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An American Viticultural Area (AVA) is a designated appellation for American wine in the United States distinguishable by geographic, geologic, and climatic features, with boundaries defined by the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB) of the United States Department of the Treasury. [1]
Grape leaves, the leaves of the grapevine plant, are used in the cuisines of a number of cultures. They may be obtained fresh, or preserved in jars or cans. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The leaves are commonly rolled or stuffed with mixtures of meat and rice to produce dolma (often, sarma ), found widely in the Mediterranean, Caucasus, Balkans, and Middle East ...
Harlan Estate was founded in 1984 by H. William Harlan, a real estate developer and Napa Valley resort owner. [1] [2] It is located east of Martha's Vineyard in Oakville on a 240-acre (97 ha) property with forested areas and steep hillsides. Harlan cleared 40 acres (16 ha) for viticulture, [3] with the expressed ambition to "create a first ...
Grape changes are often in response to changing consumer demand but sometimes result from vine pull schemes designed to promote vineyard change. Alternatively, the development of "T" budding now permits the grafting of a different grape variety onto existing rootstock in the vineyard, making it possible to switch varieties within a two-year period.
While all other portions of Bien Nacido Vineyard are custom farmed and offered for sale to wineries on an annual basis; the entire portion of Block 40, is used for The Captain. In the 2014 vintage, The Captain received the second highest score for any wine in Santa Barbara (97 Points) by famed wine Critic Antonio Galloni on his website vinous.com
Stag's Leap Wine Cellars is a winery founded by Warren Winiarski in 1970 and based in the Stags Leap District of Napa Valley, California.. The winery achieved significant international recognition in 1976, six years after its establishment, at the Paris Wine Tasting of 1976, also known as the Judgment of Paris, where its 1973 vintage Cabernet Sauvignon won first place among ten top French and ...
As of 2012, there were between 5,000 and 10,000 varieties of Vitis vinifera grapes though only a few are of commercial significance for wine and table grape production. [ 3 ] The wild grape is often classified as Vitis vinifera sylvestris (in some classifications considered Vitis sylvestris ), with Vitis vinifera vinifera restricted to ...
The Vitaceae are a family of flowering plants, with 14 genera and around 910 known species, [3] including common plants such as grapevines (Vitis spp.) and Virginia creeper (Parthenocissus quinquefolia).