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...about 2,200 feet elevation in the [[Santa Cruz Mountains]] above [[Silicon Valley]] in Northern [[California]]. It was established by dermatologist David Bru * [[Kramer, Matt]]. ''Matt Kramer's New California Wine: Making Sense of Napa Valley, Sonoma, Central Coast, and Beyond''. Philadelphia: Running Press, 2004.

| appellation = <!--e.g. Napa Valley--> ...nowledge about [[phylloxera]] which at the time had ravaged many of [[Napa Valley]]'s vineyards and his decision to import a rootstock variety resistant to t

...essful wine-making industry beginning in the early 1860s when the Pleasant Valley Wine Company began using carefully-selected derivatives of native grapes to ...of the presidio of Sonoma, became the first large-scale winegrower in the valley. In 1857, [[Agoston Haraszthy]] bought <span style="white-space:nowrap">560

In 1861 Charles Krug established [[Napa Valley (wine)|Napa Valley's]] first commercial winery in [[St. Helena, California|St. Helena]]. ...d [[Inglenook Winery]] in [[Rutherford, California]] a small village (in [[Napa County, California]]). It was the first [[Bordeaux]] style winery in the US

...n Oregon AVA]]<br/>[[Columbia Gorge AVA]] (with Washington)<br/>[[Columbia Valley AVA]] (mainly Washington)| wineries=303|

...ognized locales include: [[Napa Valley]], [[Barossa Valley]], [[Willamette Valley]], [[Cafayate]], [[Marlborough, New Zealand|Marlborough]], [[Walla Walla]], ...apa Valley]], [[Santa Barbara, California|Santa Barbara]] and [[Willamette Valley]]. The AVA designations do not restrict the type of grape used.<ref> Title

...bordering lakes and large streams. These areas arc the lower Hudson River Valley; the region of the central- western New York lakes; the Lake Erie region of ...re preferred. Quality is to a large extent determined by soil. Some of the wineries will accept only fruit that is grown on clay soils. The product is more uni