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White zin...

Posted by mkuller on November 11, 2005 at 10:22:51:
...when I was dating my wife in the early 1980's, we'd go up to Napa and have a great time at the Sutter Home winery. The guys there were friendly/funny and poured the wine pretty freely. We ended up buying it by the case, thinking we were pretty cool wine connoisseurs.
Sutter Home became extremely successful and we began learning about wine like you suggested. I think it's probably more about the era - early 1980s - than the particular wine. Today I suspect people are starting out and learning by buying Charles Shaw wines - "two buck chuck" - from Trader Joes.
White zin is still a good choice for a summer picnic if it's not too sweet. Roses and blush wines were the 'in' summer wines this past year. Sparkling roses, especially French, have been hot for a few years.