The Cucamonga Valley was once a wine paradise, the epicenter of California's nascent wine industry. In the early 20th century ...

It may be known for big reds like Zinfandel, but this California wine region has recently become a hub for obscure whites, ...

White Zinfandel has become the joke of California wine, ... California white Zinfandel is usually cloying or boring and most often both, a household name because it’s cheap and sweet.

It’s a basic truth that vibrant white wines often come from cool places — crisp Sancerres and pristine Chablis from France, bracing Pinot Grigios from Italy’s Aldo Adige, limpid Rieslings ...

Carol Shelton is known as California’s “Queen of Zinfandel,” the creator of lush, savory single-vineyard cult reds with whimsical names like Wild Thing, Rockpile Reserve, Karma, Munga and ...

In the 50-year history of modern California winemaking, no other wine has had more ups and downs than has zinfandel. For years, its origin was questioned as was how the grape first came to be ...

Such is current state for white zinfandel, one of California’s defining wine styles at the start of the wine boom in 1970s that has settled into its role as a cheap and commercial crowd-pleaser.

I have tried a mix of California white wines lately, here are a few that stood out. Some samples were sent for editorial consideration. Turley Wine Cellars makes 34 wines total, 34!

But its 6 acres of gnarled vines hold the past, present and future of California white wine. Here is a true curiosity, a vineyard that's virtually the last of its kind.