I am a wine drinker. My favorite wine is a Jesse’s Vineyard Zinfandel from Rock Wall Winery in Alameda, California. My second favorite wine is a Beckman Vineyard Zinfandel from Hatcher Winery in Murphys, California. I like many other kinds of reds, so you can see that Zinfandel is my favorite.
A friend alerted to The Wild Vine by Todd Kliman. The book relays the tale of a little-known American grape, the Norton, that rocked the fine-wine world. I knew that I had to read this books when I read on page 6:
“I love it how in California they all think they’re making American wine with the Zinfandel. Zinfandel! Zinfandel’s from Hungary, for crying out loud. The Norton is American, it’s 100% American, it’s ours. And that it makes a phenomenal wine is just icing on the cake.”
— Jenni McCloud, American winemaker
I enjoyed this book. It is a combination of a distant past and the current day about winemaking. Here are some interesting quotes from the book. I have selected these…