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Number of people who visit Robert Mondavi Winery in the Napa Valley each year. The winery, founded in 1966, was one of the first in the world to offer an extensive hospitality program of educational tours and tastings to the general public. The winery conducts visits in Mandarin, Korean, and Spanish, as well as in English.

California makes Port.

Answer: False.

False. True Port is a sweet fortified wine that must come from the Douro Valley of northern Portugal, in the same way that true Champagne can only come from the Champagne region of France. The Ports produced in the Douro are majestic-deep, complex, rich, thick, and thoroughly hedonistic-and considered among the most sophisticated wines in the world. In California, sweet fortified wines are made, but they aren’t Port. Confusingly, many of these wines used to be called “Port,” and some still are, despite the fact that in 2006, the United States Tax and Trade Bureau recognized the international agreement prohibiting domestic producers from using the generic terms “Port” or “Port-style” on fortified wine labels.

Fifty Feet and a Gazillion Seeds

Lodi, the self-proclaimed Zinfandel Capital of the World (it produces over 32% of California zin), is also home to 100 different grape varieties, more than any other California region. These include: albariño, tempranillo, verdelho, sangiovese,… Continue reading

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