Sunday, January 6, 2013

Terroir of Santa Cruz

Santa Cruz is located in the Monterey county, in the state of California.

This county is located in the South of San Francisco divided by two regions: Santa Clara and Santa Cruz, which is next to the ocean.

The Monterey County has a surface equal to 13 400 ha and the white wine is predominant with Chardonnay, Chenin and Johannisberg Riesling.

The region is very dry and a key success to make a good wine in the Monterey county is : irrigation.

Even if the climate challenges are important in Santa Clara, this region counts around 50 wineries, and some of them are recognized as being part of the best wineries in USA.

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