White Zinfandel
It was the first day in almost 23 years that we didn’t offer White Zinfandel as a part of our wine list. See the attached picture of the last three bottles of White Zin left in-house at Harry’s. When I started at Harry’s in 2006 the restaurant was plowing through upwards to two cases of the sweet pink per week. His whole mantra is giving us amazing wines at amazing values, and he definitely succeeds.
Fast forward to today and we were averaging one case every 6 weeks. What changed? I am not sure I can answer that questions in total; however, I have my opinions. I took some time to research white zinfandel and here is what I found:
• Sutter Home released the first White Zinfandel in 1975- Bob Trinchero was the wine maker.
• The wine happened my mistake. Around 1000 gallons of Red Zinfandel experienced a stuck ferminatation and refused to ferment to dryness.
• According to FSR Magazine- 17 million cases of the wine was produced in 2010.
• Red Lobster was the first main stream restaurant to place Sutter Home White Zinfandel on it’s wine menu 1985, Olive Garden soon followed suit.
I guess at the end of the day, White Zin has its place in the wine world. Each one of us has a history with the “sugar water” whether we care to admit it or not. White Zinfandel has been responsible for ushering in a new generation of wine drinkers when wine was not popular. Maybe someday White Zinfandel will show again on our list, but for now those three bottles have been stored away
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