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A fact from California wine appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know? column on 15 December 2007.

[edit] Work in progress

The original California wine article was essentially a History article and was such more to the more appropriate title History of Californian wine. This article will take a couple days to get into shape but if anyone wants to take their hand at it, feel free. The more the merrier. :) Agne^Cheese/^Wine 19:15, 11 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Wine regions

I think this section will need its own splinter article rather than a list of the AVAs-something along the lines of Bordeaux wine regions. That way we can give a more indepth overview about California wine regions than what we could put in this article without overwhelming it. I'm going to try my best and do a summary style overview but it really won't be of much use without the context of a more developed splinter article. Agne^Cheese/^Wine 10:25, 12 December 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Thoughts on assessment

This one is, in my opinion, on the low B side and I invite other editors to share their thoughts. The most glaring absence is a viticulture section, though admittedly I'm not sure how much viticultural techniques are unique to California (perhaps rootstock due to phylloxera?). I'm not as concern about the absence of the winemaking section since some of the relevant material is covered in the "New World Wine styles". There is also room for expansion in terms of the commercial aspect of the California wine industry, the unique aspect of Mexican immigration, and the influence of UC-Davis and Fresno State on the development of grape varieties and winemaking techniques. Agne^Cheese/^Wine 22:45, 17 February 2008 (UTC)

There aren't really any viticultural techniques unique to California, and most of the world has to use rootstocks due to the exportation of phylloxera in the 1800s. The universities haven't contributed much to commercially adopted varieties or technologies, but UC Davis' advice on rootstocks is still followed extensively, even after the AxR#1 disaster. Certainly the commercial aspect is the most uniquely American, with all of the major immigrant groups historically taking part. Furrybarry (talk) 20:14, 22 April 2008 (UTC)