Oddly enough, orange wine is not made from oranges.
According to National Day Calendar (one of my favorite places to visit), the color of orange wine comes from ” fermented white wine grapes (and) the orange wine (color) develops through more skin contact during the fermentation process. Makers treat the white grapes like red grapes preserving the bolder body and tannins. As a result, the ordinarily white wine will deepen into a brandy orange color.” Find more info about orange wine by following the Instagram page for National Orange Wine Day @orangewinetime.
For me, the orange I like in association with my wine the most is, taking any empty wine bottle and turning it into a Clemson Tigers treasure or something else to treasure, like these wine bottle creations from Gi Gi’s Woodcrafts, Gifts & Collectible of Walterboro featured at The World Grits Festival in St. George, and Rayle Rode Daze in Branchville both in South Carolina. Give her a call to see where her next showing will be — (843)908-4297. Check out these other creative selections I found below.
Clemson is my Happy Place:
Don’t have an empty bottle, yet…
No wine and only an empty glass, do the next best thing and give it a little personality. Who knows, it just may fill with wine someday.
