Gourmets of Wine > Wine Grapes - Part 2

http://makinghomemadewineandbeer.blogspot.com [Making Homemade Wine and Beer] It was a popular variety with home winemakers during the American prohibition era because its thick skins allowed the grapes to ship without damage. It later (late 1970's and early 1980's) became popular for the wines produced from it with forward fruit flavors and spicy overtones. (see also Wine Gifts)

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[Virginie.ajot.net] Virginie’s Wineblog: Appealing nose with grapefruits, citrus and herbs aromas mingled together. This crisp medium-bodied wine displays exotic flavors such as grapefruit and honeysuckle laced together and tied by a long lasting finish with flintstone undertone.

http://makinghomemadewineandbeer.blogspot.com [Makinghomemadewineandbeer.blogspot.com] Making Homemade Wine and Beer: Red Wine Grapes - Part 2: It later (late 1970's and early 1980's) became popular for the wines produced from it with forward fruit flavors and spicy overtones. Zinfandel declined in popularity in the mid 1980's and became unprofitable to grow until "White Zinfandel" was introduced.

http://mikeswinecellar.blogspot.com [Mikeswinecellar.blogspot.com] Mike's Wine Blog: Nose and fruit are dominated by raspberry flavors, moderate acid, moderate tannins, and a long fruity finish. This fine example Zinfandel is made from the almost 100 year old vineyard adjacent to the old Savannah Chanelle winery that were rescured by Daniel Gehrs in the mid seventies.

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http://jennc.imeem.com [Jennc.imeem.com] Posts in jennc's blog on IMEEM: A noble black grape variety grown particularly in the Northern Rhône where it produces the great red wines of Hermitage, Cote Rôtie and Cornas, and in Australia where it produces wines of startling depth and intensity. Its heartland, Hermitage and Côte Rôtie, consists of 270 hectares of steeply terraced vineyards producing wines that brim with pepper, spices, tar and black treacle when young.

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