b'DELIGHTFUL DAYS IN DRY CREEK VALLEY In many ways, Dry Creek Valley is quintessentiallyforconcentratedfruitandflavorcharacteristics, Sonoma Countywhere warm days are temperedcreating wines that are truly representational of by morning fog from the Pacific and food-friendlythe land.varieties like Sauvignon Blanc and Zinfandel boldly emerge, both on the narrow valley floor and theTheaptlynamedRockpileAVAemergedfrom wooded hillsides above. thenortherntipofDryCreekValleyin2002. Known for its warm and sunny climate, and named DRY CREEKOriginally planted by French immigrants in 1870,foritsroughandunrelentingterrain,thisarea ItalianpioneerssoondiscoveredageographycultivatesrichZinfandel,PetiteSirah,Syrah,and that was reminiscent of their native Tuscany andCabernet Sauvignon.VALLEY Piedmont.TheyplantedPetiteSirah,Zinfandel, andCarignanetoproduceheartyredwines. Today,theleadingvarieties,afterZinfandel, TOTAL ACRES: 78,387VINEYARD ACRES: 8876 include Cabernet Sauvignon, Sauvignon Blanc, and NUMBER OF WINERIES: 81, GROWING 26 DIFFERENT GRAPE VARIETALS Merlot. The severe, stone-strewn soils areideal 8 CHOOSE YOUR OWN ADVENTURE CHOOSE YOUR OWN ADVENTURE 9'