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I don’t even want to count the number of wines I tasted this week. Five tastings in three days is a bit much. But stacking grapes as disparate as zinfandel, pinot noir, and garnacha against each other on consecutive days allowed an unexpected common denominator to leap forth: Vine age matters.
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It’s July 4th, so let’s salute Zinfandel, the most American of wine grapes. Like most Americans, it’s not indigenous. But its family roots remained a hotly debated mystery…until recently.
A few years ago, I wrote an article for TASTES OF ITALIA about Zinfandel and its cousins from the Old Country. So without further ado, here’s [...]
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