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By 1971, they owned 10 in Los Angeles County and Orange County. [41] Wanting to expand from KFC to an original restaurant, [42] the brothers began their Polly's Pies chain in Fullerton in 1968. It was a former Pie Pantry location, with two P 's serving as the front door handles. Not wanting to spend money to change the doors, they named the ...
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]
Los Carneros (also known as Carneros) is an American Viticultural Area (AVA) which includes parts of both Sonoma and Napa counties in California, U.S.A. The 37,000 acres (58 sq mi) area was recognized on September 18, 1983 by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF), Treasury after reviewing the petition submitted by Beaulieu Vineyards proposing to establish a viticultural area named ...
The boundaries of the Central Coast, which have been expanded twice, includes portions of six counties where approximately 100,000 acres (40,469 ha) cultivated with Chardonnay being more than half of the varietal. Within the multi-county AVA are numerous established appellations that share the same maritime climate produced by the Pacific Ocean ...
It was established by the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (ATF) as the county's first AVA within California’s multi-county Central Coast AVA effective May 12, 1982. It became an sub-appellation of the county’s newest San Luis Obispo Coast (SLO Coast) viticultural area since April 2022.
California, Central Coast AVA, San Francisco Bay AVA: Other regions in California, Central Coast AVA, San Francisco Bay AVA: Santa Clara Valley AVA, Lamorinda AVA, Contra Costa AVA: Growing season: 254 days [1] Climate region: Region II-III [1] Heat units: 2,501–3,425 GDD [2] Precipitation (annual average) 14.45 in (367 mm) [1] Soil conditions
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Wine pioneer, Rodney Strong, whose namesake winery is located in Russian River Valley, was also among the first to recognize Alexander Valley's potential, producing and releasing Sonoma County's first single vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon from the 1974 vintage. The vineyard designated was Strong's Alexander's Crown vineyard located near Jimtown.