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Wine Country is a region of Northern California in the United States, known as a wine-growing region since 1838. There are some 200 wineries in the area north of San Francisco, mostly located in the area's valleys, including Napa Valley and the Russian River Valley.

Some of the region's major cities include Santa Rosa (the setting of the Hitchcock thriller Shadow of a Doubt), Napa, Calistoga (famous for its hot springs), Geyserville (famous for its...geysers), Bodega Bay (the setting for The Birds, another Hitchcock thriller), Healdsburg, historic Fort Ross and Ukiah.

Wine Country proper is generally thought to lie within Napa, Sonoma, Mendocino and LakeLake County is a county located in north central California, north of the San Francisco Bay Area. It takes its name from Clear Lake, the dominant geographic feature in the county. As of 2000 the population was 58,309. The county seat is Lakeport. History counties, but wine grapes grow well throughout much of California.

The federal government maintains the list of American Viticultural AreaAn American Viticultural Area (AVA) is a delimited grape-growing region distinguishable by geographic features, with boundaries defined by the United States government's Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau. The TTB defines these areas at the requests for tax purposes; see also the list of wine producing regions.

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