March 16, 2018

Tomorrow is St. Patrick’s Day. So, the first Irish person to establish a winery in California built the winery in which region?

A. Lodi

B. Livermore

C. Monterey

D. Napa Valley

Concannon, one of Livermore’s leading historic wineries was built in 1883 by Irish immigrant and devout Catholic James Concannon.

Pét-Nat is a contraction of the French term pétillant-naturel (natural sparkling). Pét-Nat wines are sparklers made in the “ancestral” method whereby the wine is bottled before primary fermentation is finished, without the addition of secondary yeasts or… Continue reading

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