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American Viticultural Area
An American Viticultural Area (AVA) is a designated wine grape-growing region in the United States, providing an official appellation for the benefit of wineries.
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Appellation
An appellation is a legally defined and protected geographical indication used to identify where the grapes for a wine were grown; other types of food often have appellations as well.
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Ben Lomond Mountain AVA
The Ben Lomond Mountain AVA is an American Viticultural Area in Santa Cruz County, California, located on the western edge of the Santa Cruz Mountains.
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Biodiesel
Biodiesel refers to a vegetable oil- or animal fat-based diesel fuel consisting of long-chain alkyl (methyl, ethyl, or propyl) esters.
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Bonny Doon Vineyard
Bonny Doon Vineyard is a winery in Santa Cruz, California, that focuses on terroir wines.
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Byington Vineyard
Byington Vineyard & Winery is a vineyard and winery in the Santa Cruz Mountains AVA above Silicon Valley in California.
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Cabernet Franc
Cabernet Franc is one of the major black grape varieties worldwide.
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Cabernet Sauvignon
Cabernet Sauvignon is one of the world's most widely recognized red wine grape varieties.
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California
California is a state in the Pacific Region of the United States.
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California wine
California wine is wine made in the U.S. state of California.
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Canopy (grape)
In viticulture, the canopy of a grapevine includes the parts of the vine visible aboveground - the trunk, cordon, stems, leaves, flowers, and fruit.
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Carignan
Carignan (also known as Mazuelo, Bovale Grande, Cariñena, Carinyena, Samsó, Carignane, and Carignano) is a red grape variety of Spanish origin that is more commonly found in French wine but is widely planted throughout the western Mediterranean and around the globe.
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Chardonnay
Chardonnay is a green-skinned grape variety used in the production of white wine.
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Cover crop
A cover crop is a crop planted primarily to manage soil erosion, soil fertility, soil quality, water, weeds, pests, diseases, biodiversity and wildlife in an ''agroecosystem'' (Lu et al. 2000), an ecological system managed and largely shaped by humans across a range of intensities to produce food, feed, or fiber.
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David Bruce Winery
David Bruce Winery is a California winery located at about elevation in the Santa Cruz Mountains AVA above Silicon Valley in Northern California.
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Dolcetto
Dolcetto is a black Italian wine grape variety widely grown in the Piedmont region of northwest Italy.
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Durif
Durif is a variety of red wine grape primarily grown in Australia, California, France, and Israel.
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Erosion
In earth science, erosion is the action of surface processes (such as water flow or wind) that remove soil, rock, or dissolved material from one location on the Earth's crust, and then transport it to another location (not to be confused with weathering which involves no movement).
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Grenache
Grenache or Garnacha is one of the most widely planted red wine grape varieties in the world.
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Half Moon Bay, California
Half Moon Bay is a coastal city in San Mateo County, California, United States.
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Judgment of Paris (wine)
The Paris Wine Tasting of 1976 — known as the Judgment of Paris — was a wine competition organized in Paris on 24 May 1976 by Steven Spurrier, a British wine merchant, in which French judges carried out two blind tasting comparisons: one of top-quality Chardonnays and another of red wines (Bordeaux wines from France and Cabernet Sauvignon wines from California).
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Kathryn Kennedy
Kathryn Kennedy (July 28, 1927 – August 23, 2009) was a California wine grower, establishing her vineyard during the growth phase in the California wine history known as "The Wine Boom of the early 1970s".
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List of grape varieties
This list of grape varieties includes cultivated grapes, whether used for wine, or eating as a table grape, fresh or dried (raisin, currant, sultana).
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Malbec
Malbec is a purple grape variety used in making red wine.
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Malvasia
Malvasia (also known as Malvazia) is a group of wine grape varieties grown historically in the Mediterranean region, Balearic Islands, Canary Islands and the island of Madeira, but now grown in many of the winemaking regions of the world.
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Merlot
Merlot is a dark blue-colored wine grape variety, that is used as both a blending grape and for varietal wines.
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Mondeuse noire
Mondeuse noire is a red French wine grape variety that is grown primarily in the Savoy region of eastern France.
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Mountain Winery
The Mountain Winery, formerly the Paul Masson Mountain Winery, is a winery in Saratoga, California, United States, North America.
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Mourvèdre
Mourvèdre (also known as Mataró or Monastrell) is a red wine grape variety that is grown in many regions around the world including the Rhône and Provence regions of France, the Valencia and Jumilla denominaciones de origen of Spain, California and Washington State and the Australian regions of South Australia and New South Wales, as well as South Africa.
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Nebbiolo
Nebbiolo (Italian), or Nebieul (Piedmontese) is an Italian red wine grape variety predominantly associated with its native Piedmont region, where it makes the Denominazione di Origine Controllata e Garantita (DOCG) wines of Barolo, Barbaresco, Roero, Gattinara and Ghemme.
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Pacific Ocean
The Pacific Ocean is the largest and deepest of Earth's oceanic divisions.
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Petit Verdot
Petit Verdot is a variety of red wine grape, principally used in classic Bordeaux blends.
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Pinot noir
Pinot noir is a red wine grape variety of the species Vitis vinifera.
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Regional climate levels in viticulture
In viticulture, there are several levels of regional climates that are used to describe the terroir or immutable characteristics of an area.
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Ridge Vineyards
Ridge Vineyards is a California winery specializing in premium Cabernet Sauvignon, Zinfandel, and Chardonnay wines.
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San Francisco Bay
San Francisco Bay is a shallow estuary in the US state of California.
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San Mateo County, California
San Mateo County (Spanish for "Saint Matthew") is a county located in the U.S. state of California.
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Sangiovese
Sangiovese is a red Italian wine grape variety that derives its name from the Latin sanguis Jovis, "the blood of Jupiter".
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Santa Clara County, California
Santa Clara County, officially the County of Santa Clara, is California's 6th most populous county, with a population was 1,781,642, as of the 2010 census.
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Santa Cruz County, California
Santa Cruz County, California, officially the County of Santa Cruz, is a county on the Pacific coast of the U.S. state of California.
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Santa Cruz Mountains
The Santa Cruz Mountains, part of the Pacific Coast Ranges, are a mountain range in central and northern California, United States.
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Sauvignon blanc
Sauvignon blanc is a green-skinned grape variety that originates from the Bordeaux region of France.
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Savannah–Chanelle Vineyards
Savannah–Chanelle Vineyards, is a vineyard located in the eastern foothills of the Santa Cruz mountains above Saratoga, California and the Silicon Valley.
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Syrah
Syrah, also known as Shiraz, is a dark-skinned grape variety grown throughout the world and used primarily to produce red wine.
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Viognier
Viognier is a white wine grape variety.
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Wine tasting
Wine tasting is the sensory examination and evaluation of wine.
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Zinfandel
Zinfandel (also known as Primitivo) is a variety of black-skinned wine grape.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Cruz_Mountains_AVA
