California has made zin in so many disparate styles — sweet, dry, fruity, tannic, pink, inky red — that it's hard for wine lovers to get a bead on the best. That's an image the Association of Zinfandel Advocates & Producers seeks to change.
Located along the California Central Coast midway between Los Angeles and San Francisco, the area around the small town of Paso Robles is one of the hottest emerging wine-growing regions in California.
These tend to be easy drinking wines that are fairly low in alcohol, are served chilled in hot weather, and go well with just about anything cooked on the outdoor grill.