Sonoma and Napa Counties are known for its fine wines.
The golden sun and the abundant soil yield luscious, flavorful grapes. These are then carefully fermented and blended with closely guarded secrets that have been passed on from generation to generation, and perfectedlike wine itselfthrough time.
Visitors to Sonoma and nearby Napa County can arrange wine tours where they can visit different vineyards and learn at least some of the techniques and technology that goes into each bottle. Each label has its own secret, and its own philosophy.
For example, wines can use different kinds of grapes, and vineyards can hold as many as 20 different kinds, each baptized with very poetic names: Petite Syrah, Grenache, Bouschet.
Winemakers study the flavor, acidity, color, fruit intensity, and tannin structure of each grapewhich all contribute to a blends appearance, complexity and taste. The winemakers skill is seen in the delicate orchestra of flavors, as unique to the winery and to the harvest year as a fingerprint.
Some wineries will maintain genetic libraries of grapes, which contain different cross-breeding of varieties that allow the experts to...
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