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For the first time in its storied history, UC Davis will sell to the public wines made by students, staff and faculty from ...

A four-mile creek that runs through California’s most famous vineyard is at the center of a yearslong battle between a fourth-generation Napa Valley grape grower and major wine corporation ...

It's a part of the Cienega Valley ... (AVA), which straddles the San Andreas fault line in San Benito County, and it's within ...

In the Loire Valley, the sancerres made from sauvignon blanc are identified by their appellations ... prices rise as the grape gains momentum in Napa and Sonoma counties. FUTO ($350) and Gamble ...

Once known primarily as a quaint Danish-inspired village, Solvang is steadily earning a reputation as 'California's Denmark of America' — a burgeoning wine region rivaling Napa Valley.

The Oakville AVA is a two-mile-wide stretch of Napa Valley and was granted American Viticultural Area status only in 1993. Today it boasts just about 5,000 acres of grapevines and more than 70 ...

The Crystal Springs of Napa Valley appellation in the foothills of Howell Mountain is Napa’s first new AVA in 13 years. * Crystal Springs becomes the 17th AVA nested within the greater Napa ...

Napa Valley is already home to 17 American Viticultural Areas (AVAs), and now a new one has been added to the mix, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. Crystal Springs is now an official AVA ...

The Napa Valley correspondent for Decanter ... sits "in the Goldilocks zone at the eastern edge of the Sta. Rita Hills appellation," explains Dragonette winemaker Brandon Sparks-Gillis.

Wines can get even more granular than that, with appellations ... lines on the map. Altitude can also be a defining characteristic of a particular place. For example, Napa Valley’s Atlas ...