California Appellation Library

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

___, "Harvest's over, let the grape 'hang time' debate begin" ( Napa Valley Register: November 8, 2005 )

___, "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 )

___, "Wine country moves north " ( San Francisco Chronicle : July 20, 2006 )

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

___, "Von Strasser produces California's first Grüner Veltliner." ( Wine Enthusiast Magazine: September 2006 )

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

___, "MERRYVALE VINEYARDS: A working winery in St. Helena attracts out-of-town visitors" ( San Francisco Chronicle : 09/15/2007 )

___, "'Sonoma' protected on wine labels " ( The Press Democrat: Oct 1, 2006 )

___, "Paso Robles Named ''The Up-and-Coming'' California Wine Region " ( Business Wire: 11/28/2006 )

___, "Lodi winery wins conservation award" ( Central Valley Business Times : 12/4/2006 )

___, "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 )

___, "Young Sierra foothills wine region recalls old California" ( San Francisco Chronicle: 03/25/2007 )

___, "The fights -- and subfights -- of creating AVAs" ( San Francisco Chronicle: 04/27/2007 )

___, "Council joins resolve for Calistoga AVA" ( St. Helena Star: 06/21/2007 )

___, "Thin soils stress vines in Atlas Peak Appellation" ( Napa Valley Register: 08/10/2007 )

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

___, "Leona Valley AVA Application Considered" ( Wines & Vines: 11/29/2007 )

___, "King of Carneros: Grape grower sets the standard for the region's wines" ( San Francisco Chronicle: 01/25/2008 )

___, "Livermore wine country grows despite economic malaise" ( Valley Times: 07/13/2008 )

___, "Is Mendocino the new Napa?" ( THE PRESS DEMOCRAT: 08/04/2008 )

___, "The Good Life: Clarksburg: Back in time, tops in wine" ( Sacbee.com: 08/27/2008 )

___, "Temecula Valley Wine Country still crafting its identity" ( The Press-Enterprise : 01/17/2009 )

___, "El Dorado County Has a New Family of Wineries " ( WineBusiness.com: 02/10/2009 )

___, "Foodie Freak: The Guenoc Valley AVA " ( Lake County News : 03/22/2009 )

___, "Foodie Freak: Benmore Valley AVA " ( Lake County News: 04/12/2009 )

___, "Foodie Freak: The Red Hills AVA " ( Lake County News: 02/15/2009 )

___, "Foodie Freak: All about the High Valley AVA " ( Lake County News: 01/17/2009 )

___, "Wine Area Proposed in L.A. County" ( Wines & Vines: 08/07/2009 )

Alcohol & Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB), Seven Proposed Lodi, California Viticultural Areas" ( Federal Register/Vol. 70, No. 156: August 15, 2005 )

Asimov, Eric, "A Sonoma winery that's aging well " ( International Herald Tribune: 09/14/2006 )

Bergman, John, et.al., "Is The Glass of Wine Half Full or Half Empty?" ( Bergman Euro-National: Jan. 2003 )

Bonné, Jon, "Napa's defining wines stick to their roots" ( MSNBC: June 13, 2006 )

Bonné, Jon, "The little appellation that could" ( San Francisco Chronicle: 02/23/2007 )

Bonné, Jon, "A route less traveled: Navarro offers flavors of Alsace in Anderson Valley" ( San Francisco Chronicle: 03/23/2007 )

Fallis, Catherine, "The City by the Bay gets AVA" ( Wine Business Monthly: November 2000 )

Franson, Paul, "Area famous for dessert wines brings other varietals to the table " ( San Francisco Chronicle: 08/27/2008 )

Franson, Paul, "Flavor Profiles From Santa Cruz" ( Wines & Vines: 02/02/2009 )

Gray, W. Blake, "Ignoble rot spells trouble for Pinot Noir, Zinfandel" ( San Francisco Chronicle: 10/13/2006 )

Gray, W. Blake, "Winemakers find fertile ground in the urban environs of Alameda County " ( San Francisco Chronicle: 11/10/2006 )

Gray, W. Blake, "Lodi revival " ( San Francisco Chronicle: 01/05/2007 )

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

Heeger, Jack, "A true Napa Valley wine" ( Napa Valley Register: 02/15/2007 )

Heeger, Jack, "Exploring Paso Robles" ( Napa Valley Register: 06/19/2009 )

Olney, John M., "Alfred Loving Tubbs and the birth of Chateau Montelena" ( St. Helena Star : 08/03/2006 )

Teichgraeber, Tim, "Higher Ground-Napa and Sonoma's mountain vineyards produce Cabernets with desirable intensity" ( San Francisco Chronicle: 03/02/2007 )

Teichgraeber, Tim, "Santa Barbara County's diversity poses challenges, presents opportunities for vintners" ( San Francisco Chronicle: 08/27/2008 )

Tesconi, Tim, "Is that really a Sonoma wine?" ( THE PRESS DEMOCRAT: Apr 26, 2006 )

Tesconi, Tim, "New attitude on grape growing" ( The Press Democrat: Aug 25, 2006 )

(a cumulative and permanent repository of writings which reflect the development of the California 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 )

Swinchatt, Jonathan, et.al., THE WINEMAKER'S DANCE: EXPLORING TERROIR IN THE NAPA VALLEY" ( University of California Press: 2004 )