Where California wines grow

Most wine drinkers think of American wine, they think of California. Approximately, 90% of all United States wine is produced in California. The California Gallo winery is the largest winery in the state.

To produce a fine wine the challenge is to find an area cool enough with poor enough soil, so grapes do not ripen too quickly, too easily, without full flavor development. Sunny California, provides the ideal warm climate for growing grapes. California wines can be found from vineyards up and down the whole length of the state.

Some of the important districts and wine country around the San Francisco bay area includes the following:

North Coast:

Nappa Valley
Sonoma Country
Mendocino and Lake Counties

North Central Coast:

Livermore and Santa Clara Valleys
Santa Cruz Mountains
Monterey County

California wines

Bay Made
Wines made by the Bay

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