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Napa Valley, in the Bay Area in California, is the main wine growing region of the United States of America and a of the wine regions in the world. It is also known for its gourmet restaurants, cafes, and spa centers.
Napa Valley, a famous area of the wine world, is one of the most popular tourist attractions in California. More than five million visitors come every year, often overcrowding road weekend of summer. Peak times are summer and the harvest "crush" during September and October. Napa Valley is home to more than two hundred wineries. With wine as a focus, great dining, naturally emerged to compliment it. The Culinary Institute of America at Greystone in St. Helena supply steady stream of well-trained chefs, supplementing the already prestigious chefs drawn by the reputation and the Napa Valley locale.
Napa is warmer in summer than Sonoma County to the west or Santa Barbara County, a county wine in Southern California. Therefore, the Napa wineries favor varietals such as Cabernet Sauvignon, while Pinot Noir and Chardonnay are the specialty of wineries in Sonoma and Santa Barbara wineries. At the north end of Napa County, in the Mayacamas Mountains, lies the Mount St. Helens, the Bay Area second highest peak in 4344 feet (1323 m) and the home of Robert Louis Stevenson State Park. In the west side of Napa Valley is the Chapel of Mountain, elevation 2,750 feet (838 m).
Napa County is home to a variety of flora and fauna, including many rare and endangered species like the Indian Paintbrush Shark and gold mines of Contra Costa.
Napa Valley Wine
Valley Napa is considered one of America's wine-growing areas in California, and all of the United States, with a history dating from the early nineteenth century. By late XIX had more than one hundred and forty wineries in the area. Of the several original vineyards still exist today including Charles Krug Winery Valley, Shramsburg, Chateau Montelena and Beringer. Viticulture in Napa suffered a setback when prohibition was enacted across the country in 1920. Development of the damage was an infestation of phylloxera root louse which killed many of the vineyards in the valley. These two events caused many wineries to shut down and stalled the growth of the wine industry Napa County for years. After the Second World War, the Napa wine industry began to prosper again.
In addition to large-scale wineries, the Napa Valley winery boutique to produce some of the best wines in the world. The producers of these wines include but are not limited to: Araujo, Bryant Family, Colgin Cellars, Dalla Valle Maya, Diamond Creek, Dominus Estate, Duckhorn Vineyards, Dunn Howell Mountain, Grace Family, Harlan Estate, Husic, Kistler, Jericho Canyon Vineyards, Marcassin, Screaming Eagle, Shafer Hillside Select, Bodega sine qua non, Spencer-Roloson and Viña 29.
Today Napa Valley features more than three hundred wineries and grows many different grape varieties, including Cabernet Sauvignon, Chardonnay, Merlot, Zinfandel, and other popular varieties. Napa Valley is visited by more than five million people each year.
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