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By the first 100 years A.D., wine was being exported from Italy to Spain, Germany, and France. It wasen't long before these countries ended up developing their own vineyards. Over the next few centries France had become the dominant producer of wines on the world market. Monastaries are known to have been reponsible for establishing several of the most sought after wines in the vineyards of France. Exploration and settlement brought wine to Mexico, Argentina, and South Africa in the 1500's and 1600's. Considered to be the father of the California Wine Industry, Jean-Louis Vignes planted the first European wine vines in northern California. He founded the Buena Vista Winery in 1857, which boasts 1,000 acres of vineyards in both Sonoma and Napa counties, and produces over half a million bottles of wine per year!
Made from fermented grape juice, wine is classified into 3 basic types: Natural, Sparkling, & Fortified. Natural wines may be Red, White, & Rose, and be classified in taste as Dry, Medium, or Sweet. Sparkling wines are given a 2nd fermatation in which added yeast eats up the sugar in the wine and produces carbon dioxide to give the wine a carbonated nature, much like soda pop. Tiny bubbles noticed in sparkling wines are from this natural process, while larger bubbles indicate carbon dioxide was added by machine. Fortified wines, such as Port, Sherry, Marsala, Vermouth, Maderia, Muscat, and Sangria, were made to have a longer shelf life. While there are spirits that are made from wine, the fortification process is created by when alcohol is added to the wine, thus killing the yeast before the fermintation process is completed, which leaves residual sugar. The higher levels of alcohol and sweetness help to preserve the wine longer. Wine is usually aged for several years in wood barrels, allowing the wood to influence the characteristics of the wine from taste, color, depth, complexity, and so on.
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Martin Rance Winery
6675 Redwood Retreat Rd, Gilroy, CA 95020 Map
408 842-9197
Cima Collina Winery
3344 Paul Davis Dr Ste 6, Marina, CA 93933 Map
831 384-7806
Hillcrest Winery
429 Ingalls St, Santa Cruz, CA 95060 Map
831 426-1500
Pelican Ranch Winery
402 Ingalls St Ste 21, Santa Cruz, CA 95060 Map
831 426-6911
Storrs Winery
303 Potrero St Ste 35, Santa Cruz, CA 95060 Map
831 458-5030
Vine Hill Winery
2300 Jarvis Rd, Santa Cruz, CA 95065 Map
831 427-0436
Alfaro Vineyard Tasting
420 Hames Rd, Watsonville, CA 95076 Map
831 761-1174
Monterey Bay Wine Co
27 Palma Ave, Watsonville, CA 95076 Map
831 685-9463
Windy Oaks Winery
550 Hazel Dell Rd, Watsonville, CA 95076 Map
831 786-9492
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