Even without the vineyards, the And it is there that we find a great deal of California's wine production. Another famous Spanish place name in California is that of the Napa Valley. These are, of course, not the only places that bear the Spanish names that were bestowed by their founders.
The two most famous cities in the whole state are San Francisco (named for a man who Anglophones prefer to call Saint Francis) and Los Angeles - the city of Angels. To this day one only needs to listen to the names of Californian cities to hear how it has been influenced by its Spanish history. Way back in 1492 when Christopher Columbus discovered America, he can little have known that his landing would have such implications for the place. As with most things Californian, their wine continues to make the best of both a long and proud historical tradition and a readiness to assimilate modern developments.
California is an absolute haven for the wine connoisseur, with a history that continues to get richer as the wines its viticulturists produce get better and better. Something to think about, undoubtedly, if you are planning a wine tour of the region any time soon. This is a fact - indeed, another fact is that were California to secede from the USA then, as well as leaving a very angry military planning ways to get it back, it would be the fourth largest wine producing country in the whole of the world. California is one of the world's premier wine producing regions.
