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Heitz Cellar is a California wine producer located within Napa Valley east of the town of St. Helena.An early modern era Napa Valley presence and pioneering exponent of French oak, [2] the estate enjoys a historical renown with the success of its Martha's Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon, [3] and has also been described as a "master of Grignolino".
The winery was purchased by international conglomerate Heublein Inc., in 1969. [4] Heublein was later acquired by RJR Nabisco , then sold to Grand Metropolitan in 1987. Grand Metropolitan became Diageo plc in 1997 through a merger with Guinness , [ 5 ] and is now the largest multinational beer, wine and spirits company in the world.
Texas has a long history of wine production. The sunny and dry climate of the major winemaking regions in the state have drawn comparison to Portuguese wines, in addition to other regions in Europe like Spain, France, and Italy. [2] Some of the earliest recorded Texas wines were produced by Spanish missionaries in the 1650s near El Paso. Texas ...
The latest addition to roads dotted with wineries and vineyards is the Texas Hill Country AVA’s Highway 290.There are 273 American Viticultural Areas (AVAs) spread across 34 states. California ...
In 1975, Francis Ford Coppola and his wife Eleanor, purchased Niebaum's Victorian home, along with 1,560 acres (630 ha) of surrounding land. In 1995, Coppola reunited the two original Inglenook parcels by purchasing the grand Inglenook chateau and 94.5 acres (38.2 ha) of surrounding vineyards (neighboring vineyards include Heitz Wine Cellars Martha's Vineyard and Beaulieu Vineyard Georges de ...
The Texas Hill Country AVA is an American Viticultural Area located in the Texas Hill Country north of San Antonio and west of Austin, Texas. [3] The appellation is the third largest American Viticultural Area in geographic area behind the Upper Mississippi River Valley AVA and Ohio River Valley AVA, covering an area of over 9,000,000 acres (14,062 sq mi).
A Texas man has admitted to kidnapping and killing 11-year-old Audrii Cunningham, who was found dead in a river nearly a year ago after she briefly went missing.. Don Steven McDougal "has accepted ...
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