RIThink, 2012, Vol. 2 5 Orange Wine Lucija BILANDŽIĆ Dva srca i kuhača d.o.o., Stjepana Majdeka 17, Ivanić Grad
[email protected] Alternative, avant-garde, elite, hipster, call it what you like, but trust me - once you go orange you don't go back! Definition process of vinification entails: grape harvesting (one’s own) yeasts. After harvesting and and selection, crushing, pressing, cold alcoholic destemming, slightly crushed grapes (skin and fermentation with standardized yeasts in closed seeds) and grape juice are ready for Orange wine is a complex concept – in terms of stainless steel tanks, adding of fining and fermentation. Yeasts are agents that induce both definition and sensorial analysis (sight, preserving agents, filtration and finally bottling. alcoholic fermentation by turning sugar into bouquet, taste). The same as whites, it is made Now, with this being said – you can totally forget alcohol (or simply grape juice called must into of white grape varieties. This is also the only about it! Most things you know about whites do wine). Also, they are a very delicate issue in thing these two types of wine have in common. not apply to orange wine. winemaking. Winemakers can choose to use The main characteristic of orange wine is selected yeasts or to make their own, wild (obviously) its color that can vary from golden to Winemakers who make orange wine work in yeasts. On one hand, selected yeasts reduce copper nuances. Vinification of orange wine is in harmony with nature and their wines are the risk, but add standardized features. For essence an artisanal method of winemaking, categorized as: natural, organic or biodynamic.