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By the first 100 years A.D., wine was being exported from Italy to Spain, Germany, and France. It wasen't long before these countries ended up developing their own vineyards. Over the next few centries France had become the dominant producer of wines on the world market. Monastaries are known to have been reponsible for establishing several of the most sought after wines in the vineyards of France. Exploration and settlement brought wine to Mexico, Argentina, and South Africa in the 1500's and 1600's. Considered to be the father of the California Wine Industry, Jean-Louis Vignes planted the first European wine vines in northern California. He founded the Buena Vista Winery in 1857, which boasts 1,000 acres of vineyards in both Sonoma and Napa counties, and produces over half a million bottles of wine per year!

Made from fermented grape juice, wine is classified into 3 basic types: Natural, Sparkling, & Fortified. Natural wines may be Red, White, & Rose, and be classified in taste as Dry, Medium, or Sweet. Sparkling wines are given a 2nd fermatation in which added yeast eats up the sugar in the wine and produces carbon dioxide to give the wine a carbonated nature, much like soda pop. Tiny bubbles noticed in sparkling wines are from this natural process, while larger bubbles indicate carbon dioxide was added by machine. Fortified wines, such as Port, Sherry, Marsala, Vermouth, Maderia, Muscat, and Sangria, were made to have a longer shelf life. While there are spirits that are made from wine, the fortification process is created by when alcohol is added to the wine, thus killing the yeast before the fermintation process is completed, which leaves residual sugar. The higher levels of alcohol and sweetness help to preserve the wine longer. Wine is usually aged for several years in wood barrels, allowing the wood to influence the characteristics of the wine from taste, color, depth, complexity, and so on.

 


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Wineries - Aptos

Salamandre Wine Cellars
108 Don Carlos Drive,  Aptos, CA 95003   Map
831 685-0321  

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Wineries - Boulder Creek

Ahlgren Vineyard
20320 Highway 9,  Boulder Creek, CA 95006   Map
831 338-6071  

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Wineries - Castro Valley

Chouinard Vineyards
33853 Palomares Road,  Castro Valley, CA 94552   Map
510 582-9900  

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Wineries - Cupertino

Picchetti Winery
13100 Montebello Road,  Cupertino, CA 95014   Map
408 741-1310  

Ridge Vineyards
17100 Montebello Road,  Cupertino, CA 95014   Map
408 867-3233  

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Wineries - Felton

Organic Wine Works
379 Felton Empire Road,  Felton, CA 95018   Map
831 335-4441  

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Wineries - Gilroy

Fernwood Cellars
7137 Redwood Retreat Road,  Gilroy, CA 95020   Map
408 848-0611  

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Wineries - Livermore

Crooked Vine
4948 Tesla Road,  Livermore, CA 94550   Map
925 371-8156  

Livermore Valley Cellars
1508 Wetmore Road,  Livermore, CA 94550   Map
925 447-1751  

Tenuta Vineyards
633 Kalthoff Cmn,  Livermore, CA 94550   Map
925 960-1006  

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Wineries - Los Gatos

Burrell School Vineyard
24060 Summit Road,  Los Gatos, CA 95033   Map
408 353-6290  

Byington Winery & Vineyard
21850 Bear Creek Road,  Los Gatos, CA 95033   Map
408 354-1111  

David Bruce Winery
21439 Bear Creek Road,  Los Gatos, CA 95033   Map
408 354-4214  

Testarossa Vineyards
300 College Avenue A,  Los Gatos, CA 95030   Map
408 354-6150  

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Wineries - Morgan Hill

Guglielmo Emilio Winery
1480 E Main,  Morgan Hill, CA 95037   Map
408 779-2145  

Pedrizzetti Winery
1645 San Pedro Avenue,  Morgan Hill, CA 95037   Map
408 779-7389  

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Wineries - Saratoga

Kathryn Kennedy Winery
13180 Pierce Road,  Saratoga, CA 95070   Map
408 867-4170  

Savannah-Chanelle Vineyards
23600 Congress Springs Road,  Saratoga, CA 95070   Map
408 741-2934  

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