A New Grilling Experience at Dempsey Road
By CWA
We begin the session by asking Christopher Beros, Asia Director of California Wine Institute, and Elaine Chukan Brown, American specialist of JancisRobinson.com and contributing writer with Wine and Spirits Magazine, to share a little more about the history of winemaking in California. "How much time do you have?" Mr Beros jokes. Such a light statement belies the fact that wine making has had a long presence in California since the late 1700s, with roots from Spanish missionaries bringing vines and practices of wine making. But, as Ms Chukan Brown shares, it didn't become as big until the gold rush of the mid-1800s, where a population boom that occurred in California meant a huge influx of people interested in food and wine. "The first Golden Age of California wines started in the 1880s, and lasted all the way until Prohibition in the 1900s till 1933," says Ms Chukan Brown.
