The Wine Experience           
Anderson Valley                      

Most of us probably don't associate the word quirky with wine but once you pay a visit to Mendocino County you just might!

Up there is the Anderson Valley . Situated on the coast and running inland along the Navarro River this is quirky wine country.

Lots of folks don't even think of it as wine country - it doesn't have the fame and upscale restaurants and shopping you may be used to.   The vines compete with apple orchards and mushroom hunters and they're proving to be up to it!

It's got a particularly long growing season that's tempered by summer fogs in the valley. So the cooler weather grapes like Pinot Noir and Riesling run along the river. Hilltops are home to cabernet and zin as well as chardonnay.

Sparkling wines have found a home here too.

What makes it quirky? Well there're towns that end in 'ville' and untrafficked side roads, people who aren't in it for the corporate dollar, organic methods and wines that don't pretend.

That's Mendocino's Anderson Valley.

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