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Lodi Zinfest – Part 1 – The Winemakers dinner
Lodi Zin Fest – Part 1 – The Winemakers dinner This is a three-part series on the wine and festivities of the Lodi Zinfest. by Haydn S. Adams | Beyond Napa Valley Wine Blog May 17th, 2009 The...
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Lodi Zinfest – Part 2 – Thomas Coyne Zinfandel
My Favorite Wine (and Winemaker) at the Winemakers dinner 2003 Thomas Coyne Zinfandel (Late Harvest) Appellation: Lodi Alc: 16.9% Haydn gives it: 93pts Not available (as far as I can tell) Winery:...
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Joel Peterson and his Ravenswood vineyard designate wines
Recently I had the chance to sit down with Ravenswood’s winemaker Joel Peterson to discuss his latest line, his single vineyard designate line. I must say I was looking forward to seeing how many Zins...
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Review of Dry Creek’s ZinTopia
ZinTopia The WInegrowers of Dry Creek held it’s first Zintopia—to highlight Dry Creek’s most treasured grape, the ZInfandel. Unlike PinotDays and other Zinfests, this event really honed in on the...
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Flights! A Showcase of Zinfandels and a Healthy Discussion, by ZAP
While I had read on ZAP’s website what flights! was about, I truly was unaware of just how euphoric the event turned out to be. I use that term because being able to taste five different winemakers’...
View ArticleZAP’s Zinfandel Grand Tasting Review
If you had a hankering for Zinfandel, ZAP’s annual Grand Tasting would have definitely quenched your thirst. Held in two halls at the Fort Mason center in San Francisco, Zinfandel producing wineries...
View ArticleZinfandel and Dark Chocolate
Chocolate is one of the most sensual foods out there in the world. And if you were to say it were to have a liquid counterpart, wine would be it. But with so many wines and so many chocolates out...
View ArticleThe wines and the growers of Dutcher Crossing Winery
A wine barrel is much more than simply the work of a cooper turning up the heat to medium or high on American or French Oak. It really comes alive when the wine comes into contact with it and stars its...
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