Winery FetzerZinfandel - Shiraz
Red wine
This wine generally goes well with beef, lamb or mature and hard cheese.
Food and wine pairings with Zinfandel - Shiraz
Pairings that work perfectly with Zinfandel - Shiraz
Original food and wine pairings with Zinfandel - Shiraz
The Zinfandel - Shiraz of Winery Fetzer matches generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or spicy food such as recipes of beef pot-au-feu, lamb tagine with onions, purple olives and lemons... or traditional tagine (morocco).
Details and technical informations about Winery Fetzer's Zinfandel - Shiraz.
Discover the grape variety: Zinfandel
From Croatia where it is called crljenak kastelanski or pribidrag. According to genetic analyses carried out by Professor Carole Meredith of California University in Davis (United States), it is related to the Croatian plavac mali and Zinfandel. It is also found in South Africa, New Zealand, Chile, Brazil, Germany, Bulgaria, Albania, Italy under the name of Primitivo, Malta, Greece, Portugal and to some extent in Croatia. In the United States (California), it is one of the most widely planted grape varieties, having been introduced in the 1830s well before Primitivo. In France, it is registered in the official catalogue of vine varieties on the A1 list under the name Primitivo.
Informations about the Winery Fetzer
The Winery Fetzer is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 110 wines for sale in the of California to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of California
California is the largest and most important wine region in the United States. It represents the southern two-thirds (850 miles or 1,370 kilometers) of the country's west coast. (Oregon and Washington make up the rest. ) The state also spans nearly 10 degrees of latitude.
The word of the wine: Tartar (deposit)
White, chalky deposits that occur as a result of precipitation inside bottles and are often considered by consumers as a defect. They are in fact tartaric salts formed by tartaric acid, potassium and calcium naturally present in the wine. This deposit does not alter the quality of the wine and can be eliminated by a simple decanting.
