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"modom (palindrome guy)" > wrote:

> On Mon, 26 Jan 2009 03:40:03 GMT, notbob > wrote:

> >good zin gets premium prices. Don't even mention white zin, as it's a bogus
> >crap wine make for wine pussies.
> >
> Hear about white zin. It's an abomination before the eyes of...well
> somebody's eyes, anyway. I see your line of reasoning about the issue
> of how widely planted the varietal is and its use in cheap wines, and
> I have no idea. I didn't write that stuff above, just quoted it.

The story I heard, was that there used to be a glut of zinfandel, and
somebody was wondering just what to do with it? Well, how about making
a white wine out of it? And so white zin was born, except, of course,
that it's really pink. Chill it well, pack it in a picnic basket with
some mediocre food, and give it to your wine-dead kid to get his date
half drunk with.

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Dan Abel
Petaluma, California USA