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We're huge fans of progressive Californian wine, and the foremost importer of the region here in South Africa.
From storied estates such as Mayacamas in the Napa Valley, and Mount Eden Vineyards in the Santa Cruz Mountains, to a pacific swell of first generation labels shifting the narrative. They are all available here.
This is a portfolio of producers achieving world class recognition in the wines for all the right reasons; purity of fruit, restraint & a sense of place that counter the stigma so often associated with the California wine region. The region is vast, spanning some 750km between Santa Barbara in the south and Mendocino County to the north, and accounts for around 90% of USA wine production.
Lining the coast of California are the cold waters of the Pacific Ocean. As the cold currents meet the shore in summer, they create blankets of cool fog which are sucked inland. The most famous vista to demonstrate this, is that of the Golden Gate Bridge towering out of the fog in summer. Governing vineyard suitability and plantings is the ability of this fog to reach inland pockets.
