Zinfandel
Wine Blogging Wednesday #60 – “I have Zinned”
This month, Wine Blogging Wednesday created by Lenn Thompson of LENNDEVOURS, is in it’s 60th edition and hosted by Megan at Wannabe Wino. Her theme this month is anything Zin, and pairing it with BBQ and or grilled meat. Well since I’m a vegetarian I couldn’t comply with the second part but I did the [...]
Tuesday Quick Sip – 2005 Renwood Old Vine Zinfandel
Wine Information Vineyards – Amador county appellation; average age of 45 year old head pruned vines Grape – 100% Zinfandel Aging- 15 months in oak; 23% new American Oak, 77% 2-3 year old French and American Oak Price – $15 My Tasting Notes Nose – dried cherries, chocolate, blackberry, raisin Taste – raspberry puree, blackberry, [...]
Hendry’s little brother – 2006 HRW Zinfandel
“HRW” is a fairly new line of wines from Hendry that offers some value to their brand, priced at around half of what the big brother costs. The wines are blends of the leftover juice from their single block wines, that for whatever reason wasn’t “good enough”. The 2006 HRW Zinfandel ( $18 ) is [...]
Quick Sip – 2005 MonteVina Terra d’ Oro Zinfandel
I usually don’t buy wines from Sam’s Club, I like to give my wine business to the local shops around town versus the big guys who don’t “need” my business. But the other day I picked this up for the fun of it. Wine Background Grapes – 100% Zinfandel Vineyards – Amador County Oak program [...]
Zinfandel Tasting and A Little History
Tonight at the Wine Cellar, Jeff will be starting his education series as he himself is doing the pouring. He will be showcasing red Zinfandel with 3 in a range from light to full bodied and 2 old vine Zins from 68-100 year old wines. Hailing from Croatia, Zinfandel originally made its way into the [...]
Wine Tasting – 2005 Seghesio Prati Vineyard Zin
This came in our May Seghesio club shipment and is one of their Zinfandels that is only offered to wine club members. Enrico Prati immigrated to Asti California in 1910 and in 1914 he married Ida, the daughter of Edoardo and Angela Seghesio. The Prati family has been growing grapes in Alexander Valley for over [...]
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