From single-vineyard bottlings to regional blends and multi-appellation mélanges, this group of California wines offers a range of origins and styles, but with a common thread of relative ...
Thus, when the great reviews came out, wines immediately sold out. "Toward the turn of the century, Napa, and California at large," continues Morrow, "became a victim of its own success ...
The resulting product tasted more like the imported European wines. Not at first. In the 1850s and ‘60s, most of the wine produced in California was being consumed on the West Coast; only a ...