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Definition

A type of wine made from white wine grapes whose skins are not removed.

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Origins

The idiomatic sense referring to a type of grape wine is from the color; this class of wines has been made for centuries (in many countries), but this particular English-language term for them was coined as a marketing term in the early 21st century (more in Wikipedia at orange wine § Terminology). The literal sense referring to a type of citrus wine is attested since the 19th century.

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In Context

  • "Orange wines are unlike a white and unlike a red, although they are probably more like a red than a white. They're tannic and sometimes a little bitter depending on how long the skins have contact with the juice."
  • "Another summer is beginning in Marseille. Heat, rocks, panisse. Packs of Vogue cigarettes and bottles of orange wine, all emptied."
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Also Said As

  • amber wine