The 1960s saw the flowering of a new wine making region in a very unexpected locale: Washington State, USA. Though near latitudes (46-47 degrees) that encompass two of the great French wine regions, Bordeaux (44.5 degrees) and Burgundy (47 degrees), Washington’s vineyards also experience cold and sometimes rainy falls and winters. Less than ideal conditions [...]
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In a state that produces 90% of all US wine, the vineyards of Sonoma and Napa in Northern California are justly famous. But they have no monopoly on quality, the wines from the newer Southern California wineries are an equal match for any of their northern sisters.
Most Southern California wine is produced in one of [...]
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Jim Bruce offers a glimpse of a little-know American wine region.
Enjoy Colorado Wines
by Jim Bruce
Announcing! One of the Best Kept Secrets in the World of Wine…
Do you remember hearing that the best wines are now coming from California?
Forget everything you’ve heard about California wine and listen, on my summer vacation I discovered one of the [...]
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The terrain and climate of the wine areas of Northern California remind the visitor of nothing so much as rural France. But the scale is vastly smaller — Napa Valley is only 35 miles long and 5 miles wide, while Sonoma County covers 1,600 square miles along 60 miles of coastline — with only a [...]
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