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grazing goats at cline cellars bring to mind its 2007 ancient Vines carignane as a perfect complement to california-style pizza with goat cheese.

Late-harvest mourvedre grapes thrive in sonoma’s sun-drenched appellations.

in 1823, franciscan monks christened mission san francisco solano de sonoma with several thousand plantings of grapevine cuttings.

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