Wines information

This website on wine is designed as a practical guide for the consumer. We will also be looking at wine from an early 20th century perspective, and not confuse you with the jargon of the experts and specialists.

My goal is to give the visitor such knowledge as is necessary for him to buy wisely, to store safely, to serve correctly, and to drink with greatest enjoyment.

It is not, of course, possible to cover anything like adequately the whole winefield. Attention must be chiefly directed to giving a workaday acquaintance with the representative wines of the ordinary market enough to stimulate the would-be connoisseur to pursue his own researches.

Hopefully the information on this website sets up the amateur with a little knowledge on which he can build more, to warn him off snags and superstitions, and give him a few practical hints for the better preservation and enjoyment of his purchases.

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California Wine

The state of California is known for its beauty, its beaches and its ability to set the standard in film almost as well as it is known for its wine. California makes ninety percent of the wine produced in this country; and it is not just any wine. California wineries account for some of the finest wines produced in the world; rivaling even those of the historic French vineyards.

History of Wine Making in California

The father of California wine country was Agoston Haraszthy, who made his way as a Hungarian soldier before immigrating to the United States where he became a profitable merchant. He single handedly imported over one hundred and sixty-five vines from the greatest vineyards in all of England. There were an astounding three hundred different grapes introduced to the Northern California area, where he founded Buena Vista winery.

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