Sauvignon Blanc is historically connected to two French winemaking regions: the Loire Valley and Bordeaux. It most likely originated in the former, which today still makes single-variety expressions ...

This white grape takes its name from a village in the Mâconnais region of Burgundy in France. It remains widely grown there today, but the variety became so popular in the 1970s that for a time it ...

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A look at the Oak Knoll District of ... finally approved the Oak Knoll District (OKD) application for appellation (AVA) status. It’s one of the valley’s most distinctive regions, which I ...

Within the Napa Valley AVA are 16 nested AVAs (sometimes called ... Los Carneros, Mt. Veeder, Oak Knoll District of Napa Valley, Oakville, Rutherford, St. Helena, Spring Mountain District, Stags ...

The board of directors representing the growers and vintners of the Oak Knoll District of the Napa Valley American Viticultural Area (AVA) has retained industry veteran Terry Hall, a Calistoga ...

95% Cabernet Sauvignon and 5% Petite Sirah from the Oak Knoll District, Napa Valley, California. The wine was aged for 14 months in oak, mostly French. It has just 0.5 g/L of residual sugar.

NAPA VALLEY -- Crushpad, which has been making wine for hobbyists and boutique vintners in a warehouse in San Francisco since it started in 2004, has announced plans to relocate its winemaking ...

What’s a Napa Valley home without a connection to the ... The vineyard sits within the Oak Knoll AVA (American Viticultural Area), a sought-after region for grapes, making the home inextricably ...