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Orange wine: 2 very different ways to make it

· Dunia Torres González · 5 min read

Originally published on Licorea.es on 14/10/2021.

Orange wine can be made as an aromatised wine or as a fruit ferment, with recipes, ingredients, resting time and practical preparation tips.

Orange wine served with fruit and homemade preparation recipes

Orange wine: two different ways to prepare it at home

A few days ago a friend left us a comment on the post of orange wine: "This is an ordinary grape wine flavored with orange. To be what it says, it must come from the direct fermentation of orange juice."

And this comment had our full attention, because it is true that there is an exquisite recipe, where the protagonist is orange and it has little relationship with Huelva wine. That is why in this article we will include both options, so you will have the option to choose which one you like the most or which one would be the easiest to make.

orange wine If you are an orange wine lover you will love having the recipe, you will see that you will learn how to make it quickly and soon you will be preparing it at home.

If you are an orange wine lover, you will love having the recipe, you will see that you will learn how to make it quickly and soon you will be preparing it at home to taste it whenever you feel like it.

Orange wine is the perfect option to accompany your dinner or dessert and the ingredients you need are easy to get, plus it won't take you long to prepare it, although it is important to take into account that it requires several days of rest for the flavors to concentrate and be a success, so take note.

This recipe for homemade orange wine would be option 1 and we talked to you about it in a previous post. They told us about it in Moguer, Huelva, where they prepare them wonderfully. The wine is perfect to accompany desserts and to give bittersweet touches to some meat stews. By substituting half the wine for brandy you get sweet orange brandy, a delicious homemade liqueur.

orange wine The orange wine from Huelva, where they prepare them wonderfully.

Here is the recipe:

Recipe #1. orange wine

Ingredients

  • 4 units of large oranges
  • 2 bottles of dry white wine
  • 1 cup of Cognac
  • 1 cup orange peel
  • ½ cup of Sugar (100 grams)

Preparation

  1. Mix the wine and orange pieces in a container, cover it with cellophane paper (well sealed) and refrigerate this mixture for 5 days.
  2. Remove the oranges, add the sugar and cognac, mix well until the sugar dissolves. Refrigerate this new mixture for 24 hours.
  3. Serves the orange wine in a punch bowl decorated with orange peels. Serve cold in cups.

The wine where the grapes do not intervene

According to the academic definition, we can only call wine the drink made by fermenting grape must. But of course... the grape is a fruit and, there are other fruits with which "wine of..." is also made.

Therefore, we can consider fruit wine to be all those fermented wines whose base is made with a specific fruit: "History tells us that not in all places, both due to the land and the climate, the grapes could prosper and then they looked for a substitute when making their own wine from whatever they had available."

orange wine Orange wine is a popular, delicious, and fairly easy option to make at home if you have the right materials and a little patience.

Recipe #2. orange wine

When you think of wine, grapes are probably what comes to mind first, but you can actually make delicious wines from other fruits. Orange wine is a popular, delicious, and fairly easy option to make at home if you have the right materials and a little patience.

  • 8 liters (2 gallons) of water
  • 10 very ripe oranges
  • 2 lemons
  • 3 kg (6 lb) white granulated sugar
  • ½ teaspoon grape tannin
  • 2 teaspoons yeast nutrient
  • 1 package (5 g) wine yeast

Preparation

  1. Heat the water over high heat on the stove until it comes to a boil, which will take up to 35 minutes.
  2. Peel the oranges with your fingers and use a zester to remove the zest from the lemons. Remove as much of the white tissue from the fruits as possible. Adding the lemons to the wine is optional. You can use only oranges, if you prefer. If you don't have a grater, you can use a vegetable peeler to peel the fruit.
  3. Cut the fruit and pit it.
  4. Chop or blend the oranges and lemons.
  5. Mix the fruit, sugar, tannin and yeast nutrient in a fermentation container.
  6. Carefully pour the boiling water over the mixture and stir until the sugar dissolves. When all the ingredients are in the container to ferment, slowly pour the boiling water into it. Use a long-handled spoon to carefully mix the ingredients until the sugar granules are completely dissolved, which will take 3 to 5 minutes.
  7. Cover the mixture and let it cool. Once the sugar has dissolved, cover the container to ferment. Let the mixture sit until it reaches room temperature, which will take 1 to 2 hours.
  8. Add the yeast. When the mixture has reached room temperature, uncover it and add a packet (5 g) of wine yeast. Stir it to integrate it with the other ingredients.
  9. Cover the mixture and let it ferment for 1 week.
  10. Pour the wine into a second container to ferment by passing it through a strainer.
  11. Close the container and let it ferment for 1 month.
  12. After the month, use a siphon to transfer the wine to another clean glass fermentation container. Pour it carefully to prevent any sediment at the bottom from falling into the wine. Let it ferment for 1 more month and then repeat the process for 2 more months. In total there will be 4 months of fermentation.

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