Bill Zacharkiw: Californian complexity starts with zinfandel

I was recently asked about my favourite California red. I had a feeling I was being goaded into an argument, because the person who asked is a longtime reader of this column, loves California cabernet and brought up a 2016 interview I did with Le Vin Papillon owner/sommelier Vanya Filipovic. I received a number of angry letters regarding Filipovic’s decision to not put cabs on any of her wine lists. 
Like Filipovic, I don’t really drink cabernet sauvignon, from anywhere. In