Wine on the Radio - April 24, 2006             Listen

California Central Coast

 

Usually we think of California and wine, and the words Napa and Sonoma pop right up.  Butwe’d like to raise your consciousness about another region and get the wines of California’s Central Coast a place at the table. 

 

The Central Coast runs between San Francisco and LA.  Now that’s a lot of ground to cover so let’s hone in on two counties, San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara.  Clustered in these counties are wineries crafting all the California varieties.  But it’s the Chardonnay and Pinot Noir that are zooming in popularity. 

 

The geography is ideal for these wines.  The mountains run east west which opens the vineyard valleys directly to the cool air pumped out by the cold Pacific though the night and early morning, while that generous, and hot, southern California sun is there to nurture the grapes all day. 

 

This ying and yang helps give the grapes just the right balance of ripeness and acidity and wines that have oodles of flavor and complexity…and won’t break the bank either.

 

Discover the Central Coast here at The Wine Experience.

 

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