Beginners Wine Color Quiz 4. What color is White Zinfandel? Wrong! You're thinking of the grape, which is indeed a RED grape. However, they do something and create a White Zinfandel from it ... Wrong! Even though it's called "White", this is definitely not a white wine! Correct! White Zinfandel is what happens when you take a spicy, tasty Red Zinfandel grape, and mere moments after starting the winemaking process you remove the skins and other tasty bits of the grape. What you're left with is a barely pink wine, sweet, and easy to drink. Move on to Question 5!