Bay
Area - San Jose, South Santa Clara and Livermore
| Bay Area consisting of San Jose, South Santa Clara and Livermore were
homes of the vine dated as early as the 1700s. However, in the recent
decades, there are more housing developments in the Bay Area causing the
vineyards to have no choice but to give way. In the South Santa Clara,
wineries still retaining the good old days charm where they are mainly
small producers . Some of them were started by the Italian. |
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As for San
Jose, most of the wineries obtained their grapes from the other California
regions especially the Monterey. As for Livermore, it is the place where
the first bottled labeled "Chardonnay" in California was born in
1936.
Grape Varieties grown in Bay
Area
As for the grape varieties in the Bay Area, they are mainly Sauvignon
Blanc, Semillon as well as the Chardonnay. Some of the grape cutting were
even brought to the region from France and planted in the Vineyards...
like the Mirassou.
Wineries in Bay Area with free tasting
Cedar Mountain Winery
Chouinard Vineyard
Concannon Vineyards
Elliston Vineyards
Emilio Guglielmo Winery
Fenestra Winery
Fortino Winery
Hecker Pass Winery
Kirigin Cellars
Live Oaks Winery
Livermore Valley Cellars
Lohr Winery
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Mirassou Vineyards
Murrietta's Well
Pedrizzetti Winery
Rapazzini Winery
Retzlaff Vineyards
Solis Winery
Stone Ridge Winery
Sycamore Creek Vineyards
Thomas Coyne Winery
Wente Brothers Winery
Westover Vineyards
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