orange wine

noun

plural orange wines

: a style of white wine that is made without removing the skins of the grapes during fermentation and that has a cloudy pink or orange color

Note: Orange wine is associated with ancient and organic winemaking.

Examples of orange wine in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Rosewood Wines are cool—sharp Rieslings, lightly textured orange wines and crunchy Blaufrankish. — Kate Dingwall, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026

Vagabond also received a Bronze medal for its orange wine, Night Tripper 2024. — Maureen O'Hare, CNN Money, 17 June 2026

This braised chicken calls for orange wine, but a hodgepodge of white plus rosé would be fine, even great. — Emma Laperruque, Bon Appetit Magazine, 15 June 2026

But the real joy here is the wine list, which is stocked with everything from hard-to-find and private-order bottles to biodynamic selections, organic Burgundies, and orange wines. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 May 2026

Word History

First Known Use

2010, in the meaning defined above

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