California Wine Wall Map

Product Description

California Wine Wall Map from De Long Company, size 61 x 92 cm / 24” x 36”, presents in an attractive pastel colouring the state’s officially designated AVA (American Viticultural Areas) winegrowing regions. An overview map of the whole state shows which two parts of it are presented in detail on the main panels at 1:715, 000 approx. One panel covers the three main wine growing areas of northern & central California: the North Coast & the Central Coast – respectively north & south of the San Francisco Bay, plus the Sierra Foothills of the Sierra Nevada. The second panel shows an area from north of Los Angeles to the Mexican border. Colouring & graphics are carefully designed to show overlapping zones. The base map has colouring according the mean annual temperature, with graphics to indicate mountainous and/or forested areas, main rivers & roads, plus selected towns & locations within the wine regions. An interesting feature is the inclusion of latitude lines to provide comparisons with other wine growing areas, e.g. at 38°76 the northern tip of the Napa Valley is at the same latitude as the Valdepeñas region of Spain, or the Ramona Valley AVA just north of San Diego is at the latitude of Galilee in Israel.