Giovannino
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Up until yesterday morning I thought Zinfandel was a sweet white grape. But NOT, according to Wikipedia.
Boy was I wrong.
Boy was I wrong.
There is the old saying that "real friends don't let friends drink white zin"!
Up until yesterday morning I thought Zinfandel was a sweet white grape. But NOT, according to Wikipedia.
Boy was I wrong.
Yep, hard to believe it is the most popular type of wine in America.
Did you finally try a red Zin or just hear about them? Red Zin is my wife's favorite; we drink lots of it.
Robie, are you saying Zinfandel or White Zinfandel is the most popular type of wine in America?
Did you finally try a red Zin or just hear about them? Red Zin is my wife's favorite; we drink lots of it.
Can one actually extrapolate two vintages from one must.
Is that possible with muscadine must?
The roughly 18 or more gallons currently in my primary will soon be ready to go to the secondary.
I am guessing now would be the best time to consider such a thing?
Curious
If you have already fermented on the skins you can not end up with a blush/white muscadine. Generally from my understanding, a white zinfandel is a red grape crushed but not fermented on the skins thus eliminating the red color. I'm sure others will offer their knowledge on this subject.
Zin makes a nice rose', too. Actually, a white Zin is pretty much a very lite rose', depending on how you make your rose'.
From 15 gallons of must, I made 3 gallons of rose' and 7.5 gallons of red Zin.
After crushing, I left the juice for rose' on the skins for about 5 hours. The resulting rose' is a beautiful red-red color. Looks like candy! It is in mlf right now, maybe ready to taste test in another 6 months.
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