3. Remember when White Zinfandel was popular. OK, so none of us were connoisseurs back then. We just bought a jug of wine like Rhine or Chablis put it in our fridge for a week and drank. Yes, we had screw caps back then. You didn’t really care who made the wine. You only ordered by color. It was white, rose or red. We would be precise when we would say something like, “I will take a White Zinfandel please.” It didn’t matter where it came from or who made it.
Let’s talk about Zinfandel. It has come a long way since the 70’s and 80’s. Zinfandel is actually a dark red grape. The juice of most grapes is white. Almost any red grape can make white wine or rose wine but white grapes cannot make red wine. The skin is what carries the color in a grape and when used, gives the wine its luscious color. How about a nice 2007 Rombauer Zinfandel for $28? Affordable, Californian, and luscious.
California is where it is at for the Zinfandel grape. Zin likes hot days and cool nights. Because of the large amounts of Zinfandel planted in California, you can find some very “old vines”. For those of you, like me, who like to try some “old vine” wine, you can find some good ones.
One of my favorites is: Louis M. Martini 2006 Gnarly Vine Zinfandel for $50. 100% Zinfandel from 125 year old vines on the historic Monte Rosso Vineyard. According to their Web site, there are only 39 bottles left, now 37and oops, now there are 35. I bought two writing this blog!
Let me know what you think! Be nice!
Bon Vin!
Veronica
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