zinfandel

Zinfandel is a variety of red grapes, the main component of very popular Red and White Zinfandel wines. Zinfandel is a red grape with clear juice. The color of the resulting wine depends on the winemaker and how long the juice is allowed to contact the skin, the seeds and the stems which cause the juice to acquire the red tint.

Zinfandel is a quintessentially American, mostly Californian wine. The variety is grown on over 50,000 acres in the United States and the wine standard, unlike most other prominent types of wine, has also been developed in the United States.

Zinfandel grapes have grown in popularity by the mid-19th century, just in time for the Californian Gold Rush of 1849 which made the Zinfandel wine extremely popular among the miners.

Zinfandel wine is a great tasting experience due to its large number of style variations. Most of the red table style wine is made from grapes picked at the balance between sugar and acid which yields wines with 13-14% alcohol. However, the grapes are known to ripen unevenly and so the time of harvest has a great effect on the particular flavor.

You can find Zinfandel talked about at sites like Drinks Forum and ZAP

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• Wine Guerrilla Forchini Vineyards Old Vine Zinfandel 2009 - A Really BIG and Really BOLD Saturday Splurge

  
  The Reverse Wine Snob — Authority: 107
  83% Zinfandel and 17% Petite Sirah from Russian River Valley, Sonoma County California. SRP of $35 and available for around $30. Sample received courtesy Wine Guerrilla for review purposes. From the bottle: "Things were a little different when these vines were planted. There were no SUVs, only Model Ts. And if ...
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• Cuisine Art | The Dish on White Zinfandel

  
  The Moment — Authority: 126
  The creators of White Zinfandel, a mash-up of art, food and culture, discuss its origins.
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• Rancho Zabaco Zinfandel 2008

  
  Parched No More — Authority: 106
  Zinfandel gets a bad name, mainly because its mother grapes are used to make the low-alcohol, lowly regarded rosé known as white zinfandel. As you’ve probably noticed, all grapes, whether light- or dark-skinned, have translucent pink flesh inside. Red wines (and whites) get most of their color and flavor from the ...
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• Mendoza red blend tops our wine picks of the week

  
  Good Cheap Vino — Authority: 100
  Each week we post our favorite bargain wines we had tasted during the previous week. These are wines that we had purchased from various stores on the San Francisco Peninsula. Each week our Vintage Wine Club suggests wine for this list. Here are the most interesting picks for January 16. Clos de Chacras’s 2008 ...
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• Educate Your Palate By Trying Old World Versus New World Wines ~ The Red Version

  
  Wine Blog — Authority: 107
  This is a lead-in from two earlier posts, because it sets the stage, if you didn’t read either blog: Wine and Lunch With the Somms and Sellers ~ Young’s Market Style Looking to Quickly Educate Your Palate? Try Tasting Old World Versus New World Wines ~ The White Version My friend Chang Liow of Chinois [...]
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• White Zinfandel Dispute Resolved.

  
  Tampa Wine Guide — Authority: 112
  " border="0" alt="" align="left" src="http://tampawineguide.zippykidcdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/sutter_home_white_zin.jpg" width="216" height="216" /> This TREMENDOUS news (tongue firmly in cheek) resolves an issue which arose last year , when Blossom Hill’s White Zinfandel and White Grenache ...
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• White Zinfandel Dispute Resolved.

  
  Orlando Wine Guide — Authority: 112
  " border="0" alt="" align="left" src="http://orlandowineguide.zippykidcdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/sutter_home_white_zin.jpg" width="216" height="216" /> This TREMENDOUS news (tongue firmly in cheek) resolves an issue which arose last year , when Blossom Hill’s White Zinfandel and White Grenache ...
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• White Zinfandel Dispute Resolved.

  
  Miami Wine Guide — Authority: 112
  " border="0" alt="" align="left" src="http://miamiwineguide.zippykidcdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/sutter_home_white_zin.jpg" width="216" height="216" /> This TREMENDOUS news (tongue firmly in cheek) resolves an issue which arose last year , when Blossom Hill’s White Zinfandel and White Grenache ...
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• White Zinfandel Dispute Resolved.

  
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  " border="0" alt="" align="left" src="http://jacksonvillewineguide.zippykidcdn.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/sutter_home_white_zin.jpg" width="216" height="216" /> This TREMENDOUS news (tongue firmly in cheek) resolves an issue which arose last year , when Blossom Hill’s White Zinfandel and White ...
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• White Zinfandel Dispute Resolved.

  
  Blog Your Wine — Authority: 414
  This TREMENDOUS news (tongue firmly in cheek) resolves an issue which arose last year, when Blossom Hill’s White Zinfandel and White Grenache were impounded by authorities in Italy, where the wines are bottled. The brand was forced to relabel the … Continue reading →
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• Dendor Patton Wisdom Old Vine Zinfandel 2009

  
  Wine Reviews by Bacchus and Beery Wine Blog — Authority: 101
  2009 Dendor Patton Wisdom Old Vine Zinfandel, Mendocino County, CA, $30 (S) – Rating 4.2 A wonderful Zin from a small producer, Dendor Patton Wisdom Old Vine Zinfandel is medium-bodied with flavors of Black cherry, plum, coffee, chocolate, a little blueberry.  A pop of 5% Petite Sirah and 5% Barbara add ...
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• Tractor Shed Red 2009 - A Rich, Smooth and Savory Bulk Buy!

  
  The Reverse Wine Snob — Authority: 107
  BULK BUY! BULK BUY! A blend of Sangiovese , Merlot , Zinfandel and Cabernet Franc from California. SRP of $12 and available for as low as $7 at Costco. Sample received courtesy Balzac Communications for review purposes. From the bottle: "Four generations of growing and winemaking by the Tudal Family ...
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• On Demand Reviews: Dashe Cellars Recent Releases

  
  1 Wine Dude — Authority: 409
  Today… well, today is all about downtown Oakland’s vinous urban success story, Dashe Cellars – because YOU demanded it. Well, technically not YOU exactly , unless you’re Martin Dredmond . Martin was one of two winners of the 1WD ZAP 2012 Zinfandel Festival tickets giveaway , in which the ...
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• Campus Oaks 2007 Old Vines Zinfandel, Lodi

  
  Toledo Wines and Vines — Authority: 108
  We sampled this Zin for the first time as we visited with Glorious T and Ace of Bass, checking in for the Ohio Buckeyes’ game in the Gator Bowl. It turns out that the game was flat, but this wine was not. This Zin is from the Lodi region, which is earning a reputation for spectacular Zinfandel. The grapes for this ...
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• 2007 Storybook Mountain Vineyards ‘Antaeus’ Zinfandel Blend

  
  The Wine Spies — Authority: 110
  Operative’s Choice:  Agent Red’s Top Selection Mission Codename : The Son of Water and Earth Operative : Agent Red Objective : Send Agent Red to infiltrate Storybook Mountain Vineyards on the slopes of the Mayacamas Mountains at the northern reaches of the Napa Valley. His mission: to return with an ...
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• Gnarly Head 2010 Old Vine Zin

  
  winetrailtraveler.com — Authority: 112
  I opened a bottle of Gnarly Head 2010 Old Vine Zin last night to pair with pasta and a red sauce. My first reaction was that it was not a Sonoma County Old Vine Zin nor a Temecula Zin. In fact, the wine tasted very similar to a Petite Sirah that I made with juice from Lodi. I would categorize my Petite Sirah as an OK ...
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