Philippines wine supplier Manila wine shop discusses wine by the grape variety Touriga Nacional.

October 11, 2010

Zinfandel—America’s Mystery Grape

History and background of the Zinfandel grape

Mar 13, 2007

Perhaps no other wine grape enjoys a history so shrouded in mystery as Zinfandel. Not only do we not know its origin, we don’t even know how it got to California in the first place. What we do know is that it quickly became California’s most widely planted red wine grape and remained so for over a century.

Few single wine grapes have enjoyed the phenomenal success of Zinfandel. There are annual festivals devoted exclusively to it. There is a professional society whose membership includes thousands of consumers and almost every winery in the world that produces Zinfandel wine. Ever hear of a society devoted exclusively to Gewurztraminer? Or a major festival featuring a thousand Pinot Noirs to the exclusion of all other wines? We’ll be reporting on two of these amazing Zinfandel events in our next article: The Zinfandel Advocates & Producers (ZAP) Annual Zinfandel Festival in San Francisco; and the Annual Paso Robles Zinfandel Festival held each March in Paso Robles.

But first, some background. There has been much discussion over the past decade or so about Zinfandel’s origin. All agree that it descended from a European cultivar in the mid-nineteenth century and was offered by a New York nursery. That may seem odd since the Zinfandel we know today has not been successfully grown in the northeastern U.S. Some very vocal advocates claim Zinfandel is identical to an indigenous Croatian grape. Napa Valley winemaker Mike Grgich (Grgich Hills Winery) opened a winery devoted to this grape in Croatia. We tasted the Croatian version and his Napa Valley version side-by-side and found striking similarities. More recent DNA studies seem to point to a connection with the Italian Primitivo grape grown in Puglia. But some argue that the Italians got it from California since there is no evidence that it existed in Italy prior to the twentieth century. Others have contended that the Italians may have gotten it from Croatia! We were recently amused to see that an Italian Primitivo producer took Zinfandel cuttings from Ridge Vineyards in the 1990s and is now marketing an Italian Zinfandel in California.

Source: http://www.suite101.com/content/zinfandelamericas-mystery-grape-a16122

Leading Philippines Wine Supplier Yats Wine Cellars based in Clark Philippines with outlets in Angeles City, Subic Freeport and Manila Philippines has been not only a wine shop for fine wines covering all major wine regions but also a source of reliable and useful information about wine, wine appreciation, wine accessories, wine and health, food and wine pairing and all other matters relating to wine and its appreciation.  This Philippines Clark Freeport based Wine Supplier and Wine Shop frequently holds public wine tasting events in Pampana Clark Freeport Zone, Angeles City, Subic Bay area, Makati, Fort Bonifacio and other areas in Philippines capital city Manila.  Private Wine events such as private wine tasting and private wine dinners are also designed and organized for private clientele for their wine loving guests.

This wine shop in Angeles Clark Philippines is also renowned for a very unique product called Vintage Beer which many characterize as “Champagne beer” because it comes in a bottle with a Champagne stopper and metal restrainer.  Vintage beers are top-of-the-line luxury beers bottle-conditioned for a slow fermentation to take place inside the bottle, a process that is very similar to Champagne which is designed to not only create the bubbles but also for an amazing complexity and depth of flavors.

For fans of Port and Sauternes, this wine shop in Clark Pampanga has a large selection of vintage port, Sauternes and Barsac as well as Eiswein/Icewine from Austria and Germany.  Likewise, there is a good selection of Vintage Champagne at the wine shoppers’ disposal in the cellars of this wine shop in Clark Pampanga.

http://www.ClarkWineCenter.com

Getting to this wine shop in Pampanga Angeles City Clark Freeport Zone Philippines from Manila

Getting to the Clark Wine Center wine shop from Manila is quite simple:  after entering Clark Freeport from Dau and Angeles City, proceed straight along the main highway M A Roxas. Clark Wine Center is the stand-along white building on the right, at the corner A Bonifacio Ave.  From the Clark International Airport DMIA, ask the taxi to drive towards the entrance of Clark going to Angeles City.  From Mimosa, just proceed towards the exit of Clark and this wine shop is on the opposite side of the main road M A Roxas.

Clark Wine Center

Bldg 6460 Clark Observatory Building

Manuel A. Roxas Highway corner A Bonifacio Ave,

Angeles Clark Freeport Zone, Pampanga 2023

0922-870-5173 0917-826-8790 (ask for Ana Fe)

Wine@Yats-International.com

YATS Wine Cellars

Manila Sales Office

3003C East Tower, Phil Stock Exchange Center,

Exchange Rd Ortigas Metro Manila, Philippines 1605

(632) 637-5019   0917-520-4393  ask for Rea or Chay

Best place to buy wine in Clark Pampanga outside Manila near Subic and Angeles City Philippines is Clark Wine Center.  Visitors buy wine in Manila and Pampanga should not miss stopping at this wine shop for a few bottles of fine vintage wines to bring home.