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Fiddlehead Cellars -- Two Grüner Veltliners from Sta. Rita Hills

Fiddlehead Cellars -- Two Grüner Veltliners from Sta. Rita Hills

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Fredric Koeppel
Jan 24, 2023
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The most recent estimate is that there are about 160 acres of grüner veltliner grapes grown in California. Kathy Joseph cultivates 2.8 of those acres (in her Fiddlestix vineyard) in Santa Barbara County's Sta. Rita Hills AVA. To narrow the focus, Sta. Rita Hills fits into the larger Santa Ynez Valley AVA. The smaller region lies between east-west positi…

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