Placer County Appellation Library

(news items and features of current interest regarding activity within the Placer County appellation)

___, "Wineries pouring it on to lure upscale clients" ( San Francisco Chronicle: March 19, 2006 )

___, "How close is California grape industry to another wine glut" ( Western Farm Press: Mar 30, 2006 )

___, "Rain-drenched farmers face more problems" ( California Farm Bureau Federation: April 12, 2006 )

___, "Calif. Gov. Declares State of Emergency" ( BREITBART.COM: 04/10/2006 )

___, "California grape acreage estimated at 861,000" ( Western Farm Press: Apr 13, 2006 )

___, "Automated System Predicts Grape Yields " ( USDA - Agricultural Research Service: April 21, 2006 )

___, "Wineries not looking for new grapes as ’06 California crush begins" ( Western Farm Press : Aug 8, 2006 )

___, "Can Wine Be Organic?" ( Balanced Living Magazine )

___, "For nation's vintners, days of wine are rosy " ( San Francisco Chronicle: 01/18/2007 )

___, "New Winery Boom Spans North America " ( Wines & Vines: 01/22/2007 )

___, "Winemaking branches across nation " ( UNION-TRIBUNE : 09/17/2007 )

Heeger, Jack, "U.S.-European agreement will keep wine flowing across the Atlantic" ( Napa Valley Register: March 16, 2006 )

(a cumulative and permanent repository of writings which reflect the development of the Placer County appellation as a distinct winegrowing region. Submission and selection criteria for placement of material in the Permanent Collection)

Adams, Leon D., THE WINES OF AMERICA, THIRD EDITION" ( McGraw-Hill: 1985 )

Cass, Bruce, et.al., THE OXFORD COMPANION TO THE WINES OF NORTH AMERICA" ( Oxford University Press: 2000 )

Ensrud, Barbara, AMERICAN VINEYARDS" ( Stewart, Tabori & Chang: 1988 )