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California’s coast is the dominant influence in the state’s wines, from the Central Coast to Napa and Sonoma and inward toward Lodi. The coast affects the temperature, provides fog and other cooling affects, and allows for perfect conditions for ripening flavorful wine grapes.
California has taken the natural conditions and has developed and applied the most sophistic research to its vineyards and wineries. The grape clonal trials, rootstock studies, development of refrigerated fermentation, oak barrel research, and alternative closure technology, to name a few, have put the state at the forefront of wine quality.
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