Oh Zinfandel, I was wrong! Zinfandel, America’s Heritage Wine, as it is referred to by some, is literally living American history. As a person who legit went out of her way to avoid Zinfandel, my anti-Zin stance started to thaw several years ago when I attended a master class on the grape and got to experience several iterations of the wine from various producers. Before then, a couple of bad experiences made me (wrongly) assume that Zin was just an alcoholic fruit bomb with very little substance or complexity.
While I was indeed thawing, I still wasn’t all the way there. However, after attending a three-day wine and food extravaganza dedicated solely to Zinfandel where wine lovers from around the world come together to revel in America’s Heritage Wine, I can absolutely say without hesitation: Yeah, I was wrong. I mean, how many wine grapes can say (you know, if they were people) that they have an entire festival dedicated solely to them?
This Article was originally published on The Corkscrew Concierge
