A Rose by Any Other Name is a Poor White Zinfandel. Published: ; Jun. 18, 2009, 4:07 a.m.

White Zinfandel, now 30, ... Very little dry rose was made in California at the time Sutter Home launched White Zinfandel, and for two vintages, its version was dry. Advertisement.

According to Sutter Home, during the 1980s, its White Zinfandel “became the single most popular premium wine in the United States, with sales growing exponentially from 25,000 cases in 1981 to ...

Let’s look back at the history of white zinfandel wine making to see where things went awry. Zinfandel was first made into a rosé, or blush wine, in 1869 by El Pinal Winery in Lodi.

Harvest arrived early to Sonoma County’s Russian River Valley in 2004, so Kathleen Inman rose at 2 a.m. on Sept. 1 to do the first picking run through her pinot noir vineyard. As she was about ...

White Zinfandel has become the joke of California wine, but one of the state’s brightest young winemakers is giving it new life. News. Home Page ; California; Election 2024; ...

You might think you know white zinfandel: pink, sweet, and often served—yes—on the rocks. Fans buy a whopping 10 million cases annually, but the wine has always had an image problem.