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In 1996, they launched Treana Winery – Hope helped produce Treana’s debut 1996 vintage as assistant winemaker under Chris Phelps. [10] [11] Hope became the head winemaker of Hope Family Wines in 1998 and has held the position ever since. [12] Hope Family Wines now produces over 400,000 cases per year. [13]
Kermit Lynch (born December 1941 Bakersfield, California) is an American wine importer and author based in Berkeley, California.He is the author of Adventures on the Wine Route, which won the Veuve Clicquot Wine Book of the Year award, as well as Inspiring Thirst.
The Mirassou Winery was a winery, founded in 1854 by Louis Pellier (1817–72) and his brother Pierre (1823–94) in what is now known as California's Silicon Valley, and for many years an icon of the agricultural heritage of the Santa Clara Valley. In 1881 Pierre Mirassou (1856–89) married Pierre Pellier's daughter Henriette (1860–1937).
The first foothills winery was established in 1856 near Plymouth in Shenandoah Valley. This winery is the fourth oldest in the State of California. In 1861, the Son Francisco Bulletin featured a front page story titled "Vineyards in the Foothills." The foothill counties ranked among California's major wine producers during the 1870's and 1880's.
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 ]
Though it originated in France, there are very few plantings of Ederena in the country with less than 1 hectare (2.5 acres) of the grape cultivated in 2008. The variety was brought to the United States by Sunridge Nurseries in Bakersfield, California and is today being propagated in experimental plantings in the San Joaquin Valley by the Gallo winery and the University of California, Davis.