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orange wine en · NOUN

Etymology

The idiomatic sense referring to a type of grape wine is from the color; this class of wines has been made for centuries (in many countries), but this particular English-language term for them was coined as a marketing term in the early 21st century (more in Wikipedia at orange wine § Terminology). The literal sense referring to a type of citrus wine is attested since the 19th century.

Meanings

1. (countable, idiomatic, uncountable) A type of wine made from white wine grapes whose skins are not removed.
   • Orange wines are unlike a white and unlike a red, although they are probably more like a red than a white. They're tannic and sometimes a little bitter depending on how long the skins have contact with the juice. 2015, Lettie Teague, Wine in Words: Some Notes for Better Drinking, Rizzoli Publications, →ISBN:
   • Another summer is beginning in Marseille. Heat, rocks, panisse. Packs of Vogue cigarettes and bottles of orange wine, all emptied. 2025 June 14, Robin Van Liebergen, “How not to summer in Marseille”, in FT Weekend (Life & Arts section), London: The Financial Times Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 19:
2. (countable, uncountable) Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see orange, wine: especially, wine made from oranges (a citrus fruit).

Forms

Coordinates

red wine · rosé wine · blush · vinho verde · rosé · blush wine · white wine

Hypernyms

wine · drink · beverage · booze

Synonyms

amber wine

Translations (2)

nl oranje wijn (wine from grapes with skins not removed) · fr vin orange (wine from grapes with skins not removed)

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