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556:A description of Lake County, California
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443:"Lake County Appellations"
205:American Viticultural Area
145:Millsholm–Skyhigh-Bressa (
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310:Serranus Clinton Hastings
217:Mendocino National Forest
162:Size of planted vineyards
126:Red Hills Lake County AVA
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460:"Upper Lake Valley AVA"
298:Shannon Family of Wines
209:Lake County, California
165:300 acres (121 ha)
520:"A vintner's notebook"
352:as a vineyard hand in
65:Years of wine industry
583:Allen, Gayle (2014),
554:Hilly, James (1888),
33:Upper Lake Valley AVA
18:Upper Lake Valley AVA
613:39.1562°N 122.9138°W
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366:Prohibition
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304:Viticulture
264:phosphorous
248:Pleistocene
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193:Tempranillo
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85:Lake County
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631:Categories
601:39°09′22″N
390:References
318:distillery
252:floodplain
242:alluvium,
240:Quaternary
221:Clear Lake
213:Upper Lake
154:Total area
338:Zinfandel
326:Mourvèdre
280:manganese
250:lake and
207:(AVA) in
503:Archived
346:SĂ©millon
330:Carignan
268:chloride
427:May 16,
370:walnuts
364:. When
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314:winery
291:mildew
278:, and
203:is an
189:Muscat
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