Its been around here in Florida USA for years. Alot of folks like the tourist seem to like it a lot. We have grape orchrds here it is still sort of a small industry here.
Orange wine, also known as
skin-contact white wine,
skin-fermented white wine, or
amber wine,
[1] is a type of
wine made from
white wine grapes where the grape skins are not removed, as in typical white wine production, and stay in contact with the juice for days or even months.
[2] This contrasts with conventional white wine production, which involves crushing the grapes and quickly moving the juice off the skins into the
fermentation vessel. The skins contain
color pigment,
phenols and
tannins that would normally be considered undesirable for white wines, while for red wines skin contact and maceration is a vital part of the winemaking process that gives red wine its color, flavor, and texture.
[3]
The
International Organisation of Vine and Wine describes orange/amber wine as "White wine with maceration" and prescribes the minimum duration of the maceration phase to be 1 month.
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