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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 ]
San Francisco Bay is a multi-county American Viticultural Area (AVA) which is centered and surrounds the San Francisco Bay Area of Northern California.It was established on January 19, 1999 by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF), Treasury after evaluating the petition submitted by a consortium of nearly 75 growers and vintners led by Wente Bros. to establish the viticultural area ...
The unprecedented publicity highlighted Californian viticulture not only in the San Francisco Bay Area, but in Monterey, San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara counties. Wente Vineyards has long been the largest producer in the Livermore Valley, making around 700,000 cases of wine annually with wholesale, tasting room and export sales. Established ...
Sonoma Valley is a valley located in southeastern Sonoma County, California, in the North Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area. Known as the birthplace of the California wine industry, [ 1 ] [ 2 ] the valley is home to some of the earliest vineyards and wineries in the state, some of which survived the phylloxera epidemic of the 1870s and ...
Michelin Guide San Francisco Bay Area & Wine Country 2008. Michelin Travel Publications. 2008. ISBN 978-2-06-712985-6. Michelin Guide San Francisco Bay Area & Wine Country 2009. Michelin Travel Publications. 2009. ISBN 978-2-06-713707-3. Michelin Guide San Francisco Bay Area & Wine Country 2010. Michelin Travel Publications. 2010.
Sonoma (/ s ə ˈ n oʊ m ə /) is a city in Sonoma County, California, United States, located in the North Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area.Sonoma is one of the principal cities of California's Wine Country and the center of the Sonoma Valley AVA.
As stated by Mr. Leon Adams in his book, Wines of America, "Santa Clara is the oldest of northern California wine districts." The tourist pamphlet San Jose-Santa Clara County, California (with full information on the Santa Clara Valley) published by the San Jose Chamber of Commerce (circa 1905) described the geographical features and local ...
Notable wine regions include Napa County and Sonoma County and the AVAs within them. Mendocino and Lake Counties also reside in this region. Central Coast – Includes most of the Central Coast of California including the area surrounding San Francisco Bay extending south through the historic Monterey, San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara Counties.