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Number of wineries in California—roughly half of all the wineries in the US, according to Discover California. Those wineries made 242 million cases of wine last year. California alone ranks as the fourth leading wine producer in the entire world. September is California Wine Month.

The Champagne Life: The Art of Blends

“To ride the chaos of harvest is to feel the adrenaline, risk and rush of Nature in ways that few people ever get to experience. There are days you get home, and you know for a fact that you couldn’t have done any more because you can barely move. You’ve used every part of your body, your ability to smell, taste, feel and hear, because there isn’t time to make enough decisions any other way.”

—Ashley Trout
Owner/winemaker of March Cellars and Vital Wines

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