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Avete vini macerati in Italia?

Do you have skin-contact wines in Italy?

Pronunciation

ma-ce-RA-ti — four syllables, stress on third.

When to use it

When looking for orange wines (white wines made with extended skin contact) — an Italian specialty from Friuli.

What it means

'Macerati' = macerated/skin-contact. Orange wines are white wines made like red — with the grape skins left in contact with the juice during fermentation, producing amber ('orange') coloured wines with tannins unusual in whites.

Variations

Avete il Ribolla Gialla con la macerazione?

Do you have skin-contact Ribolla Gialla?

Ribolla Gialla from Friuli is the most celebrated orange wine grape in Italy

Quanto è la macerazione?

How long is the maceration?

Maceration time is key — from 2 weeks (light) to 6 months (Radikon, Gravner style)

È un vino naturale?

Is it a natural wine?

Orange wines are often natural — minimal sulphites, wild fermentation

Mini Dialogue

— Avete vini macerati in Italia? — Sì — siamo forti in orange wine. Abbiamo un Ribolla di Friuli con 60 giorni di macerazione. — Gravner o Radikon style? — Simile — vino biodinamico, anfora di argilla.

— Do you have skin-contact wines in Italy? — Yes — we are strong on orange wine. We have a Ribolla from Friuli with 60 days of maceration. — Gravner or Radikon style? — Similar — biodynamic wine, clay amphora.

Cultural Note

Josko Gravner and Stanko Radikon from Friuli-Venezia Giulia pioneered the modern orange wine movement in the 1980s–90s, rediscovering ancient Georgian amphora winemaking. Their wines — aged for years in buried clay pots, then in large wooden barrels — are among the most singular wines made anywhere.