Flight of the Month: Golden Waves

What's the deal with orange wines?

Orange wines occupy a fascinating middle ground—neither white, red, nor rosé, but something gloriously distinct. Created by fermenting white grapes with their skins (unlike traditional whites where skins are quickly removed), these ancient-yet-trendy wines develop captivating amber hues from pale gold to deep tangerine.

This millennia-old technique produces wines with unexpected complexity: a white wine's bright acidity meets a red wine's structure and tannic grip. Orange wines excel at food pairing acrobatics, complementing dishes that leave other wines stumbling. For the curious wine lover, they're intentional expressions of one of winemaking's oldest and most avant-garde traditions.

Golden Waves

Hammekin Cellars Nanit | La Mancha, Spain​

optional pairing: everything bagel hummus on sourdough​