 Yolo County, an emerging wine region in Northern California, is as diverse in its wineries as it is in its land. The county’s wine culture is anchored by two large, pioneering wineries: R.H. Phillips Winery in the dry, hot northwest of the county, the Dunnigan Hills appellation, and Bogle Vineyards and Winery in the southeast in the Clarksburg appellation, where the vines are cooled by the breezes of the Sacramento River Delta. Both developed in the early 1970s and 1980s when family farmers planted a new crop, wine grapes, and began making wine. Numerous awards and much acclaim later, Bogle and R.H. Phillips are nationally and internationally known brands, each producing more than 800,000 cases a year. Bogle is still owned by the Bogle family, and overseen by the family’s matriarch, Patty Bogle. R H. Phillips is now owned by Constellation Brands, but its winemaking is still headed by Barry Bergman, who started there in 1986 with the wineries founders, husband and wife John and Lane Giguiere and John’s brother, Karl. In between, you’ll find another 12 or more wineries, all of them family owned, including the Giguiere’s new Matchbook label, Winter’s Berryessa Gap, and Davis’ Rominger West winery. Yolo’s tasting rooms invite the visitor to come and sample the wines at no charge. More often than not, the winemaker himself will be pouring, or maybe his dad or mom.
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