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Winegrowers, winemakers and wine enthusiasts combine to form
the membership. The common focus is the preservation and
recognition of Zinfandel as America’s heritage wine. ZAP’s embership
includes approximately 250 winery-members, 4,000 advocate
members and 100 associate members.
Zinfandel is considered America’s heritage wine because of its rich
history; plantings of Zinfandel in California represent some of the
oldest vineyard plantings in the world – adding further to Zinfandel’s
critically important role in the world of fine wine. While the
Zinfandel grape originated in Europe, the Zinfandel name is truly
American – the earliest documented use of the name was when a
Boston nursery owner advertised Zinfandel for sale in 1832.
Zinfandel was introduced to California during the Gold Rush at some
point between 1852 and 1857 and became widely planted because it
thrived so well in the state’s climate and soil. Today, Zinfandel is the
third leading wine grape variety in California, with nearly 50,000
acres planted.
Zinfandel Advocates & Producers welcomes “Advocate” members
as well as wineries. ZAP members have unique opportunities to
explore Zinfandel, meet other Zinfandel enthusiasts and discover new
wineries. An annual membership is $44 (for two people) and
includes numerous special and behind-the-scenes events and
resources. Members have early entrance to the Grand Zinfandel
Tasting at ZAP’s Zinfandel Festival, plus winemaker workshops, as
well as ticket savings for the Festival and other events, including
cruises, invitations with special pricing to wine events, a seasonal
eNewsletter with news articles, member stories, recipes, discounts
and special offers at selected wineries and more.
Only available at winery. Not applicable online. Offer expires 06/30/2013.
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