They don’t call it “the wine country”, they call it “wine country”. There’s a big difference. Let me explain. The term “wine country” is used for any area that has lots of wineries, because it’s usually a VERY special climate and soil. Wine growers are absolutely ensconced in studies of weather and […]
Written on Monday, July 7th, 2008 by judeduffy :: 0 comments to this post
They don’t call it “the wine country”, they call it “wine country”. There’s a big difference. Let me explain.
The term “wine country” is used for any area that has lots of wineries, because it’s usually a VERY special climate and soil. Wine growers are absolutely ensconced in studies of weather and soil conditions. Any frost on the grapes will ruin the wine crop. So the climate must be consistent and temperate, and only a few places on earth are.
Also, there are just as many wineries in the next county over, Sonoma, as there are in Napa. It is all called “wine country” because it is very wealthy and green and often feels like you’re entering a very different place.
Again, it does not refer to the county, it refers to wherever there are veeeery big tracts of land set aside for wineries. These people are very rich and the atmosphere is a combination of back-home country and enormous wealth.
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