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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 ...
In 1997, Zinfandel Advocates and Producers partnered with the UC Davis department of enology to initiate the Zinfandel Heritage Vineyard Project.This project had four key goals: 1) Preservation of historical Zinfandel vines, 2) Identification of different clonal selections of Zinfandel, 3) Propagation of a variety of “clean” Zinfandel selections and 4) Experimentation of how the different ...
We bottled it, and the rest is history." [5] By 1987, Sutter Home White Zinfandel had become the best-selling premium wine in the United States. In 1994, Wine Spectator gave Trinchero its Distinguished Service Award for "having introduced more Americans to wine on the table than anyone in history". [6]
Zinfandel (formerly Bell Station and Pine Station) is a small unincorporated community in Napa County, California just south of the city of St. Helena in the North Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area. [1] It is part of the Wine Country.
Zierfandler may be the inadvertent origin of the name Zinfandel, which has its roots in a Croatian grape collected by the Habsburg monarchy in Vienna. George Gibbs, a horticulturist on Long Island , received several shipments of vines from the Imperial nursery in the 1820s, one of which he called "Black Zinfardel of Hungary". [ 4 ]
His Inglenook wines won gold medals at the World's Fair of Paris in 1889. During the period when the Europeans were contending with phylloxera, the American wine industry was flourishing. By 1900, America had a fully developed and proud commercial wine producing business. Many California wines received medals in European competitions.
He noted “Ridge’s wines today are better than ever is a tribute to him (Paul) and his successors." [14] [15] On the evening of 18 October 2016, East Bench Zinfandel of Ridge Vineyards was selected to be served at the last state dinner of the Obama administration at the White House .
White Zinfandel is a type of rosé wine made from red Zinfandel grapes that falls between the categories of off-dry and sweet. As it is not made from white grapes, it has a blush color, derived from grapes which are typically used to produce a full-bodied and spicy red wine called Zinfandel.