California is the United States of America’s wine powerhouse. While it has been this way for well over 100 years now, the regions that made it initially well known are no longer what we think of when we think of “California wine”. I have covered some…
In the 1800s, wine in Southern California was a fast growing industry. From Santa Barbara to what is now downtown Los Angeles, much of the croplands were covered in grapes and lots of them were bound for wineries. Imported varietals were just as much of the…