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The Russian River estuary is recognized for protection by the California Bays and Estuaries Policy. [12] The mouth is about 60 mi (100 km) north of the San Francisco Bay's Golden Gate bridge. The lower Russian River is a popular spring, summer, and fall destination for navigation and recreation.
The Russian River Valley AVA is an American Viticultural Area (AVA) in Sonoma County, California. Centered on the Russian River, the Russian River Valley AVA accounts for about one-sixth of the total planted vineyard acreage in Sonoma County. The appellation was granted AVA status in 1983 and enlarged in 2005. [1]
The Green Valley of Russian River Valley AVA (formerly Sonoma County Green Valley AVA) is an American Viticultural Area in Sonoma County, California, United States.Located at the southwestern corner of the Russian River Valley AVA, its close proximity to the Pacific Ocean makes it one of the coolest appellations within Sonoma County.
It was founded in 1959 by wine pioneer and former dancer, Rodney Strong, [1] [2] [3] the winery focuses solely on Sonoma County grape growing and wines. [1] Rodney Strong Vineyards sources from throughout Sonoma County and has 14 estate vineyards located in Alexander Valley, Russian River Valley, Chalk Hill, Sonoma Coast and Dry Creek Valley. [4]
Located in the Russian River Valley AVA, DeLoach Vineyards was founded in 1975. [14] Boisset acquired DeLoach Vineyards in 2003. DeLoach produces Chardonnay, Pinot Noir and Zinfandel in the Russian River Valley AVA in Sonoma County. [1] The purchase has been described as a "tribute," to Burgundy. [3]
In 2006 the Sonoma County grape harvest amounted to 216,000 tons, worth $430 million. [8] [9] About 73% of Sonoma County's agricultural production is growing wine grapes—60,302 acres (244 km 2) of vineyards, [8] with over 1100 growers. The most common varieties planted are Chardonnay, Cabernet Sauvignon, and Pinot noir, though the area is ...
A vineyard owned by Cline Cellars in Sonoma County. Cline Cellars is best known for production of their "ancient vines" wines out of Contra Costa County. The head winemaker is Tom Gendall, who joined the operation in 2017. The Cline's historic Oakley vineyards are planted with Mourvèdre, Carignane, Grenache, Palomino and Zinfandel.
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).