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SONOMA COUNTY

More than twice the size as neighboring Napa, Sonoma County overflows with wineries and grape varieties. Within this
appellation’s one million total acres, over 425 wineries make their home. Practically every variety of grape grown in California
can be found somewhere in Sonoma County. Winemaking here is steeped in history, going back to the 1820s, when Franciscan
monks first planted vineyards with the Mission variety - a grape which unfortunately yielded disappointing table wines. The real
progress began with Hungarian immigrant, Agoston Haraszthy, today considered the ‘Father of California Wine’. As early as the
1850s, Haraszthy had the foresight to recognize the region’s tremendous viticultural potential, founding the original Buena Vista
Winery in 1857. Traveling to Europe in 1861, Haraszthy brought back more than 100,000 grape cuttings of over 300 different
varieties from France, Germany, Spain and Italy. He planted most of them in Sonoma, leaving a mark that is evident in the
county’s thriving wine industry today. Diverse in its climate, soils, geography and grapes, the patchwork quilt that is Sonoma
County contains AVAs on top of AVAs, and sub-AVAs within them. Today, Sonoma County as a wine region is as varied as any
could possibly be, with something for just about everyone. Sonoma County is America's viticultural cornucopia!

Sonoma
Angeline
Aerena
Aperture
Crossbarn
Decoy
Donelan
Educated Guess
Guarachi
Killian
Kosta Browne
Laurel Glen
Lola
Martin Ray
Migration
Mossback
Ridge
Routestock
Paul Hobbs
Walt
Wayfarer

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