Narancsbor

Designation for a wine produced in a similar way to red wine as the fourth type of coloured wine alongside white wine and rosé. It belongs to the group of alternative wines, other names are amphora wine or artisan wine. The name is simply derived from a special winemaking technique, namely white wine produced by prolonged maceration. The name was first coined in 2004 by British wine importer David A. Harvey and has established itself as a common term for wines that have undergone a longer maceration period (mash contact) or extended maceration (days, weeks or even months). Orange wine should not be confused with natural wine or Raw Wine (although these terms are often mistakenly used as synonyms for each other) or fruit wine made from oranges such as Tarongino or a wine flavoured with orange peel such as Vino de Naranja (both from Spain).

However, if the new name Orange Wine did not exist, it would have to be described as a white wine. This is a method that is thousands of years old. From ancient times until the late Middle Ages, red and white wine grapes were mainly grown in mixed vineyards, harvested together and subjected to mash fermentation. This allowed considerably more tannins and colouring agents to enter the wine, resulting in dark yellow, orange to reddish wines, depending on the ratio of white and red grapes and the duration of fermentation. At that time, there were hardly any red wines or white wines with a clear colour and taste as we know them today. However, this type of production also occurs in other wines such as natural wines, which is the main reason for the confusion between natural wine and orange wine.