Welcome to the latest installment of The Week in Zinfandel. If I missed your post or story please send me a link and I will be sure to include it next week. Ken’s Wine Guide reviews the 2016 Rock Wall Zinfandel Allegria Vineyard. Michelle Bigley writes In California’s Amador County, Spend a Weekend Sipping Zinfandel from Ancient Vines. Dan Berger…
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The Week in Zinfandel (5/27/19)
Welcome to the latest installment of The Week in Zinfandel. If I missed your post or story please send me a link and I will be sure to include it next week. Randy Caparoso writes Lodi 101 (For True-Blue Lodi Wine Lovers). Shelby Vittek writes Four American Producers Rediscovering White Field Blends. Marissa Ross writes White Zin is in, Again:…
The Week in Zinfandel (5/20/19)
Welcome to the latest installment of The Week in Zinfandel. If I missed your post or story please send me a link and I will be sure to include it next week. Dallas Wine Chick writes For the Love of Lodi: A Region All About Multi-Generational Farming, Winemaking and Families. Reverse Wine Snob writes Delighting in the Dry Creek Valley.…
The Week in Zinfandel (5/13/19)
Welcome to the latest installment of The Week in Zinfandel. If I missed your post or story please send me a link and I will be sure to include it next week. Randy Caparoso writes Why Ancient Vines are so Wise, and you should not Miss ZinFest’s Phenomenal Zinfandel Blind Tasting. Stephen McConnell reviews the 2017 T-Vine Zinfandel Russian River…
The Week in Zinfandel (5/6/19)
Welcome to the latest installment of The Week in Zinfandel. If I missed your post or story please send me a link and I will be sure to include it next week. Now And Zin Wine reviews the 2015 Stonum Lodi Zinfandel. VinePair writes The 10 Best Canned Wines for Summer 2019, Tasted and Ranked. Randy Caparoso writes Direct Influence…
The Week in Zinfandel (4/29/19)
Welcome to the latest installment of The Week in Zinfandel. If I missed your post or story please send me a link and I will be sure to include it next week. Ken’s Wine Guide reviews the 2016 Rock Wall Zinfandel Hendry Vineyard Block 29. Stephen McConnell writes When All the Saints. 1WineDude reviews 10 separate Zins in Wine Reviews:…
The End of an Era with the Closure of the Ravenswood Tasting Room
I first started drinking Ravenswood Zins in the early 90’s. In fact, it was wineries like Ravenswood, Ridge and Limerick Lane that sparked my obsession with Zinfandel. In the early 90’s Ravenswood was a champion of single vineyard Zins. Old Hill Ranch, Dickerson and Belloni were some early favorites. Every August when the winery released their SVD’s I would make…
The Week in Zinfandel (4/22/19)
Welcome to the latest installment of The Week in Zinfandel. If I missed your post or story please send me a link and I will be sure to include it next week. Dallas Wine Chick reviews the 2015 Dry Creek Vineyards Old Vine Zinfandel. Ridge Wine Blog writes History of the Demostene Ranch. Sonoma Magazine writes Passport to Dry Creek…
The Week in Zinfandel (4/15/19)
Welcome to the latest installment of The Week in Zinfandel. If I missed your post or story please send me a link and I will be sure to include it next week. Dallas Wine Chick writes Winemaker Tom Parmeson: The Man Who Started a Second Career on an Epiphany. Peg Melnik reviews the 2016 Armida Zinfandel Parmelee-Hill Vineyard. Randy Caparoso…
Washington Wine Landscape Circa 1990
Sometime in the early 90’s my late mother gave me this poster designed by Andy Anderson that represented the state of the Washington Wine Industry. The poster has a treasured spot above the toilet in my current master bath. The other day as I glanced at it yet again it occurred to me just how much things have changed in…