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  "what": "Made Williams Selyem's wine in a Forestville garage, put growers' vineyard names on the front label when nobody else bothered, then sold up and planted his own vines in Anderson Valley."
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   "note": "fog up the river valley, and the AVA that taught California what pinot could do"
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   "key": "anderson-valley",
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   "note": "Mendocino, the Navarro River, fog through the redwood gap"
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   "key": "sonoma",
   "name": "Sonoma County",
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   "note": "Russian River, the true coast, Carneros' western half"
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   "title": "North American Pinot Noir",
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   "publisher": "University of California Press",
   "year": 2004
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