The Southland is on the Rise Again
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Clark Smith
August 24, 2009 As the California State Fair announced its Varietal Best of Class and Sweepstakes Best of Show awards for 2009, not a single Napa wine was listed. What region garnered the most medals? That would be the Temecula Valley. A secret renaissance is taking place among the thirty-nine producers who call “land of the Rainbow Gap” home. [>] see full story Related Stories...
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Eleanor & Ray Heald
July 29, 2009 Currently, there are more than 100 licensed commercial wineries in the state of Ohio with a wine value of $75 million from over 2,200 acres of wine grapes. One of the state’s more important regions is the Lake Erie AVA, spanning 40,000 acres total, along the shore and on the Lake Erie islands across the states of Ohio, Pennsylvania and New York. [>] see full story Related Stories...
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Clark Smith
June 30, 2009 Long Island probably doesn't come to mind as a vital wine region but our Best-of-Appellation tasting proved to be a wake up call to Long Island Merlot. Really. Not just okay Merlot. Truly world class wines. Who would have thought? [>] see full story Related Stories...
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Eleanor & Ray Heald
June 12, 2009 U.S. Highway 290, 80 miles from Austin and a short distance out of the town of Fredericksburg, has morphed into Winery Road in the Texas Hill Country AVA, the largest viticultural area in the state and the second largest in the U.S. Its location, over 200 miles from the Gulf of Mexico, protects the region’s grape vines from undesirable hot, humid coastal winds. Undulating landscape provides not only beauty, but 600 vineyard acres shared by approximately 50 wineries. [>] see full story Related Stories...
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