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Ok, we couldn’t resist this number. Ninety is the percent of the world over the age of six who will own a smartphone by 2020, according to Sociallymined. Wine is of course purchased by phone, and WineSpeed is read by phone (although neither by anyone under 21 years old).

Of the 261 AVAs in the U.S., 143 are in California. The state with the next-most AVAs is Oregon.

Answer: False.

Although a distant second, Washington ranks after California for the most AVAs in the U.S. There are currently 19 AVAs throughout Washington— just one more than there are in Oregon (18).

“Great, complex wines are wonderful, enthralling, life-affirming, soul-stirring, but it’s worth asking whether they are relaxing. Good, simple wines speak to out spirit of play and ease and repose, exactly because they don’t demand our exclusive attention.”

—Terry Theise
Wine Importer and Writer, Reading Between the Wines

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