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