Robert's Ramblings

What a beautiful day to find ourselves in the vineyards of Inkwell Wines and what a privilege for vigneron Dudley Brown to to part with some of his gorgeous Zinfandel fruit for our own wine making odyssey.

The catch, well we had to pick the fruit of course! So armed with tubs, buckets, secateurs and sunscreen, Andy, Gav, Jennifer and myself took to the vines like old hands and soon had picked enough for a decent batch.

After picking Dudley invited us to sample his latest offering, the 2010 Inkling (Shiraz Primitivo) and 2010 Infidel (Primitivo) and Irina showed us the new wines being made. Ok so now we have a standard to aspire to!

Now it you did not know already, Primitivo and Zinfandel are identical grape varieties. The Italians call it Primitivo while the Californians call it Zinfandel. In any case A 'Zin' by any other name is still a Zin! Oh, and just in case our wine does not make the same league as Dudley's, we purchased a case of his spectacular wine to take home with us!


Photo: Robert Rath, '366 Days of 2012, Day 65 - A Zin By Any Other Name Is Still A Zin'. 1/200 sec at 105mm f/4.0, ISO 200