Friday, March 23, 2012

Wine Grape Varieties- White Zinfandel | LiquorTrax

White Zinfandel(wite zin­fun del), is a pop­u­lar entry level wine, for the inex­pe­ri­enced palate. The zin­fan­del grape skins make some con­tact with the wine for color, but the style is much sweeter than wines made from this grape where the wine is made with full con­tact of the skins.

Rose wines are made pink too, but with a light dry style which typ­i­cally doesn’t appeal to White Zin­fan­del drinkers.

I try to guide guests to expand­ing their palate, by rec­om­mend­ing wines slightly drier than they are used to. Going too dry with your rec­om­men­da­tions can be a turn off. Stay as close to the fla­vor pro­files they enjoy so the guest is more open and adventurous.

Although seri­ous wine drinkers will not enjoy this wine…we all started some­where when we began tast­ing wine. My first wine was Boones Farm Straw­berry Hill! It was years before I was able to start appre­ci­at­ing dry wines.

White Zin­fan­del wines are very pop­u­lar so have plenty on hand, but please do your part to expose the gen­eral pub­lic to wines of qual­ity so that these generic sugar bombs lose their popularity!

Moscatto and Ries­ling are sweeter wines, some with excel­lent qual­ity that would be a great recommendation.

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