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California Wine Country Festivals
Wine festivals aim to highlight the yearly wine produce in a certain area. And with California having etched a name for itself as a premier wine producing state, there are various wine festivals being held yearly to promote and highlight their wine produce. Here are some of the more interesting ones.Napa Valley Mustard FestivalNapa Valley is considered as "wine country" in California. Th... [Read More]
Introduction to the United States
Being a large country, it is not surprising that United States has a wide diversity of race, culture, and faith. Its chief early influence was British culture, due to colonial ties with the British that spread the English language, legal system, and other cultural inheritances. Other important influences came from other parts of Europe, especially those with a sizable number of immigrants like Ire... [Read More]
American Cuisine
America has long attracted immigrants from a wide variety of nations and culture, and it is no surprise that the cuisine of the United States is extremely diverse and difficult to define. One way of describing American cuisine is a synthesis of cuisines from around the world, a style of cooking that takes something from each immigrant country. On the other hand, American cooks have exported a grea... [Read More]
American Wine and Grape Varieties
Winemakers in the United States generally cultivate French grape varieties, with a few acres of unique local versions. Here we list down the most common grape varieties being grown in major wine regions of the United States. Most wines are produced by mixing several varieties to achieve the required characteristics of color, alcohol content, balance, aging process, among others. Red Grape Varietie... [Read More]
American Wine Regions
The United States has a huge wine industry. So huge, almost every state, including Alaska and Hawaii, have vineyards and wineries. We will focus in this list the major regions that shape America's wine, take note that most of these regions are located in California. Napa Valley – This is California's—if not the whole United States'—most prestigious wine region. A little more than... [Read More]