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Simon Mead as Gus: Manager of the vines and physical 'grunt' of the Oakley vineyard. Cohen Holloway as Vic Grimes: A local lawyer managing the sale of Oakley Vineyard and also a small time winemaker and husband of Nic Grimes. Carrie Green as Nic Grimes: a clay sculptor with a quest to improve her fertility and have a child.
Over half (154) of the AVAs are in California. American Viticultural Areas range in size from the Upper Mississippi River Valley AVA at 29,900 square miles (77,000 km 2) across four states, to the Cole Ranch AVA in Mendocino County, California, at only 62 acres (25 ha).
After selling grapes to other wineries for several years, Cohn founded his own winery, B.R. Cohn, in 1984. His first winemaker was the now-famous Helen Turley. [3] Like other wineries in the area it maintains a wine club and public tasting room, and hosts weddings and other events. In 2015, the winery was bought by Vintage Wine Estates. [1]
Wine Country is a region of California, in the northern San Francisco Bay Area, known worldwide as a premier wine-growing region. [1] The region is famed for its wineries , its cuisine , [ 2 ] Michelin star restaurants, boutique hotels , luxury resorts , historic architecture , [ 3 ] and culture. [ 4 ]
TTB was created in January 2003, when the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms, or ATF, was extensively reorganized under the provisions of the Homeland Security Act of 2002. [6] [7] The counties within Central Coast are: San Francisco County; Alameda County; Contra Costa County; San Mateo Cpunty; Santa Clara County; Santa Cruz County ...
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Viticulture in Livermore Valley has flourished since the 19th century, with the Cresta Blanca Winery, founded in 1882, being one of the earliest, and well-respected vintner, being the first California wine to win an international competition with its initial 1884 vintage awarded the Grand Prix medal at the 1889 Paris Exposition.
Approximately 42 acres of Carignane and Zinfandel vines were planted in 1906 and 1925, and 14 acres of Mourvèdre vines date back to 1920. [5] The sand soil of Contra Costa County is naturally resistant to phylloxera. The vineyards in Contra Costa County are all on their original rootstock, and the vine-eating aphid never affected newer ...