORANGE WINE DAY
On October 6, National Orange Wine Day takes a bold sip of an ancient method of winemaking! This little-known style of wine shines with its bold flavor and auburn color. Join the celebration as it gains some appreciation with vineyards, wine cellars, and lovers.
#NationalOrangeWineDay
Originally made nearly 6,000 years ago in Eastern Europe, the technique for making orange wine is being rediscovered. Surprisingly, winemakers do not add oranges to the wine at all. Unlike the latest beer trends, the wine comes by its color naturally. Fermented from white wine grapes, the orange wine develops through more skin contact during the fermentation process. Makers treat the white grapes like red grapes preserving the bolder body and tannins. As a result, the ordinarily white wine will deepen into a brandy orange color.
Despite the wine's obscurity, orange wine makes appearances at wine shows. Vineyards display their orange efforts from the United States to Australia. Get in on the tasting and find a bottle to share!
HOW TO OBSERVE NATIONAL ORANGE WINE DAY
As your local vintner to stock an orange wine. Visit a wine tasting offering an orange wine on the menu. While exploring the flavor, you'll be adding another wine to your repertoire. Be sure to invite friends to join you, too. You know it's not a celebration without company! Use #NationalOrangeWineDay to share on social media.
To learn more about orange wine, follow the Instagram page @orangewinetime.
NATIONAL ORANGE WINE DAY HISTORY
The Real House Wine founded National Orange Wine Day on October 6, 2018, to bring awareness to the public about this beautiful yet lesser-known style of wine.
The Registrar at National Day Calendar proclaimed the day in 2018 to be observed annually.
Orange Wine FAQs
Q. When is the next wine day?
A. National Sangria Day in December is the next wine day on the calendar.
Q. Are orange wines dry or sweet?
A. Orange wines are typically dry because of the amount of time the grape skins are in contact with the juice.
Orange you glad ping!......................
Tomorrow is give me some money day.
Looks a bit like mead.
I’ve made orange wine...from oranges!
The idea of Orange Wine makes me assume the wine is going to be way too sweet for me. I would then blend it with either
Sangria, Moscato or Burgundy. Or... maybe all of the above!
There are no oranges in orange wine..............
When I actually broke training and read your article, I found that out. Time to re-calibrate!
Not sold on the idea, but might have to try it.
As have I. It wasn’t bad, but needed work. I’ll have to try again some time.
Sounds yummy, what was it like?
I can’t have oranges they make me burp.
We’ve made a lot of fruit wines. Getting the right strength of flavor is difficult, but that one had a definite orange flavor. And we always sweetened our wines, as that’s what the fruit is like. The only odd one we ever did was banana. It smelled like sour milk fermenting & I was sure we’d have to toss the batch. But the aroma slowly faded & it ended up being a nice bland white wine. :-)
No orange 🍊 in orange wine.........
What a relief that is no burping.
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