7 reasons why orange wine are so irresistible

1) Color - The aspect which gave name to this new wine cathegory. It is simply fascinating to look at wine with such an intensive, deep and healthy color. This way of vinification can expose and tranform the color of nearly all white wines in most beautiful orange color you've ever seen.

2) Aroma – Every single serious wine lover wants to explore more than just primary fruity aroma. The secondary aromas which orange wines can offer are often full exotic spices, teas, coffees, herbs etc. You can smell an orange wine hours and hours. The aroma develops so imminetly that one can easily talk about “wine poetry”.

3) Taste – Orange wines are excentric on a palete mostly due to the tannic content. But who said that wines from white varieties shouldn´t have tannins? If you want to express the terroir and the nature of particular variety you shouldn´t be aware of tannins in your wine.

4) Networking – One of the most beneficial aspects of orange wines movement is its social level. It doesn’t matter where you are from, how old you are or how loaded is your wallet. If you start to talk about this specific wine category the “meta-language” brings you immediately on the same path.

5) Market changer – As a new and trendy phenomena it will certainly become interesting for big conventional wineries. This wine cathegory has the potentional to change the thinking of many producers and take attention of young people to wine. It is not fail to be trendy, if you strongly believe in what you do!

6) Health – Orange wines are often made without adding SO2 because you simply don’t need to put any. A long maceration, good health of fruit and oxidative way of vinification make sulfur an unnecessary additive.

7) History – We are talking about a new wine cathegory, however this way of vinification has been known for centuries. By drinking orange wines, you can get an idea how wine tasted hundreds years ago.ies, attitudes to winemaking to just tasting the finished products. 

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