How California Missions Started The State’s $84 Billion Wine Industry

Photo of Mission San Rafael Arcangel, one of the most recognizable landmarks in San Rafael, California, USA. getty Before Napa made California w…
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https://www.diningandcooking.com/2410790/how-california-missions-started-the-states-84-billion-wine-industry/

Photographic ode to old vines other than Zinfandel

Plus the fascinating stories of the long forgotten Santa Cruz Island Wine Company and Angelica wines

photography with feeling
In today's Lodi Wine post (https://www.lodiwine.com/blog/The-new-light--and-chillable--red-wine-paradigm), the new light (and chillable!) red wine paradigm, made from everything from Cinsaut, Carignan and Grenache to Mission, Montepulciano and Zinfandel.
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6-foot-tall Mission grapevine, Mokelumne River-Lodi AVA. #missiongrape #lodiwine #lodiwinecountry #randycaparosophotography #oldvines
Mission grape harvest #2, east side of Mokelumne River-Lodi AVA. #oldvines #missiongrape #lodiwine #lodiwinecountry #randycaparosophotography
Mission harvest in Somers Vineyard; gigantic old vines on east side of Lodi's Mokelumne River AVA. #missiongrape #lodiwine #lodiwinecountry #oldvines #randycaparosophotography #monteriowine
Old vine Mission grape harvest, east side of Mokelumne River-Lodi Viticutural Area. #missiongrape #lodiwine #lodiwinecountry #randycaparosophotography #oldvines