my mom wants 2 know if white zinfandel is considered a red wine??

Answer 1

No, it's considered a blush.

Answer 2

It is considered a "blush" or "rose" wine.

It was invented relatively recently (about 20 years ago) because the Zinfandel growers around the Sacramento area had a hard time selling true Zinfandel red wine, which is powerful red wine and often spicy/peppery. White Zinfandel is a blush wine created from the same grapes that has much more mass appeal, so these Zinfandel vinyards could stay in business.

Answer 3

I think it really depends on if you mean the 'Average American Wine Drinker' (ie the average person in the US who would define themselves as a lover of wine, and for whom wine is their primary alcoholic drink) or an 'Average Wine Drinking American' (ie a typical US resident, who is happening to order a glass of wine right now, although who will generally more often drink beer, cider, or coolers). If you're asking about the latter, then sadly yes, they'd expect a light, candied sweet, pink wine. They want something that doesn't take much effort to understand, they can store in their fridge, and bring out for barbecues and girls' nights on the town. If you mean the former, and we're talking about the average person who drinks wine as a hobby (with most meals, probably a small cellar in the basement, enjoys arguing with his friends about the relative merits of Californian versus Burgundian Pinot Noir (hint: it's a surprisingly short argument), then when they ask for Zinfandel they want the dark, broody, spicy red. I was fortunate when I was working in the retail side of the industry that I rapidly got promoted to the fine wine department - everybody who asked me was the sort to want the real stuff. As an aside, generally those who think of it as a rose will be more likely to say 'Zin' rather than 'Zinfandel', but this isn't always true, just an observation.

Answer 4

White Zinfandel is made with red wine grapes, but the skins are not allowed to set there colour, it is fresh pressed and is got just enough colour to allow the pinkness tone to remain, and like Chardonnay it is produced and fermented in Stainless steel tanks, this makes the them smoother and lighter in taste, not the same complexitys that barrel aged wines tend to have.

Answer 5

It's actually blush, and it's supposedly the worse wine ever. It's said to be made from the worse grapes in the bunch.

Answer 6

Depending upon who you ask, it is a white or a blush.
Never a red though!

Answer 7

duhhh.....hence the "white" in white zinfandel

Answer 8

no, it is a white wine.

Answer 9

No