English tasting term
How to pronounce White Zinfandel
White Zinfandel is pronounced WITE ZIN-fan-del. The main stress falls on ZIN.
WITE ZIN-fan-del
What is White Zinfandel?
A popular, off-dry rosé wine made from the red Zinfandel grape, produced by limited skin contact that yields a pale pink color. Created commercially by Sutter Home in California in the 1970s, it became America's best-selling wine style with its light, sweet, easy-drinking character.
Tips for saying it
Often heard as WITE TSIN-fan-del.
In English z is a buzzing z as in zoo, not the German ts sound: WITE ZIN-fan-del.
Often heard as VITE ZIN-fan-del.
The English w is made with rounded lips like a quick oo, not like the German w: WITE ZIN-fan-del.
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