they sent him to europe, and he brought back varietal cuttings of european grapes. the old mission grape went out the window and we begin to grow real grapes, real wine grapes, and he was the father of that movement. by 1920, sonoma county was the ninth raking county and agricultural production in the entire united states, not in california, but in the nation, and that was significant because it was the product of a lot of different things. we were first in hops, significant in line. petaluma was the chicken and egg basket of the world. in addition to that, we had apples in the north county, and french prints. all through this, you had vineyards. you had little wineries, little acreage, farmers independent, the next generation, 200 acres of land, and they would have 10 acres of hops, 10 acres of vineyards, and a dozen apple trees and a dozen prune trees and maybe some peaches. they could make a living on a small farm in those years. that was very significant here. one of the factors that has made sonoma county into wine country is the diversity of our population, an

they sent him to europe, and he brought back varietal cuttings of european grapes. old mission grape went out the window and we begin to grow real grapes, real wine grapes, and he was the father of that movement. the920, sonoma county was ninth raking county and agricultural production in the entire united states, not in california, but in the nation, and that was significant because it was the product of a lot of different things. we were first in hops, significant in line. petaluma was the chicken and egg basket of the world. in addition to that, we had , ands in the north county french prints. all through this, you had vineyards. you had little wineries, little acreage, farmers independent, the next generation, 200 acres of land, and they would have 10 acres of hops, 10 acres of vineyards, and a dozen apple trees and a dozen prune trees and maybe some peaches. they could make a living on a small farm in those years. that was very significant here. one of the factors that has made sonoma county into wine country is the diversity of our population, and that populat

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