ZAP! (Zinfandel Advocates & Producers)

ZAP! (Zinfandel Advocates & Producers) – Episode #612

January 23, 2009

Gary Vaynerchuk is among the first to taste a Zinfandel from the most diverse vineyard imaginable.

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Wines tasted in this episode:

2006 Heritage Vineyards Zinfandel

Links mentioned in today’s episode.

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January 23, 2009

joel delon
Hi gary love those zap glasses !! could you possibly forward me a case of those glasses in france
QOTD : will be the next wine fair event for me in brussels tomorrow i leave south of france for a darker country where i’ll’try and be the best advocate for languedoc wines
January 23, 2009

Dr T in NC
QOTD — have to say never been to one, although some charity tastings have probably come close to 50+
January 23, 2009

Lauren
The Mount Vernon Wine Festival is a beautiful event on the property of George Washington’s ancestral home. The best of the best Virginia wines and a gorgeous sunset over the Potomac…what more could you want?
January 23, 2009

Kenny Galloway
QOTD: Le Grand Tasting in Paris, 21-22 November 2009. All the top producers and personalities in France show up. 25 euros to taste as many grand crus and 100-300 dollar wine you can imagine. Tons of value plays as well. It’s organized by the famous French wine critics Bettane and Desseauve. This year I had the chance to meet Philippe Guigal at a Prestige Tasting of his La Turque Cote-Rotie, that was WOW for sure. However, the wine that most excited me was a Côtes du Jura Vin de Paille from Château d’Arlay. Very sweet yet very refined and a total nuts explosion! I sipped and spat out over 100 wines during the event. YUMMY!
January 23, 2009

Red
Nice show Gary. Love the UC Davis reference-GO AGS!

QOTD: President’s Day Wine Weekend in Murphys, Calaveras County, CA.
January 23, 2009

GlennB
Zins and wine events;

Best Zins are mountain grown with some care to Alcohol and over-ripeness.
elegant and powerful and rustic too!
Faves, Maybe the Montelena or Peter Franus Brandlin ranch.

Best show:
travelling Italian show in Oct. / Nov. here in Toronto or in NYC.

and a great early wine experience circa 1993 (when it was novel).

keep up the energy Y’all, and congrats on a human Pres. I hope the VEEP is not like last one.
January 23, 2009

RADV
top 10!
January 23, 2009

rambler
haven’t had a tone of zin—- what i did have always left me wanting a little more out of the grape. I was through Sanoma last week and had some very good examples.
QOTD: Tasting through a line of amazing wines with Margo Van Saveren. We spent about 1hr with her as she led us through the tasting and the blending of Cing Cepages…top 10 moments in wine for sure.
January 23, 2009

Dr. Dan
I’ve already opened up a Barolo for drinking later today; otherwise, I’d be opening a Zin now. This episode gets me excited. The last Zin that I had, about 2 weeks ago, was 15.9 alcohol, but the fruit was so intense that I couldn’t detect any excess alcohol. Truly amazing.
January 23, 2009

Collin
l’Ete’ du Vin. America’s oldest charity wine auction held each Spring/Summer in Nashville, Tennessee.
January 23, 2009

Andy
You need to do more Zin shows G .
QOTD—— Yadkin Valley Wine Fest in Elkin NC , Great wine, food and good music . Late May every year …… only NC wines
January 23, 2009

Phil G
love zin – have a good weekend!
January 23, 2009

Phil G
QOTD: Vinitaly was great!
January 23, 2009

John Farrin
5
January 23, 2009

WineWoman
QOTD: I love your Grand Tastings at The Manor. I would even be happy with tastings on a smaller scale, but that one is my favorite of the year. I’ve been to The Virginia Wine Festival a few years ago, an outdoors event which was fun, but a little difficult to navigate and of course only serving Virginia wines.
January 23, 2009

Ben N.
Good show. EOS makes a nice Zin.
January 23, 2009

cheap wine finder
Hey Gary that zinfandel.org website link is messed up. It has two http://’s in there.
January 23, 2009

Greg Z
Love a good Zin. I just tried a wonderful $16 Zin called Volante. Their 04 won best of show, double gold at the LA County Show. I will send you an 04 and an 06 which hasn’t been tasted yet. They only make a couple hundred cases.
January 23, 2009

MattUD
Pretty cool, the ZAP people sending you this bottle to try on the show. Favorite wine event so far had to be the first open house at the WL!