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Rock Wall Wine Co. in Alameda, Calif., hosted a pre-festival trade tasting in the giant hangar
that Kent and Shauna Rosenblum converted into a winery for their brand and smaller labels.
Format Changes
for ZAP Festival
Zinfandel group offers
four days of new events
S
an Francisco, Calif.—The Zinfandel
Advocates & Producers association
debuted a new format this year for
its annual festival: the Zinfandel Experience.
A pre-festival trade tasting followed a vari-
etal seminar. A food and Zin pairing called
Epicuria was the highlight of day two, and
other events included a winemakers dinner
and auction, flights of limited-production
Zinfandel and more.
Berryessa Gap Vineyards sales rep Valerie
Crow (left) and winemaker Nicole Salengo.
Brighid Flaherty is the general manager of
Jerome Winery/Cellar 433 in Jerome, Ariz.
