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The Suisun Valley AVA is an American Viticultural Area in Solano County, California, located just east of the Napa Valley wine region in the Coast Range. It was established as a wine appellation on 27 December 1982.
Suisun Bay (/ s ə ˈ s uː n / sə-SOON; Wintun for "where the west wind blows") is a shallow tidal estuary (a northeastern extension of the San Francisco Bay) in Northern California. It lies at the confluence of the Sacramento River and San Joaquin River , forming the entrance to the Sacramento–San Joaquin River Delta , an inverted river ...
Suisun City (/ s ə ˈ s uː n / sə-SOON; Wintun for "where the west wind blows") is a city in Solano County, California, United States. The population was 29,518 at the 2020 census . [ 9 ]
Mankas Corner [1] is an unincorporated community in the Suisun Valley AVA, is an American Viticulture Area in Solano County, California. Christley Mankas' store in the late 1800s was located at the same site as Mankas Corner today.
Suisun Marsh, 116,000 acres (470 km 2) of land, bays, and sloughs, is one of the largest estuarine marshes in the western United States. Geologically, the Suisun Marsh is the product of water-borne sediment deposition, carried from the Sacramento and San Joaquin Rivers into the San Francisco Bay.
The peak straddles a ridge separating the Suisun Valley wine region in Solano County on the east side from the Napa Valley wine region on the west side, and is a prominent landmark visible from most points in Suisun Valley. The north summit at an elevation of 2,259 feet (689 m) is the tallest of the two, and the lower south summit rises to an ...
The Vaca Mountains have a typical California climate with a cool wet season lasting from November to April, followed by a warm dry season. Because the Vacas are the easternmost of the Coast Ranges, they are subject to the "rain shadow" effect and rainfall is considerably less than in ranges to the west, such as the Mayacamas Mountains, which are closer to the Pacific Ocean.
Suisun Bay; Suisun City, California. Suisun–Fairfield station; Suisun Marsh; Suisun Valley AVA, wine region; Ships. USS Suisun This page was last edited on 20 ...