Skin-contact wine goes by many names in the wine world right now. It’s known as amber wine in its original home in Georgia, while some areas of Italy refer to theirs as Ramato. But in the U.S., these bottles have really taken off under the persona of “orange wine.” Whatever you call them, they’re made by macerating white wine grapes on their skins, which can lead to a spectrum of dazzling colors from salmon to copper to, yes, orange.
This winemaking method imparts both a distinct color and flavor profile to the wines. Depending on the grape variety and length of skin maceration, these wines offer quite a range. They can sometimes drink like red wine with grippy tannins, they can be savory and herbaceous, or juicy and quaffable porch-pounders.
The category has exploded over the past few years, with orange wines popping up in every corner of the globe. From Slovenia and Georgia to the Willamette Valley and all the way down under in Australia, here are 25 of the best orange (amber, skin contact) wines for 2024.
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In this part of the world, white wine made with skin maceration is part of its history. This is a skin-contact wine from Slovenia, a region that has been embracing this style for centuries,
