A bad cold kept me from attending last Saturday’s 20th annual Zinfandel Festival Grand Tasting, presented by ZAP (Zinfandel Advocates & Producers) in San Francisco’s Fort Mason Center. Luckily my overqualified envoy was happy to taste some 50 California Zins, and he’s provided this list of six that stood out: 2007 Carol Shelton Rocky Reserve [...]
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6 Zins that Stood Out at ZAP
Posted in Tasting Adventures, Wine Picks, tagged Amador County, Dry Creek Valley, Guglielmo, Ravenswood, Sonoma, ZAP, Zinfandel, Zinfandel Festival on January 31, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
The Markup on Lust in Lodi
Posted in Wine Facts, tagged Central Valley, Lodi, ZAP, Zinfandel, Zinfandel Advocates & Producers Festival on January 3, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
A few years ago I used my old wine column to write a love letter of sorts to Lodi, California. My newfound Lodi love was based on the many good, inexpensive wines made from Lodi-grown grapes that I’d tasted at that year’s Zinfandel Advocates & Producers Festival (ZAP) in San Francisco. That was early 2008. [...]
