Zinfandel: The big, red Valentine wine
Getting ready for Valentines and want to spice things up? Nothing sets a mellow romantic tone better that a roaring fire and good bottle of heart-warming red wine. According to Jon Bonné ,hearty, fruit-packed zin should be a perfect match for romance and guides us for some worthy bottles.
“It is big, deep red, packed with fruit, hearty and soft-edged and meant for sheer pleasure. Zinfandel should be the perfect Valentine’s wine.
“Should,” you ask?
In theory, zin is custom-tailored not only for a day devoted to romance, but one in the midst of a chilly, dark month that begs for warmth and heat. (Mind you, we’re talking about the red stuff. White zin has its place, but pink and indecisively sweet is the sort of Valentine’s Day we left behind in first grade, along with those oddly inappropriate A-Team “Be Mine” cards and flimsy construction-paper mailboxes.) Click on picture for full story
