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Article: Wine Buying Made Easy: Sonoma County's Many Wines Serve as an Example.
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- PR Newswire
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- October 28, 2002
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SANTA ROSA, Calif. -- Bottle in hand, standing alone in a store aisle, consumers must choose which wine to buy based on the label alone. "For most people," says Nick Frey, Executive Director, Sonoma County Grape Growers Association, "the choice is a roll of the dice."
He continues, "The best way is to know where and how the grapes were grown. Sonoma County, for example, has thirteen appellations certified by the American Viticultural Association. Here, those areas are amazingly only a few miles apart. Since we're right on the Pacific, Russian River Valley and Carneros areas are cooled almost daily by ocean fogs. That's perfect for growing Pinot Noir and ...