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Where are the headquarters of Gallo located?

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Modesto in the Central Valley, California

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What are the four large AVAs of California?

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North Coast AVA (1983)
Central Coast AVA (1985)
South Coast AVA (1985)
Sierra Foothills AVA (1987)

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Which large AVA covers land between Los Angeles and San Diego?

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South Coast AVA (1985)

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Is Central Valley an AVA?

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No

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Which area of California grows 75% of that states wine?

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Central Valley

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When was the Meritage Alliance founded?

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1988

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What is Meritage?

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  • A white or red wine made from a blend of approved Bordeaux grape varieties.
  • Must be a blend of two or more varieties, with one variety making up no more than 90% of the blend.
  • To use the name ‘Meritage’ the producer must be a member of the Meritage Alliance.

Varieties allowed are:

Cabernet Sauvignon
Merlot
Cabernet Franc
Malbec
Petit Verdot
St. Macaire
Gros Verdot
Carmenère

Sauvignon Blanc
Sémillon
Muscadelle du Bordelais.

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What is the most important AVA in the Central Valley area?

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Lodi AVA (1986)

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Which AVA produced 20% of California’s total wine production?

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Lodi AVA (1986)

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Where is Lodi AVA located and how does it compare to the rest of the Central Valley?

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Located just south of Sacramento on the eastern edge of the Sacramento River Delta

Slightly cooler than much of the Central Valley, due to the influence of a gap in the coastal ranges, which pulls the coastal air inland from the San Francisco Bay and over the delta.

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What are two significant producers located in Lodi AVA?

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Sutter Home

Robert Mondavi Woodbridge

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What are the seven sub-AVAs of Lodi AVA?

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Alta Mesa
Borden Ranch
Mokelumne River
Cosumnes River
Jahant
Sloughhouse
Clements Hills
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What was the rootstock recommended to Californian viticulturalists by UC Davis, and subsequently found to be susceptible to phylloxera?

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AXR-1

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What is AXR-1?

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The rootstock recommended to Californian viticulturalists by UC Davis, and subsequently found to be susceptible to phylloxera.

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What style of wine is most associated with Sierra Foothills AVA?

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Zinfandel, many from very old vines

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What are the sub-AVAs of Sierra Foothills AVA?

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Fair Play AVA
El Dorado AVA
Fiddletown AVA
North Yuba AVA
California Shenandoah Valley AVA
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Where is Sierra Foothills AVA located?

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East of Sacramento and Lodi

Western edge of Sierra Mountains in California’s historic gold rush area

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How many sub-appellations are within Napa Valley AVA?

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16

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What percentage of California wine is produced in the Napa Valley?

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4%

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What are the two mountain ranges to the east and west of Napa Valley?

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West - Mayacamas

East - Vaca

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What percentage of Napa Valley plantings is made up of Cabernet Sauvignon?

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50%

Chardonnay - 12%
Merlot - 10%
Sauvignon Blanc - 8%

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What are the 16 nested AVAs of Napa Valley AVA?

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Calistoga AVA
Diamond Mountain District AVA
Chiles Valley District AVA
Atlas Peak AVA
Coombsville AVA
Howell Mountain AVA
Los Carneros AVA
Mt. Veeder AVA
Oak Knoll District of Napa Valley AVA
Oakville AVA
Rutherford AVA
St. Helena AVA
Spring Mountain District AVA
Stags Leap District AVA
Yountville AVA
Wild Horse Valley AVA
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When was Napa Valley AVA established?

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1981

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Who established Napa Valley’s first commercial winery?

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Charles Krug (1861)
First vines arrived in the region in 1830s
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Which three nested AVAs of Napa Valley AVA are most influenced by San Pablo Bay?

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Los Carneros AVA
Coombsville AVA
Wild Horse Valley AVA

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What is the northern extension of San Francisco Bay called?

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San Pablo Bay

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Which Napa Valley AVAs are located in the Mayacamas, above the fog line?

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Mount Veeder AVA

Spring Mountain AVA

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What is the name of the gap in the Mayacamas that allows cool Pacific air to cool parts of Calistoga AVA?

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Chalk Hill Gap

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What are the significant varieties, soils and climate of Atlas Peak AVA? Mountain or valley AVA?

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Mountain - up to 792m asl
Cool
Volcanic soil, irrigation required
CS - high acid; Chard

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What are the significant varieties, soils and climate of Calistoga AVA? Mountain or valley AVA?

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Valley although at up to 370m asl, much more elevated than the southerly AVAs
Warm to hot
High rainfall
Volcanic soil, varied
CS; Zin; Syrah; Petite Sirah
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What are the significant varieties, soils and climate of Chiles Valley AVA? Mountain or valley AVA?

