Knowing how many people are wild about wine, this one seemed even bigger than the Announced page – a huge tasting event coming to South Seattle Community College in July, with 40 Zinfandel wineries conducting tastings at the event — read on for the details:

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ZINFANDEL ADVOCATES & PRODUCERS COMES TO SEATTLE

Rough & Ready, California, spring 2009—Zinfandel Advocates & Producers is
visiting Seattle on July 26-27; ZAP last visited Seattle in 1997. Forty
Zinfandel wineries will be conducting tastings for the public and the trade.

“Tasters will taste a rainbow of Zinfandels, from growing regions all over
California,” explains ZAP’s Executive Director, Rebecca Robinson. “A
friendly touch we specialize in at these tastings is that the attendees will
meet the winemakers and winery owners, thus insuring that their questions
will be answered from the ‘horse’s mouth,'” she adds. “In both of these
cities it will be an opportunity to learn why Zinfandel attracts such a
great following—people will be able to taste award-winning Zinfandels,
mingle with winemakers and winery owners, learn about the richness &
versatility of Zinfandel, discover why Zinfandel is called America’s
Heritage Wine and sample incredible BBQ from culinary students,” she
explains.

The public is invited on Sunday, July 26: 4:00 – 7:00 p.m., Zin & BBQ in the
Park in The Gardens at South Seattle College’s Arboretum, 6000 16th Avenue
SW, Seattle (98106-1499, 206-764-5300,
http://www.southseattle.edu/index.htm). ZAP is partnering with South Seattle
College – Culinary Arts Department and Seattle Uncorked. Tickets cost $40
for the public and $35 for ZAP members. Tickets can be purchased in advance
at
https://members.zinfandel.org/cgi-shl/TWServer.exe?EREG:OrderEvent:2009TOURWANON

Some tickets may be available at the door.

Participating wineries are:

Accademia

dei Racemi
Alexander

Valley Vineyards
Artezin

Wines
Bonterra

Vineyards
Cakebread

Cellars
Columbia

Crest / Ste. Michelle Wine Estates
Four

Vines Winery
Hendry

Homefire

of Sonoma
J.

Rickards Winery & Vineyards
Mauritson

Family Winery
Neese

Vineyards
Opolo

Vineyards
Peachy

Canyon Winery
Ravenswood

Ridge

Vineyards
Robert

Biale Vineyards
Sanctuary

Sebastiani

Vineyards
Starry

Night Winery
Steele

Wines
Storrs

Winery & Vineyards
Wine

Guerrilla

In Portland there will be a tasting for consumers in the evening of July 29
at The World Trade Center Plaza and a tasting for the media that evening in
the same location. More info at www.zinfandel.org
.

This spring ZAP organized tastings in Michigan, Dallas and Atlanta. ZAP
offers its 2010 Masters of Zin Cruise in the Caribbean February 26-March 8,
2010. More info at www.zinfandel.org.

ZAP’s 19th Annual Zinfandel Advocates & Producers Festival will take place
January 27-30, 2010. “There’s no other place in the world a wine lover can
go to experience so much about the world of Zinfandel,” explains Rebecca
Robinson, ZAP’s Executive Director. “Every year we see increasing interest
in America’s heritage grape, which played a key role in California’s
history,” she adds.