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Approximate number of inches more of rain that Oakville, Napa, experienced so far this year than Seattle has, according to the University of California. Seattle has had about 10 inches of rain since January 1—while Oakville received over 31 inches. For months, numerous rainstorms have buffeted northern California wine country.

Welschriesling is a genetic offspring of riesling.

Answer: False.

Despite the word riesling in its name, the central European grape welschriesling (pronounced: WELSH-rees-ling) is not directly related to the noble German variety at all. Nor are olaszrizling (Hungary), riesling italico (Friuli, Italy) or cape riesling (South Africa). While it’s not riesling, welschriesling is used to make delicious late-harvest, botrytized wines, especially in the Burgenland region of Austria. BTW, true riesling is considered by many—possibly even most—wine experts to be the most noble and unique white grape variety in the world.

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Wine Country Table, a compelling new book by food-and-wine expert Janet Fletcher, is the literary embodiment of California’s farm-to-table movement—our desire to know where, how, and by whom our food was grown and made before… Continue reading

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