Everyone knows that Napa produces killer cab, but it's hardly necessary to spend $100 a bottle on great California Cabernet.

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Despite its international origins, Zinfandel is most widely planted and most successful in California. Americans may associate the grape with white Zinfandel, an off-dry blush wine popular in the ...

So in the U.S., wines had generic names aping some European region in an attempt to get consumers to buy them, hence “Champagne” from Sonoma County. But as California winemaking ... Winiarski working ...

More and more California winemakers and winery owners are consciously focusing on growing grapes and making wines in ways that ... able to age for decades in a cellar; it’s one of the Valley ...

Notably, California wines by law only have to have 75% of the variety listed on the label. Shop Smarter: Here's How to Read a Wine Label Like a Pro If you have an old-vine obsession, one great ...

So in the U.S., wines had generic names aping some European region in an attempt to get consumers to buy them, hence “Champagne” from Sonoma County. But as California winemaking gained a ...