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• Archive: $29 Get full The Everyday Guide to Wines of California (Audio) - Jennifer Simonetti - Bryan courses.
• Course OverviewIn 1976, a single event rocked the wine world.
• In the famed Judgment of Paris Tasting, top French wine experts chose two unknown wines over the best that France—long considered the epitome of great winemaking—had to offer.
• California.Since then, California has become one of the most exciting and important wine-growing regions in the world; home to reds, whites, and sparkling wines that are on par with some of the most iconic wines from older wine regions, including Italy and France.
• Consider thatif California were considered a nation, it would be the fourth-largest wine-producing nation in the world;unlike winemakers in more traditional European wine regions, those in California are free to experiment with new grape blends and wine-making technologies;wine is grown in more than 80% of California counties; together, they make more than 600 million gallons of wine (about 250 million cases) per year.More than 21 million people visit California wine country every year to sample wines that are unlike those found anywhere else in the world.