{"id":7549,"date":"2012-01-31T21:24:18","date_gmt":"2012-01-31T19:24:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/01\/chardonnay-marks-100th-birthday-of-growth-in-u-s\/"},"modified":"2012-01-31T21:24:18","modified_gmt":"2012-01-31T19:24:18","slug":"chardonnay-marks-100th-birthday-of-growth-in-u-s","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/chardonnay-marks-100th-birthday-of-growth-in-u-s\/","title":{"rendered":"Chardonnay marks 100th birthday of growth in U.S."},"content":{"rendered":"

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By Leslie Gevirtz<\/span><\/p>\n

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NEW YORK<\/span> Jan 31 (Reuters) – Chardonnay, the world’s
\nmost popular white wine, dates back centuries, but it owes much
\nof its history in the United States to a winemaker who planted
\nthe grape in California 100 years ago.<\/p>\n

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Ernest Wente, of the family-owned Wente Vineyards east of
\nSan Francisco, brought cuttings from Montpelier, France in 1912
\nand planted them in California.<\/p>\n

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Now, although worldwide there are 34 clones of Chardonnay,
\nmost of the Chardonnay produced in California is from the Wente
\nclone.<\/p>\n

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“Nobody really thought about the great white grape of
\nBurgundy being planted here,” said Carolyn Wente, a fourth
\ngeneration member of the family who heads the winery that was
\nestablished in 1883.<\/p>\n

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“Now 75 percent of all the Chardonnay planted in California
\nis Clone 4 — the Wente Clone,” she added.<\/p>\n

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Chardonnay has proven to be a big success for winemakers in
\nNorthern California. Up and down the California coast, wineries
\nsuch as Jordan, La Crema and Matanzas Creek in Sonoma, Parducci
\nin Mendocino and Ortman Family Wines in Paso Robles grow the
\nWente clone in their vineyards.<\/p>\n

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Randy Ullom, of Kendall-Jackson wines in Healdsburg,
\nCalifornia described it as “the workhorse of Chardonnay. It’s
\neverywhere,” he said.<\/p>\n

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Corey Beck, the winemaker for Francis Ford Coppola Winery in
\nGeyserville, California, agrees.
\n\u00a0 Continued…<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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