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Rutherford AVA profile

When Agustin Huneeus owned Franciscan Vineyards, he was so amused by the debate about what constituted the so-called Rutherford Bench that he defined it whimsically by erecting a huge wooden bench in front of his winery. That debate is all "Rutherford" dust in the wind now.

Rutherford ~ Napa Valley (AVA)

A Tale of Four Vineyards Gets Under the "Dust" in Rutherford

by Alan Goldfarb
November 23, 2007

In this tenth part of The Napa Valley Series that profiles each of Napa Valley's sub-AVAs, Alan Goldfarb interviewed Freemark Abbey winemaker Ted Edwards to discover the heart and soul of the Rutherford AVA whose pulse beats through its famed Cabernet Sauvignon vineyards.


DropCap T36 ed Edwards pauses for a very long while before he comes up with an answer to the query: How and why is the Rutherford AVA different from others in the Napa Valley?

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