Wine Enthusiast Magazine

OFF-ROAD TO EL DORADO

NATURAL CALIFORNIA

In this issue, we check out the state’s shifting vinous landscape. But winemakers in El Dorado County make a point to check in with their surrounds regularly via a range of outdoor activities. Turn the page to learn where and how they test out the terrain.

The granite peaks, volcanic slopes and snowmelt streams of California’s Sierra Nevada mountains have

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