{"id":6811,"date":"2012-09-12T08:20:57","date_gmt":"2012-09-12T13:20:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/?p=6811"},"modified":"2012-09-18T09:00:16","modified_gmt":"2012-09-18T14:00:16","slug":"gnarly-head-authentic-red-zinfandel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/2012\/09\/12\/gnarly-head-authentic-red-zinfandel\/","title":{"rendered":"Gnarly Head Authentic Red Zinfandel"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/IMG_0316.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-6814\" style=\"border: 5px solid transparent;\" title=\"IMG_0316\" src=\"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/IMG_0316-224x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"224\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/IMG_0316-224x300.jpg 224w, http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/IMG_0316-764x1024.jpg 764w, http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/09\/IMG_0316.jpg 1936w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 224px) 100vw, 224px\" \/><\/a>Enjoyed a Gnarly Head 2010 Authentic Red Zinfandel last night with a pizza and salad. The Zinfandel paired very well with the homemade cheese, tomato and basil pizza. Gnarly Head is located in California\u2019s Lodi region and is named for the head pruned vines.<\/p>\n<p>The Zinfandel offered a very fruity aroma and taste. The dark purple color wine with 14.5 percent alcohol was a blend of Zinfandel, Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon and Petite Sirah.\u00a0 The back label suggested pairing the wine with steak, grilled chops or BBQ. However, it was great with the homemade pizza.<\/p>\n<p>Gnarly Head winery is known for its old vines ranging from 35 to 80 years old. The vines have the not frequently seen head training. Check out their website at <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.gnarlyhead.com\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\">http:\/\/www.gnarlyhead.com<\/span><\/a><\/span>. You will find a section called \u201cOld Vine Wisdom,\u201d which includes some interesting wine information. For example, \u201cA Zin by any other name &#8211; Did you know there are 23 synonyms for Zinfandel? Favorites include Crljenak Ka\u0161telanski (huh?) and Black St. Peters.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Gnarly Head also produces Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and Old Vine Zinfandel.<\/p>\n<p>Cheers, Kathy<\/p>\n<script type=\"text\/javascript\" class=\"owbutton\" src=\"http:\/\/www.onlywire.com\/button\" title=\"Gnarly Head Authentic Red Zinfandel\" url=\"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/?p=6811\"><\/script>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p> Enjoyed a Gnarly Head 2010 Authentic Red Zinfandel last night with a pizza and salad. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[156],"tags":[15,2495,204,137],"class_list":["post-6811","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-the-taste-of-wine","tag-california","tag-gnarly-head","tag-lodi","tag-zinfandel"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6811","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6811"}],"version-history":[{"count":7,"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6811\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6818,"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6811\/revisions\/6818"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6811"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6811"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/winetrailtraveler.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6811"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}