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Wine of the Week

Wine of the Week

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Fredric Koeppel
Jan 10, 2011
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San Benito County, bordering Monterey County on the east, is home to four American Viticultural Areas, two of which -- Paicines and Cienega Valley -- were instigated by Almedan, which was once the major, if not only, wine presence in the region. Though Cienega has a vineyard history that goes back to the 1850s, most of the valley's vines were planted in…

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