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Valley and hillsides in Vaca Range - up to 366m asl
Warm days, cool nights
Later harvest than on valley floor
Alluvial soil, marine origin
CS - lush yet firm; Mer; CF; Zin
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What are the significant varieties, soils and climate of Coombsville AVA? Mountain or valley AVA?

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Low hillsides of Vaca Range
Cool - moderated by San Pablo Bay
Low rainfall
Volcanic soil 
CS - hillsides; grown on lower slopes - Mer; Chard; Syrah; PN
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What are the significant varieties, soils and climate of Diamond Mountain District AVA? Mountain or valley AVA?

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Mountain - up to 671m asl
Warm, high diurnal range
High rainfall
Red volcanic soil
CS; CF; both with firm structure and good aging potential
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What are the significant varieties, soils and climate of Howell Mountain AVA? Mountain or valley AVA?

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Mountain - above the fog line - up to 792m asl
Warm and dry, despite decent rainfall
No marine influence
Free draining, poor volcanic soil
CS; Mer; Zin; Chard; Viognier
Firm structured wines
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What are the significant varieties, soils and climate of Los Carneros AVA? Mountain or valley AVA?

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Valley but varied - sea level to 213m asl
Cool
Lowest rainfall in Napa Valley
Clay and calcium rich soils
Chard; PN
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What are the significant varieties, soils and climate of Mount Veeder AVA? Mountain or valley AVA?

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Mountain - up to 792m asl
Cool to moderate climate
Above the fog line - smaller diurnal range, warm nights
Sedimentary, marine derived soil, acidic, low fertility
CS; Mer; Zin; Chard
Agebility is a hallmark of Mt Veeder

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What are the significant varieties, soils and climate of Oak Knoll District AVA? Mountain or valley AVA?

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Valley 
Moderate to cool, marine influence
Alluvial fan soils formed by Dry Creek
Mer; Chard; CS; SB; Ries. 
Long growing season for CS and Mer
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What are the significant varieties, soils and climate of Oakville AVA? Mountain or valley AVA?

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Valley
Moderately warm
Strongly affected by morning fog
Sedimentary gravel soils, some heavier volcanic soils
CS; CF; Mer; SB
Ripe, rich and full wines
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What are the significant varieties, soils and climate of Rutherford AVA? Mountain or valley AVA?

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Valley
Moderately warm - a little warmer than Oakville or Stags Leap District
Marginally influenced by morning fog
Difference between Western Bench area (gravelly, sedimentary soils) and eastern area (volcanic, more fertile)
CS; Mer; CF; ZIn
Intense, ripe, mineral, firm tannin for long aging

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What are the significant varieties, soils and climate of Spring Mountain AVA? Mountain or valley AVA?

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Mountain - above fog line, up to 792m asl
Cool to moderate climate, but lower diurnal range
Sedimentary shale soils, high drainage, low fertility
CS; CF; Mer; Zin; Chard
Powerful, firm, tannin and acidity for aging

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What are the significant varieties, soils and climate of St Helena AVA? Mountain or valley AVA?

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Valley
Hot, protected by western hills, no fog or wind
Narrow part of valley, heat reflection from hillside
Sedimentary, gravel-clay; north and east has more fertile, deeper volcanic soil
CS; CF; Mer; Syrah; Zin; SB - passionfruit and forward
Deep and ripe, jammy reds

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What are the significant varieties, soils and climate of Stags Leap District AVA? Mountain or valley AVA?

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Valley and lower hillsides
Moderately warm - afternoon marine winds cool hot air from Stags Leap rocks
Volcanic gravel, loam and rocky hillsides
CS; Mer; velvety textures, soft tannin

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What are the significant varieties, soils and climate of Wild Horse Valley AVA? Mountain or valley AVA?

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Valley of Vaca Range 
Coolest of all nested Napa Valley AVAs
Strong marine influence and elevation up to 650m asl
Red volcanic soil - requires irrigation
PN; Chard
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What are the significant varieties, soils and climate of Yountville AVA? Mountain or valley AVA?

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Valley
Moderate with marine influence and morning fog, afternoon marine breezes
Noticable diurnal range
Gravel, silt
CS; Mer
Ripe, violet and rich
45
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Name a winery in Stags Leap District AVA

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Shafer (top wine Hillside Select)
Stag’s Leap Wine Cellars
Stags’ Leap Winery
(note position of apostrophes!!!)

