Wine for the Masses

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90% likely that if you're drinking American, you're drinking Californian.

The $45 billion industry for California is the 900-pound gorilla that has generally overpowered the rest of the nation in terms of small wineries getting known to the public. I have repeatedly shared my love for Oliver Winery in past posts. There are many others in the US, but they are hard to identify quickly. The east coast is coming out strongly with some good Savignon Blancs but it has been largely ignored by the media.

It is a good idea to broaden horizons and look for the little guys. Like microbrews, the smaller, local wineries can be great tastes at extremely good value. Go on a visit to the local wine shop and look at their non-Californian US wines. They should have the different localities labeled and an employee should be able to help you out.

Posted by Ben at 10/11/2005 08:26:00 PM