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Anderson Valley Pinots soar

Anderson Valley vineyards by Fabian Jauregui

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...