Stag’s Leap Wine Cellars
1970 - founded by Warren Winiarski after taking cuttings from Nathan Fay’s vineyard
1972 - first SLV wine made with assistance from André Tchelistcheff
1976 - the 1973 SLV Cabernet won the Judgement of Paris
1990s/2000s - wines affected by brett
2007 - SLWC sold to Chateau Ste Michelle and Antinori collaboration.
Top wines are SLV vineyard, Fay vineyard and Cask 23 (a barrel selection of the three wines)

Stags’ Leap Winery
Grapes first planted 1872, established Stags’ Leap winery in 1888
1908 - stopped production, grapes sold to other wineries, becomes a resort
1972 - production resumes
1989 - Stags Leap District AVA established
Top wines are ‘The Leap’ and ‘Audentia’ but known for Petite Sirah
Owned by Treasury Wine Estates

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Who was the first person to plant Cabernet Sauvignon in the area now known as Stags Leap District AVA?

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Nathan Fay - planted in 1961

47
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Which wine was the top red wine in the Judgement of Paris. What vintage was the wine and in which year was it awarded?

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1973 Stag’s Leap Wine Cellars SLV Cabernet Sauvignon

Awarded 1976

48
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Name a winery in St Helena AVA

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Corison (top wine Kronos Vineyard)
Established 1987

Heitz Cellars (top wine Martha's Vineyard CS and Trailside Vineyard CS from Rutherford)
Established 1961

Spottswoode (top wine Estate Cabernet Sauvignon)
Established 1982

49
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Name a winery in Howell Mountain AVA

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Dunn Vineyard (top wine Howell Mountain CS)
Established 1979
50
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Name a winery in Diamond Mountain District AVA

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Diamond Creek Vineyard 
Established 1968, first vintage 1972
Wines are - 
Volcanic Hill Vineyard
Gravelly Meadow Vineyard
Red Rock Terrace Vineyard
Lake Vineyard (only made in the best years - 12 times since 1978)
51
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Which years has Diamond Creek ‘Lake Vineyard’ Cabernet Sauvignon been produced?

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1978, 
1984, 1987, 
1990, 1992, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1999, 
2002, 2005, 
2010, 2012, 2013,
52
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What was California’s first single vineyard wine?

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1966 Heitz ‘Martha’s Vineyard’ Cabernet Sauvignon

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Name a winery in Mount Veeder AVA

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Mayacamas Vineyards
Established 1889 (As Fischer & Sons)
54
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Name a winery in Oakville AVA

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Harlan Estate
Established 1984
Top wine ‘Harlan Estate’ released commercially in 1990
Second wine ‘The Maiden’ released 1995

Opus One
Established 1979 - joint venture between Robert Mondavi and Baron Philippe de Rothschild of Château Mouton-Rothschild
Second wine - Ouverture (multi-vintage)
1979 - first vintage Opus One
Constellation Brands owns 50% of Opus One (when it purchased Robert Mondavi Estate in 2004) but it operates independently.

Robert Mondavi
Founded 1966
1943 - Robert’s father Cesare purchased Charles Krug Winery, then managed by sons Robert and Peter
1965 - Argument, Robert leaves family business and establishes own winery. Heart of project was the To-Kalon vineyard, planted 1868. Adopted temperature control, French oak use.
1966 - first Robert Mondavi Cabernet Sauvignon
1968 - first Fumé Blanc
1971 - first Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon
2004 - sold to Constellation Brands
Retains roughly three-quarters of the nearly 600-acre To-Kalon site, perhaps Napa’s most treasured valley floor vineyard site,

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Which wine was the top white wine in the Judgement of Paris. What vintage was the wine and in which year was it awarded?

A

1973 Chateau Montelena Chardonnay

Awarded 1976

56
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Name a winery in Calistoga AVA

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Chateau Montelena
Established 1882 as A.L. Tubbs Winery
Top wine Montelena Estate Cabernet Sauvignon, first released 1978

Closed 1920 - 1933 for Prohibition, until 1940 sold grapes
1940 - renamed Ch. Montelena
1947 - winery closed
1958 - property sold to Frank family
1972 - Jim Barrett took sole ownership, made Mike Grgich winemaker
1976 - Judgement of Paris

57
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Name a winery in Rutherford AVA

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Beaulieu Vineyard
Established 1900
Top wine - Georges de Latour Private Reserve
First made 1936
Founded by Georges de Latour
Traded through Prohibition by making sacramental wine
1938 - brought André Tchelistcheff to BV from France as winemaker
1969 - Purchased by Heublein Inc. who also owned Inglenook, reputation declined
1973 - Tchelistcheff resigns
1997 - Purchased by Diageo

Dana Estates
Established 2005 
Cult wines, Korean owner
Helms Vineyard, first made 2005. 
Hershey Vineyard, first made 2006
Lotus Vineyard, first made 2006
Onda first made 2010
58
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What was the first vintage of Beaulieu Vineyard ‘Georges de Latour Private Reserve’ Cabernet Sauvignon?

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1936

59
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When was the To-Kalon vineyard planted?

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In 1868 by H.W. Crabb

Nearly 600-acre To-Kalon site, perhaps Napa’s most treasured valley floor vineyard site

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