May 16, 2006

Zinfandel

2002 De Loach Zinfandel
De Loach vineyards started in the mid 70's as direct shipping only, starting with their first wine a Zinfandel.

Wine Column: Try a zinfandel with your next barbecue
One of our favorite wine pairings with these strong-tasting foods is zinfandel. Nonvintage Rosenblum Cellars Vintners Cuvee XXVIII zinfandel.

Rosenblum Trilogy: Part IIIthe 2004 San Francisco Bay Zinfandel Appellation Series
Just like Wednesday’s featured Rosenblum North Coast Zinfandel, the San Francisco Bay is crafted from an interesting varietal blend of 96% Zinfandel and 4% Petite Sirah. The four vineyards that supply the specially selected Zinfandel and Petite Sirah varietals for the blend are located approximately 40 miles east of San Francisco, at the foot of Mt. Diablo.

Ridge Jimsomare Zinfandel (Santa Cruz Mts.) 1995
At age 11, this Zinfandel was on the downhill side but still hanging in there.

De La Montanya, Zinfandel, Sack Vineyard 2004
De La Montanya, Zinfandel, “Sack Vineyard”, Russian River Valley 2004 ($32/sample) - Dark purple in color with blackberry and plum aromas coming through quite a lot of cedar.

Grilling out? Sip a zinfandel
My favorite wine with summer foods like burgers, barbecued chicken and ribs is zinfandel. The zinfandel vine is tough and vigorous, outlasting diseases and Prohibition.

Christianity takes a walk down Madison Avenue
The Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels in Los Angeles has sold its own line of cabernet, chardonnay and zinfandel wines.

Solaris Napa Zinfandel 2003
Solaris Napa Zinfandel 2003 is 99% Zin, from vineyards located between St Helena and Calistoga.

Bombay wines a good match for Indian fare
 in the Silicon Valley for the good grape, have expanded their Sula Vineyards production of chenin blanc, sauvignon blanc, shiraz and zinfandel (they make a zin ...

Love is a Rose
Yes, this is a pink wine, but it is not the hated and rightfully cursed white Zinfandel.

Fred Franzia irks industry by using cheaper grapes in Napa product
"In 1993," Pattison writes, "Franzia and Bronco were indicted for conspiracy to defraud for misrepresenting cheap grapes worth $100 to $200 per ton as zinfandel and cabernet sauvignon grapes worth five to 10 times as much.

Pittsburgh Wine Festival offers great wines and discussions
From an initial modest production of just over 300 cases, Peterson now pursues his mission in a very big way as California’s largest Zinfandel producer. Superb single vineyard wines such as the 2003 Ravenswood, Zinfandel Big River Vineyard (Specialty 14492, $28.99) are worth seeking out even with the limited supply in PLCB stores.

Schwarzeneggers Travels Lead to Criticism
The celebrity governor always promised to promote California, and he's traveled as far as China to pitch everything from avocados to zinfandel.

Bag the brie, and open the potato chips
Popcorn or potato chips with the 2003 Wild Horse Zinfandel Paso Robles: This peppery, smoky zin needed little help from the snacks.

Sixty-five Zins: my notes from ZAP

Rosenblum Trilogy: Part IIthe 2004 North Coast Zinfandel Appellation Series
Alright, so perhaps you’re not feeling like Monk, you rather listen to Bird--maybe put in another way, the idea of the 2004 Rosenblum Paso Robles Zinfandel was like skipping to dessert though you actually wanted dinner first. If this is so, the 2004 North Coast Appellation Zinfandel might just be your ticket to accompany that set of grilled lamb chops you’ve been craving.

The travels of two buck Chuck

2004 Frey Vineyards Redwood Valley Zinfandel (Mendocino County)
2000 Forchini Dry Creek Valley Zinfandel "Proprietor's Reserve"

2000 Forchini Dry Creek Valley Zinfandel "Proprietor's Reserve"
It was like drinking a cubist painting of a zinfandel.

Sokol Blosser Winery Meditrina (America) NV

02 Ridge, California Geyserville
The juice is more reminiscent of good overripe Cali cab and syrah than zinfandel, with long flavors of muddled blackberries, milk chocolate, and fleshy peppers.

The Sweet Spot
You've got a couple of friends who like nothing but white zinfandel in all its sweet simplicity.

Writer's Block
It's a Writer's Block zinfandel, sporting an illustration of the Bard himself. When I opened this '03 Lake County zinfandel I was immediately impressed by its ripe, forward fruit and spicy finish.