White Zinfandel

[guajolote]

I have consumed many bottles of your Vin Gris de Cigare over the summer, it compares favorably to European ones. Why isn't anyone doing this style (dry, fruity, exciting) with Zinfandel?

[Randall Grahm]

Dear Quajalote,

I believe that there are a couple of good dry white zins. Doesn't DeLoach produce one? I know that Ridge has occasionally produced a dry white zin for their ATP program. In principle, there is no reason, why there can't be good dry white zins. (The only problem w/ zin is that it does tend to be a bit alcoholic and when you ferment it as white, the alcoholic conversion goes even higher, so one might perhaps approach dry white zins w/ a little caution.) RG.