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What Zinfandel Is and What It Is Not

What Zinfandel Is and What It Is Not

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Fredric Koeppel
Jan 25, 2018
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Every year, starting in October, I and probably every other wine-writer and blogger in the country receive bulletins from enthusiastic marketers encouraging the consumption of zinfandel wines with Thanksgiving dinner, based on the premise that zinfandel is the "All-American grape" or the "American heritage grape." Let's consider that notion.

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