Is this hidden region the best location for Pinot Noir in California? Aerial photo of Anderson Valley vineyards by Fabian Jauregui.
I’m not entirely clear whether I’m doing readers a service, or risking great confusion by writing about Mendocino’s Anderson Valley Pinot Noir the month after I wrote about Sonoma’s Alexander Valley Cabernet Sauvignon.
‘I tell people I’m from Anderson Valley, and they often say, “Oh yes!” – and then they start raving about Healdsburg and Cabernet Sauvignon’, says Courtney DeGraff, executive director of the Anderson Valley Winegrowers Association. ‘But really, we’re all about the cool-climate Pinot Noir here...