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  • https://www.fortross.org The Fort Ross Conservancy
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Sources

  • https://www.regulations.gov/document/TTB-2018-0008-0003 West Sonoma Coast AVA petition
  • https://www.regulations.gov/document/TTB-2018-0008-0002 proposed AVA map
  • https://www.regulations.gov/document/TTB-2018-0008-0004 exhibit, distinguishing characteristics
  • https://www.regulations.gov/document/TTB-2018-0008-0007 addendum, max temperatures
  • https://www.regulations.gov/document/TTB-2018-0008-0005 more exhibits
  • https://www.regulations.gov/document/TTB-2018-0008-0001 proposed establishment of AVA
  • https://westsonomacoast.com
  • Sonoma Wine and the Story of Buena Vista - Charles L. Sullivan. 2013, The Wine Appreciation Guild, South San Francisco
  • Kodiak Kreol: Communities of Empire in Early Russian America - Gwenn A. Miller. 2015, Cornell University Press, Ithaca
  • https://www.fortrossvineyard.com/
  • https://www.sonomacounty.com/articles/sonoma-coast-wine-region-and-appellation
  • https://www.sonomacounty.com/chamber-cvb/petaluma-gap-winegrowers-alliance
  • https://www.sonomacounty.com/articles/petaluma-gap-wine-region-and-appellation
  • https://sonoma-dspace.calstate.edu/bitstream/handle/10211.1/769/erickson_geology.pdf
  • https://www.flowerswinery.com
  • http://www.hirschvineyards.com/
  • http://www.josephphelps.com/
  • https://occidentalwines.com/
  • http://www.peayvineyards.com/
  • https://www.fortrossvineyard.com/
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