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2 unusual facts about California wine


California wine

Several well-known wineries were founded in this decade including Robert Mondavi, Heitz Wine Cellars and David Bruce Winery.

By the time that Prohibition was repealed in 1933, only 140 wineries were still in operation.


Allen Meadows

By 2000 Meadows had left banking and launched the Burghound.com site which offers subscribers newsletters with reviews of Burgundy wine and California and Oregon Pinot noir wines.

Bernard Magrez

Bernard Magrez, born 1936, is a French wine magnate who predominantly owns Bordeaux wine estates, including Château La Tour Carnet, Château Pape Clément and Château Romer, but also a large number of wine producing properties in other French wine regions and other countries, including Spain, Chile, Argentina and California.


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