Orange Wines & Other Anomalies

It's simple. Or is it?

An "orange" wine is made of white grapes that fermented on the grape skins. Normally, white wine is made by crushing the grapes and whisking the juice away from the skins, where pigmentation resides. Hence, the pale or light hues that typify most white wines. With orange wines, the juice macerates and ferments with the skins for an…