Ever since, Napa has been on the receiving end of a well-funded decades’ long marketing campaign whose brilliance and reach has been positively Napoleonic. In truth, it was how Napa capitalized on that resounding 1976 Paris win that made the difference. However, even with that in mind, there must be something ‘more,’ as many, many wine regions and little-known labels have had their share of ‘upstart’ awards and recognitions, only to remain trapped in perpetual obscurity. In terms of overall prestige and recognition, one might point to the now-legendary 1976 blind tasting in Paris, where Napa wines beat out a host of then-revered French labels to secure what can only be described as a reversal of monumental proportions. Given how Greek wine toils in relative obscurity, and how Argentinian wine production and profitability has yet to even begin approaching that of California, one can only fairly reach the conclusion that there ‘must’ be something more to the Napa story aside from mere ‘geographical luck.’ However, under ever so slightly deeper inspection, the metaphor begins to cave under its own weight. I’ve had Napa described to me – rightly or wrongly – as “Combine the best terroirs of Greece and Argentina, and you have an idea of what makes wine production in Napa such a delight.” In one sense, this is true, Napa has, undoubtedly, one of the most enviable climates in the world for producing wine. Meanwhile, California as whole has come to produce more than 84% of US wine, while all but monopolizing America’s premier wine producing talent. Today we’re reviewing a 2017 Chardonnay courtesy of the William Hill Estate Winery, located in Napa Valley California, and we’re doing so in collaboration with our new friends over at – but more on them in just a minute.ĭespite only having produced wine commercially since the 19th century, Napa has become one of world’s premier wine regions.

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