How is such a pale wine made from the robust, red zinfandel grape?
Most Americans think white zinfandel is a wine made from zinfandel grapes vinified to retain as little color as possible.
It's made from the red zinfandel grape, and there is always a pink or orange-pink tint to the wine.
There are probably thousands of people out there who think white zinfandel comes from the white zinfandel grape.
A goal of the Davis project, which continues, is to pin down the true source of the zinfandel grape.
Stubbornly, the zinfandel grapes refused to give up all their color.
For half a century, wine people (definitely no one else) have been wondering where the zinfandel grape came from.
Or he had the perception that this hidden valley had special conditions for zinfandel grapes?
It's made mostly from zinfandel grapes, which are red but are crushed so as to avoid most contact between the skins and the juice.
For a while, primitivo was a prime suspect in the mystery surrounding the origin of the zinfandel grape.