By Jessie Beck, Bailey Berg & Tim Chester
19 Essential Wineries & Tasting Rooms to Visit in Sonoma County, California
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Picks from sommeliers, critics, and locals. Think of it like window shopping for wine tastings.
The American wine classics.
Napa Cabernet. Sonoma Pinot Noir. Two grapes, two counties, one very good reason to visit California wine country.
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The other California.
Two moods. Paso's big Rhône reds and Santa Barbara's cool, composed Pinot Noir and Chardonnay. Both worth your time.
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The French classics.
Burgundy for Pinot Noir and Chardonnay. Bordeaux for Cabernet blends. Champagne, obviously. The standard was set here. It holds.
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No two alike.
Sangiovese in Chianti, Nebbiolo in Barolo, Nerello Mascalese on the slopes of Etna. More indigenous grape varieties than any country on earth. Italy has a grape for every occasion, and an occasion for every grape.
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Worth the flight.
Barossa Shiraz, Yarra Valley Pinot Noir, McLaren Vale Grenache. Some of the Barossa's vines survived the phylloxera epidemic that cleared out most of Europe's. They're over 160 years old now.
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Seven countries.
Portugal's Touriga Nacional, Spain's Tempranillo, Argentina's Malbec, Germany's Riesling, Santorini's Assyrtiko. Santorini's vines grow in baskets to survive the wind. Mosel Riesling grows on near-vertical slate. None of these are ordinary.
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