appellation

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This part of the Paso Robles appellation has received just eight inches of rain this year, and aquifers are dangerously depleted.

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If you opt for a less expensive white Bordeaux, from Graves, Entre-Deux-Mers or another appellation, just make sure it’s a blend.

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Evidence of the devastation is everywhere in the Spring Mountain District, the name of the appellation on the Napa side, and the Fountaingrove District, the name on the Sonoma side.

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The wines ranged across the leading Bordeaux appellations and included many of the most famous names, a few little-known producers and many in between.

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Rather than choose from a single region or appellation, I proposed chenin blancs from three completely different areas: the Loire Valley, South Africa and California.

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