Zinfandel's Hard-Earned Success

California vintners deliver zesty flavors from this finicky grape in 2002

Zinfandel lovers need to have some gambler’s bravado, given the wide swings in quality that are all too common with California’s quintessential variety. Fortunately, in the very good 2002 vintage (86 .....

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