Fun Wine Quiz 2. What is White Zinfandel made from? Red Zinfandel grapes, with hardly any skin contact Correct! Red Zinfandel grapes are what you start with to make a White Zinfandel wine. The skins are removed after an extremely short period of time, which produces a pinker color and lighter flavor. White Zinfandel grapes Nice try, but not quite! White Zinfandel is a type of wine, but there is no such grape. I'll give you a hint - what does White Merlot come from? Chardonnay grapes Wrong! While Chardonnay is a white grape, it makes Chardonnay wines, not White Zinfandel wines. None of the above No, really, the answer is here! Look at them again ... Mosy on to Question 3!