California’s Edgiest, Riskiest Wine Region Is About to Get a New Name
Five wines to know from West Sonoma Coast, as it’ll soon be known.
“Our wines taste very different from the rest of the region,” says Andy Peay, co-owner of Peay Vineyards in West Sonoma Coast.
Source: Peay Vineyards
The remote coastline of Sonoma never fails to impress. Chilly fog and wind roll in from the Pacific, covering ridges of towering redwoods and tiny patches of vineyards. To reach these wineries, you follow hairpin curves up narrow dirt roads you probably wouldn’t want to drive on after dark.
The dramatic, 51-mile-long sliver of land next to the ocean is known as the West Sonoma Coast, or what some call the “true,” “extreme,” or “far” Sonoma coast. It’s California’s edgiest, riskiest wine region, where clashing tectonic plates have been churning up the earth for hundreds of millions of years.