Orange wine (also known as “amber wine” or “skin contact”) is one of the most popular categories in natural wine. The additional time on skin, from hours to months, creates a wine from white grapes with an amber hue, soft tannins, and beautiful flavors!

Orange wine is a white wine made as if it were a red. Instead of pressing white grapes straight away and running off the clear juice (as in white wine production), the juice remains in contact with the skins. This can be for a few hours, days, weeks or even months. As with red grapes, white skins hold colour compounds which bleeds into the wine, making it orange.

Why should you try orange wine?

Orange wines taste simply amazing. They’re completely different from conventionally made white wines because the maceration doesn’t only lend colour, it lends structure and flavours too. The wine might be more drying in the mouth – much like some red wines. The flavour can be anything from floral to spicy to herby to fruity.

We’ve got a whole range of them, all filled with personality and character.