Minor grape mainly confined to Apulia in southern Italy where it produces a heavy, robust portlike red wine made from raisined grapes. In California, where it is now believed to have been translocated after poor trial results on Long Island in New York State during the mid-19th century, (and probably NOT by Count Haraszthy), it may have been accidentally renamed Zinfandel by error and is now famous as the states most popular varietal.

Is it Zinfandel or is it Primitivo. Research has shown they are related. Speculation and heated discussion tells the story that this mid-19 century transplant was renamed Zinfandel in the US. Primitivo grape from Italy produces a heavy, red wine made from raisined grapes.

Also known as Zingarello. Minor variety mainly confined to Apulia in southern Italy where it is used to produce a heavy, robust portlike red wine made from raisined grapes. The widely grown Plavac Mali c?page, also known as Mali Plavac, variety found in Dalmatia - (a province of Croatia, also part of the former Yugoslavia) - contains several mutated varieties. According to a recent report, (7/98), one or more of these appear to share some DNA characteristics with Primitivo indicating a possible parental *or* offspring relationship. Recent DNA analysis (reported 2001) has shown that while there still appears to be a (mutation/clonal?) relationship to California 's Zinfandel, that latter vine is identical to the Crljenak variety of Croatia.