Visiting Alexander Valley wineries during your vacation

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Visiting Alexander Valley wineries during your
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• Together with the Russian River Valley and Dry
  creek, the Alexander Valley converges into the
  town of Healdsburg, Sonoma County, the state of
  California. Unlike other wine yards, Alexander
  Valley boast over 12,000 acres of grapes
  vineyards hence is larger grape farming region
  compared to the Creek and the Russian Valley.

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• Its generally warm weather is ideal for grape
  farming as it ensures that they ripen faster.
  Over 30 grapes varieties are grown in this
  valley. The Alexander Valley has earned the town
  of the Healdsburg and the Sonoma County as a
  whole a place on the world map due to its
  production of high-quality grapes that give the
  wines natural aroma.

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Wine tasting at Alexander Valley wineries

• There is a vast difference between wine tasting
  and drinking. Wine tasting is the judging and
  assessing the quality of the wine based on its
  texture and aroma. Common sense of taste and
  smell is the requisite to wine tasting.

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• Though the experience makes one a good wine
  taster, learning the basic techniques of wine
  tasting can make anyone a good taster as well.
  Some wines are faulty and the causes of these
  faults range from poor winemaking to use of
  defective materials.

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• Extended periods of contact between the wine and
  oxygen make the wine acquire a sherry-like smell.
  This can be easily deciphered as the color
  changes to more dark or red for any wine of its
  age. Wineries use sulphur as some sort of a
  disinfectant during winery.

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• If a large amount of it is used, a sour taste
  that makes the wine taste like burnt matches is
  left. If the fermentation is not well done, the
  smell of bad eggs is left due to production of
  hydrogen sulphide. Vinegar taste is due to excess
  acetic acid.

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Best Alexander Valley wineries

• You will definitely find some of the Californias
  best winemakers in the Alexander Valley. The
  Kendal-Jackson wine centre is not just a taste
  room as it is located in the most breathtaking
  scenery that allows one to do some outdoor
  adventures as they sip their wine.

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• The Chalk Hill Estate is not only a historical
  site but also a natural beauty. It is probably
  the first part where grapes were originally
  grown. When you visit Rosenblum Cellars winery,
  take your time to visit their off the plaza taste
  room. This will enable you to compare its wide
  variety of wines and that from other
  appellations.

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• Gallo Family Vineyards have their taste place on
  the square in the town of Healdsburg. On your
  visit to this winery, you better plan on visiting
  the vineyard too. Souterrain is one of the urban
  wineries as the wine depot is located very far
  from the vineyards.

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• This is purposely for tourist attractions though
  some landowner's wrangles have contributed to
  this scenario too. Some of the other names in
  the wine making business include Jordan
  vineyard and winery, Hanna Winery Alexander
  Valley, Alexander Valley vineyards, Sausal
  Winery, Stryker Sonoma, Murphy-Goode Estate
  Winery, Clos du Bois, etc.

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