Today, in addition to white, rosé, and red wines, a fourth colour category - orange - is on the wine list at trendy restaurants. But Georgians do not like the word “orange” as many consumers might think this type of wine is made with oranges. So instead, they use a more poetic term – “amber.” But let's talk about the phenomenon first.
What do oranges have to do with it?
The term’ orange wines’ was coined in 2004 by David Harvey, a British wine retailer employee. The catchy name was immediately adopted by sophisticated sommeliers and, consequently, by wine connoisseurs. None of them thought the term might mislead an ordinary consumer - is it an orange wine or a wine made with oranges? Producers do not like the definition either. These wines are called white in Georgia, the historic homeland of the style. And only in
