[tertiary01]

California wine grapes were planted by Italians and have been looked after by Mexicans. Even a $7 bottle of California wine can be great.

I bet a lot of California vineyardists would disagree about the Italians, and I could rattle off the list of early Germans ...and even some 2 buck wines can be great. The Mexicans, yeah, I would have to generally agree.

[ccmay]

I bet a lot of California vineyardists would disagree about the Italians

I bet they wouldn't. The early California vinters were mostly Italian. Ever hear of names like Mondavi, Martini, Sebastiani, Gallo, Nichelini, Simi, Parducci, Pedroncelli, Seghesio, Martinelli, Rafanelli, Riboli, Foppiano? There were a lot of Germans and other Europeans too, but the Italians dominated the California wine trade until relatively recently.

-ccm