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Taking Wine to New Heights in Washington

American Viticultural Areas are the U.S. equivalent of wine appellations in France. In order to gain AVA status, an area must be shown to possess unique characteristics that separate it from neighboring areas. In some cases, it’s the general environment.

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The Secrets of Bell Mountain, the First AVA in Texas

Given California’s place in the wine world today, you might think that it was the first state where Franciscan priests established vineyards. That’s what I’d always assumed… until I did a little digging. It turns out that during the 17th

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