| Wine Country California is called a region of | | | | Chardonnay, Merlot, Zinfandel, and other popular |
| Northern California, known by its premium | | | | varietals. Each year over 5 million tourists visit |
| wine-growing region since the year 1838. In Wine | | | | Napa Valley each year. It is visited by as many as |
| Country California there are over 200 wineries | | | | five million people each year, making it the second |
| The area includes Napa Valley in Napa County, and | | | | most popular tourist destination in the state, |
| the Sonoma Valley, Alexander Valley and Russian | | | | second only to Disneyland. .Napa Valley |
| River Valley in Sonoma CountySome of the | | | | WineriesNassaw WineryArtesa |
| region's major communities include Kenwood, | | | | WineryAcaciaAndretti WineryAtlas Peak |
| Healdsburg, Sonoma, Santa Rosa, Napa, Calistoga, | | | | VineyardsBeaulieu VineyardBeringer Blass Wine |
| Geyserville, Bodega Bay, historic Fort Ross, and | | | | EstatesCakebread CellarsCaymusCarneros Creek |
| Ukiah. Wine Country proper is generally regarded | | | | WineryChappellet Winery and VineyardChateau |
| as the combined counties of Napa, Sonoma, | | | | MontelenaChimney Rock WineryClos Du Val |
| Mendocino and Lake, but wine grapes are | | | | WineryConn Creek WineryDelectus |
| harvested throughout much of northern California. | | | | WineryDomaine CarnerosDomaine |
| Napa Valley WineriesNapa Valley is considered to | | | | ChandonDuckhorn VineyardsDutch Henry |
| be one of the most important American | | | | WineryFar Niente WineryFolie a DeuxFrank Family |
| viticultural areas in California and the United States. | | | | WineryFranciscanFrazier WineryFreemark Abbey |
| From the beginning of twentieth century there | | | | WineryFrog's Leap WineryGoosecross |
| were more that 140 wineries.Some of the most | | | | CellarsGrgich Hills CellarHans KornellHeitz Wine |
| important Napa Valley wineries that still exists in | | | | CellarsHess CollectionHonig Vineyard & |
| California state are Charles Krug Winery, Chateau | | | | WineryHowell Mountain VineyardsCharles |
| Montelena and Beringer.Viticulture in Napa suffered | | | | KrugMarkham VineyardsLouis MartiniMayacamas |
| especially in the period of alcohol prohibition that | | | | VineyardsMerryvale VineyardsMonticello |
| started in 1920. Also many vines were destroyed | | | | VineyardsMount Veeder WineryPeju ProvincePepi |
| by a root louse called phylloxera. Because of | | | | WineryPride Mountain VineyardsRaymond |
| these two events many vineries had to stop | | | | Vineyard & CellarRobert Keenan WineryRobert |
| doing business. After the Second World War, the | | | | MondaviRobert Pecota WineryRobert Sinskey |
| wine industry in Napa was on the rise again.The | | | | VineyardsRutherford Hill WineryRutherford Ranch |
| region reputation was growing especially after the | | | | VineyardsMumm Napa ValleyRubicon Estate |
| results of the famous Paris Wine Tasting of 1976, | | | | WineryOpus OnePlump Jack WineryPope Valley |
| where judges considered Napa Valley Chardonnay | | | | WineryRutherford Hill WinerySaintsburySawkar |
| and Cabernet Sauvignon better than several | | | | Family VineyardsSt. SuperySchramsbergSeavey |
| famous French labels in a blind tasting | | | | VineyardSequoia Grove VineyardsShafer |
| format.Today there are more than 200 wineries | | | | VineyardsSilver Oak CellarsSilverado |
| in the Napa region of California. There are many | | | | VineyardsStag's Leap Wine CellarsStags' Leap |
| organized Napa valley wine tours where California | | | | Winery (Not to be confused with Stag's Leap |
| tourists can see many famous wineries and taste | | | | Wine Cellars.)Sterling VineyardsStony Hill |
| these world-famous wines. Many different grape | | | | VineyardSutter HomeTrefethen VineyardsTurnbull |
| varieties are being grown like Cabernet Sauvignon, | | | | Wine CellarsV. |