Wine style
Wine style
Californian Orange Wine
Californian Orange Wine
Californian Orange Wine
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California
Imagine a white wine that spent too much time tanning on the beach. It’s textured, savoury, and brings a delightful bite that white wines usually lack, creating a drinking experience that feels like liquid gold.
Imagine a white wine that spent too much time tanning on the beach. It’s textured, savoury, and brings a delightful bite that white wines usually lack, creating a drinking experience that feels like liquid gold.
Imagine a white wine that spent too much time tanning on the beach. It’s textured, savoury, and brings a delightful bite that white wines usually lack, creating a drinking experience that feels like liquid gold.
Body
Just Right
Tannins
No Resistance
Barely Felt
Pillowy Presence
Serious Grip
The Brick Wall
Acidity
Properly Sharp
Sugar
Savagely Dry
LEADERS
HELPERS
The story
Rule Breaking
Ancient Tech
Hipster Hit
Winemakers here love breaking rules. Tired of standard Chardonnay, a daring crew looked back to ancient Georgian techniques. They left white grape skins in the juice, creating a striking amber hue. It started as a hipster experiment in garages but quickly exploded because cool kids wanted texture, grip, and something totally different from their parents' buttery grocery store bottles, turning a weird oddity into a modern staple.
Winemakers here love breaking rules. Tired of standard Chardonnay, a daring crew looked back to ancient Georgian techniques. They left white grape skins in the juice, creating a striking amber hue. It started as a hipster experiment in garages but quickly exploded because cool kids wanted texture, grip, and something totally different from their parents' buttery grocery store bottles, turning a weird oddity into a modern staple.
Winemakers here love breaking rules. Tired of standard Chardonnay, a daring crew looked back to ancient Georgian techniques. They left white grape skins in the juice, creating a striking amber hue. It started as a hipster experiment in garages but quickly exploded because cool kids wanted texture, grip, and something totally different from their parents' buttery grocery store bottles, turning a weird oddity into a modern staple.
Why it's special
Skin Contact
Added Texture
Food Friend
Most white wines are pressed and separated from skins immediately. This style refuses to part ways. By keeping skins in the mix during fermentation, the juice gains tannins, structure, and intense colour usually reserved for reds. It bridges the gap between refreshment and complexity, offering a savoury edge that pairs with almost anything on your plate. It is effectively red wine making applied to white grapes.
Most white wines are pressed and separated from skins immediately. This style refuses to part ways. By keeping skins in the mix during fermentation, the juice gains tannins, structure, and intense colour usually reserved for reds. It bridges the gap between refreshment and complexity, offering a savoury edge that pairs with almost anything on your plate. It is effectively red wine making applied to white grapes.
Most white wines are pressed and separated from skins immediately. This style refuses to part ways. By keeping skins in the mix during fermentation, the juice gains tannins, structure, and intense colour usually reserved for reds. It bridges the gap between refreshment and complexity, offering a savoury edge that pairs with almost anything on your plate. It is effectively red wine making applied to white grapes.
Who's gonna like it
Beer Lovers
Adventurers
Sour Fans
Craft beer lovers usually adore this stuff. Because it offers slightly oxidative notes, sourness, and a bit of grip, it feels familiar to anyone obsessed with IPAs or sour ales. You should also grab a bottle if standard Sauvignon Blanc bores you to tears. It is for the adventurous soul seeking a wild ride, not for someone who wants a clean, polished, and predictable beverage by the pool.
Craft beer lovers usually adore this stuff. Because it offers slightly oxidative notes, sourness, and a bit of grip, it feels familiar to anyone obsessed with IPAs or sour ales. You should also grab a bottle if standard Sauvignon Blanc bores you to tears. It is for the adventurous soul seeking a wild ride, not for someone who wants a clean, polished, and predictable beverage by the pool.
Craft beer lovers usually adore this stuff. Because it offers slightly oxidative notes, sourness, and a bit of grip, it feels familiar to anyone obsessed with IPAs or sour ales. You should also grab a bottle if standard Sauvignon Blanc bores you to tears. It is for the adventurous soul seeking a wild ride, not for someone who wants a clean, polished, and predictable beverage by the pool.
REGIONS
Sonoma County
If Napa is the guy in the tuxedo, Sonoma is the cool friend in designer jeans and a flannel shirt. It is huge, spanning valleys and coastlines, offering a dizzying array of styles for every palate.
If Napa is the guy in the tuxedo, Sonoma is the cool friend in designer jeans and a flannel shirt. It is huge, spanning valleys and coastlines, offering a dizzying array of styles for every palate.
Central Coast
Spanning a massive stretch of coastline from San Francisco down to Santa Barbara, this area is basically an amusement park for Pinot Noir lovers and Chardonnay fans who enjoy wearing hoodies in July.
Spanning a massive stretch of coastline from San Francisco down to Santa Barbara, this area is basically an amusement park for Pinot Noir lovers and Chardonnay fans who enjoy wearing hoodies in July.
SUB-REGIONS
Alexander Valley
(
Sonoma County
)
Forget about crossing the mountain for good reds because this valley proves you don't need a Napa zip code for world-class Cabernet Sauvignon. It is hotter than a summer romance here, making big, bold bottles the norm.
Forget about crossing the mountain for good reds because this valley proves you don't need a Napa zip code for world-class Cabernet Sauvignon. It is hotter than a summer romance here, making big, bold bottles the norm.
Bennett Valley
(
Sonoma County
)
Located right under the nose of Santa Rosa, this appellation acts like a refrigerator with the door left open. It captures all that chilly Pacific fog, creating a haven for grapes that hate getting sunburned.
Located right under the nose of Santa Rosa, this appellation acts like a refrigerator with the door left open. It captures all that chilly Pacific fog, creating a haven for grapes that hate getting sunburned.
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