CALIFORNIA DECLARED A SOVEREIGN NATION

Led by the California Association of Winegrape Growers (CAWG), California growers launched a light-hearted consumer marketing campaign at a press event in New York yesterday. CAWG president Karen Ross declared California’s independence as a sovereign wine country alongside France, Italy and Spain as the world’s leading wine-producing countries. California’s six major regional AVAs (North Coast, SierraFoothills, San Joaquin Valley, Sacramento Valley, Central Coast, and South Coast) serve as ‘states.’ The ‘nation’s’ credo reads ‘One Nation Under Vines’ where the winegrape