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Sutter Home's White Zinfandel production increased from 25,000 cases in 1981 to 1.3 million in 1986. In 2004, Trinchero Family Estates winery produced about 10 million cases a year, with Sutter Home White Zinfandel being 95% of those unit sales.
In 2018, Sutter Home held a significant market share in the White Zinfandel industry, accounting for 29.1% of the total dollar sales and 73.1% of the 187 mL (6.3 U.S. fl oz) segment of the market. [2] Other wineries and beverage manufacturers also produce and sell this variety of wine.
The winery added a new brand when in 2010 it opened its Vigilance Winery & Vineyard tasting room on one of its Red Hills Lake County AVA vineyards in Lower Lake, California. [3] In 2018, Shannon Ridge Family of Wines purchased Nice Wine Co., located in Nice, California, expanding its winemaking and bottling capacity. [4]
The Zinfandel Heritage Vineyard Project, a collaboration with the UC Davis enology department, which is dedicated to preserving Zinfandel vines from historic vineyards, identifying the various Zinfandel selections, helping wineries obtain cuttings from the unique Zinfandel selections, and researching growing differentiations in multiple locations.
Cline Cellars is best known for production of their "ancient vines" wines out of Contra Costa County. The head winemaker is Tom Gendall, who joined the operation in 2017. The Cline's historic Oakley vineyards are planted with Mourvèdre, Carignane, Grenache, Palomino and Zinfandel. The vines range in age from 80-120 years old.
The Florida Wine Grape Growers Association (FWGGA) was established in 1923. In the 1930s, researchers at the University of Florida helped develop new hybrid grape varieties from the indigenous Muscadine to be more ecologically suitable for Florida's climate, including Blanc du Bois, Stover, Swanee, Daytona, Orlando Seedless and Miss Blanc. [7] [8]
Zinfandel (also known as Primitivo) is a variety of black-skinned wine grape.The variety is grown in over 10 percent of California vineyards. [1] DNA analysis has revealed that it is genetically equivalent to the Croatian grapes Crljenak Kaštelanski and Tribidrag, as well as to the Primitivo variety traditionally grown in Apulia, Italy, where it was introduced in the 18th century, and ...
Arbor Mist first appeared on store shelves in the United States in the summer of 1998, and was the best-selling wine debut since the 1970s. [4] Originally appearing in just two different fruit varieties, Arbor Mist now makes fourteen standard varieties of their wine product: