Why is it called white zinfandel if it's actually pink and not white?

Answer 1

Because pink zinfandel sounds gay.

Answer 2

Because there is a grape called Zinfandel and it is a dark red grape. The white Zinfandel is not a grape it's made from what's leftover making the very good red Zinfandel wine. There is a lot of stuff in white Zinfandel and in the wine country they consider it soda pop. It's like having a steak or head cheese.

Answer 3

It is called White Zinfandel because the Zinfandel grape is red and traditionally made into a red wine. However, back in the mid to late 70's, California wasn't doing all so well so they reinvented the Zinfandel wine and made it into a rose or blush wine - White Zinfandel. I don't know exactly what they're reasoning was on the name (ie. White Zinfandel vs. Pink Zinfandel) but I figure it was because it was whiter than traditional Zinfandel.

Answer 4

Because the skin of the red zinfandel grape is in brief contact with the juice from the grape. This gives the juice a slight blush color, otherwise you would have red zinfandel. It goes the same with white granache, and white merlot. The less contact the skin has with the juice of the grape the more blush color the wine will be. Which is the other reason the blush wines tend to be sweet, because the tannins from the grape skins don't get enough time to aid their acid to change the flavor.

Answer 5

Zinfandel is a red grape. White zinfandel is made with this grape but after it is crushed the juice is filtered seperating the juice from the skins. The skins have all the color. If the juice were allowed to stay in contact with the skin it would turn red and be a red wine.

Answer 6

Although it is made with zinfandel grapes which are white, it is somehow processed (I forget how the actual process works; it's been awhile since I've been to a wine seminar/tasting) with the skins of red grapes and that is what gives it that pink color. Actually I shouldn't say that all zinfandel grapes are white because there are some red zins.

Answer 7

Just how it was first made from red zinfandel wine left over from a previous harvest. From a mistake to a viable product.

Then in 1975, winemaking disaster struck, or, as Trinchero says, stuck. Some 1,000 gallons of bleed-off juice from red Zinfandel refused to ferment to dryness, "sticking" with a substantial amount of sugar left in it. In the heat of harvest, Trinchero put the wine aside.

"Two weeks later, I tasted that wine and it was sweet, had a pink color, and I thought, 'Darn, that's pretty good,' Trinchero says. "We bottled it, and the rest is history."

Happy birthday, White Zinfandel.

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2003/07/03/WI178515.DTL

Answer 8

I have always wondered that. Why is rose wine white Zinfandel called white.

Answer 9

in the making of this wine the skins are removed before it is turned into juice.The zinfandel grape is red so when you remove the skin it still gives the wine a red (pink) color,but the grape looks white before juicing.

Answer 10

I think it has to do with the color of the grape? Personally, I hate white Zin, I'm much more of a red Zin girl myself, give it a try, I think you'll like it.