Skin Contact
Skin contact wine (nowadays often called orange wine) is essentially white wine, made in the way red wine is made - with the grape skins, during and sometimes even after fermentation. This gives the wine more tannins, flavour and - of course - colour! Skin contact wines can range anywhere in colour from a soft, golden yellow to an electric orange.
As opposed to white wines without skin contact, skin contact wines can often have more herbal and aromatic notes or bitter touches, all depending on the grape used, the level of maceration, and the duration of skin contact.
Whether it's full and complex Gewürztraminer from Alsace or a fun and fruity number from Spain, it's time to grab a bottle from producers such as Radikon, Vinos Ambiz, Jean Marc Dreyer, Le Coste and loads more.
Pinot Gris Macération
Pierre Frick
Pinot Gris from Alsace
Orange Tramin 2022 (No added Sulphur edition)
Kasnyik
600 bottles made. Zero Zero
Zeste de Chardonnay 2018
Domaine de la Touraize
Jura Time
L'etrange Orange
Louis Maurer
Gewürztraminer from Alsace
Hüpnos 2018
Sous le Végétal
Muscat Blanc a Petits Grains from Samos
Freude 2021
Werlitsch
Herbal, Tannic, Structured Orange
l‘Heure Doree 2019
Du Vin aux Liens
Kids Fizzy Candy Memories
Tsolikouri 2019 (Rare)
Oda Wines
Look closely at the label...
Mtsvane 2012
Pheasant's Tears
Smoke. Quince. Bruised Peach.
Feel Good Skin Contact 2019
Frédéric Cossard
Grippy. Saline. Interesting
Cider Diver
Daughters of Madness
Apple Cider from Lisbon
El Bandito Skin
Testalonga
Chenin Blanc from Swartland
Feel Good Skin Contact
Frédéric Cossard
Négoce Grenache Blanc and Zibbibo
Poliphonia (417 grapes!)
Pheasant's Tears
Field Blend of 417 ancient Georgian variatals! from Kakheti
Rkatsiteli 2012
Pheasant's Tears
Jasmine. Brised Apricot. Tea.
Orange Utan
Staffelter Hof
1st Orange Wine from here
Els Bassots 2022
Escoda Sanahuja
Amphora Catalan Chenin
Gewurztraminer Orange 2018
Veverkovi
Lychee. Dried Apricots. Spice
Bonofiglio Unsung Hero
Subject to Change (USA)
Russian River
Finisterra Origin
Jean Marc Dreyer
Zero Zero Alsace Orange
Rkatsiteli 2018
Pheasant's Tears
Spiced Tea. Preserved Lemon
Cigogne 2021
L'Octavin
100% Gewürztraminer orange from Alsace
Fruit Basket Block
Yetti and the Coconut
An Appropriate Name!
Assyrtiko Barrique 2017
Domaine Ligas
Assyrtiko from Greek Macedonia
Wildman Blanc 2020
Lucy Margaux
Awesome Aussie Wine
Aeventyr Gewürztraminer
Poppelvej
Concrete Egg Orange
Esotico MAGNUM
Sassara
Is it Rosé or Orange? It's both!
Paski 2019*
Cantina Giardino
Coda di Volpe from Campania
Les Jongleurs
Julie and Toby Bainbridge
Concrete aged Loire Chenin
Twin Pyramids
Subject to Change (USA)
Muskat from California
Chilion (USA)
Ruth Lewandowski
Cortese from California
Buriana 2019 (rare)
Jacopo Stigliano
12 Varietals of Grape
Jobitaki
Sakai Winery (JAPAN)
Less Crazy than the other Japanese Wines