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The practice of irrigation has a long history in wine production. Archaeologists describe it as one of the oldest practices in viticulture, with irrigation canals discovered near vineyard sites in Armenia and Egypt dating back more than 2600 years. [2] Irrigation was already widely practiced for other agricultural crops since around 5000 BC. [4]
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The winery at Spring Mountain Vineyard. Spring Mountain Vineyard is a 225-acre (0.91 km 2) vineyard consisting of 135 different vineyard blocks scattered over the 845-acre (3.42 km 2) estate in California's Napa Valley. Spring Mountain Vineyard was in fourth place among French and American wines at the historic Judgment of Paris wine ...
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Napa Valley is an American Viticultural Area (AVA) in Napa County, California.The area was established by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) on February 27, 1981, after a 1978 petition submitted by the Napa Valley Vintners and the Napa Valley Grape Growers Association.
He planted Merlot and Chardonnay, now very common in Napa Valley, at a time most vineyards were focusing on Cabernet Sauvignon. Under long-time winemaker Ric Forman (later of Abreu Vineyards), they released California's first vintage-dated Merlot. [3] The Coca-Cola Company bought the winery in 1977, in a short-lived attempt to enter the wine ...
Stags' Leap Winery is a winery located near Yountville, California, United States, in the Stags Leap District of Napa Valley. The winery's 240-acre (97 ha) estate vineyard was first planted in 1893.
In the late 1930s it was the location of St. Helena Cooperative Winery, known as the "little co-op" at the time. In 1975, vintner Bruce Markham purchased Yountville Vineyard, Calistoga Vineyard in 1976, and the old Laurent Winery in 1977 and founded Markham Vineyards. His first wine, a Cabernet Sauvignon, was produced in 1978. [2]