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Encyclopedia > Ridge Vineyards

Ridge Vineyards in a winery located at an elevation of 2,3000 feet on Monte Bello Ridge in the Santa Cruz Mountains south of San Francisco, California.


Predecessors of the curent winery date back to the 1890s. Ridge Vineyards received international recognition when its Cabertnet Sauvignon-Merlot blend competed very successfully in the historic Paris Wine Tasting of 1976. French wines were generally believed by most people to be the very best wines in the world until 1976. ...


See also

California Wine has a long and continuing history. ...

Source

Taber, George M. Judgment of Paris: California vs France and the Historic 1976 Paris Tasting that Revolutionized Wine. NY: Scribner, 2005.


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  • Ridge Vineyards


 

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