Red Hills
Red Hills Wineries are located just south of Mount Knocti in Lake County. Red Hills Wine Country is elevated and warm, and local wineries are best known for producing Cabernet Sauvignon.
Red Hills Wine Country
Red Hills wineries make very good Cabernet Sauvignon at a fraction of Napa Valley prices. The environmental conditions of Red Hills Wine Country are both very similar to mountain regions in Napa. Vineyard owners are known for using sustainable farming techniques.
The climate of Red Hills Wine Country is almost constantly windy. This is due to changes in air temperature over Clear Lake and over land. Without these winds, daytime temperatures would be too high to grow quality wine grapes. Cabernet Sauvignon and other full bodied varietals thrive in the region’s warm, hillside vineyards. Red Hills Wineries are known for their Cabernet production.
The terrain of Red Hills Wine Country is named after the region’s noticeably red, volcanic soil. Geologically, the AVA is very young. Soils in surrounding wine regions are mainly made of the Franciscan Complex which dates to the Jurassic Period (145 to 200 million years ago). In contrast, the volcanic cinders and pumice that make up the Red Hills are only a few million years old.
Very little vineyard development occurred in the Red Hills until the 1990s. But grape growers are beginning to take notice of the favorable climate and terrain. There are currently over 3,000 acres of vineyards in Red Hills Wine Country. George Meyers and Andy Beckstoffer each own a substantial amount of these vines, and have had a profound impact on the wine region’s relatively short history.
Red Hills Wineries
-->Latest News – Red Hills
- Mar 12, 2007
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Kendall-Jackson Winery to hold Blending Seminars
Red Hills' Kendall-Jackson Winery is going to hold seminars on how blend wine, including; a seminar on Blending Cabernet Sauvignon and Bordeaux Blends. - Feb 02, 2007
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The Lake County Wine Alliance distributes funds from Auction
01/31/07 – The Lake County Wine Alliance held their 2006 Wine Auction at Steele Wines in the Red Hills AVA. - Jan 25, 2007
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Kendall-Jackson Named Winery of the Year
January 25th, 2007 – Lake County’s Kendall-Jackson Winery was named winery of the year yesterday at the Unified Wine & Grape Symposium.
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