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Napa County wine is wine made in Napa County, California, United States.

County names in the United States automatically qualify as legal appellations of origin for wine produced from grapes grown in that county and do not require registration with the United States Department of the Treasury Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau.

Sonoma County is a county in the U.S. state of California.

As of the 2010 United States Census, its population was 483,878.

Its county seat and largest city is Santa Rosa.

It is located to the north of Marin County and the south of Mendocino County.

It is west of Napa County and Lake County.

The Press Democrat, with the largest circulation in the California North Bay (San Francisco Bay Area), is a daily newspaper published in Santa Rosa, California.

The Wine Country is an area of Northern California in the United States known worldwide as a premium wine-growing region.

Viticulture and wine-making have been practiced in the region since the mid-19th century.

There are over 400 wineries in the area north of San Francisco, mostly located in the area's valleys, including Napa Valley in Napa County, and the Sonoma Valley, Alexander Valley, