New World vs Old World Wines

[wondersofwine]

Foodie, that may have been a part of it. As I understand it from talking to Cecil DeLoach and seeing different postings on the Internet, many zinfandel vineyards continued to be cultivated throughout Prohibition. DeLoach bought up several older vineyards that were originally owned and managed by Italian-Americans. I'm not sure when cabernet sauvignon was planted in quantity. If the big growth of vineyards came in the 70's, then the vines would be about 30 years old at best while some zinfandel vineyards go back 70, 80 or 100 years. Scherrer is one of those. I did hear about one Cabernet Franc vineyard in the Santa Cruz mountains that goes back to the 20's.