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Don’t Shun Pinot Grigio! The Good Versions of Wines You Think Are Bad
Five wrongly maligned wine types that deserve your support.
Eavesdrop in trendy wine bars, as I frequently do, and you hear drinkers dissing ever-popular pinot grigio as so bland and boring, lowbrow and déclassé that only those who don’t know any better would order a glass.
Or consider the image baggage of California zinfandel. One of my European friends repeats the trope that this all-American red is undrinkable—gooey, rough and unctuously thick—and white zin has long been maligned as the vino people imbibe when they don’t like wine.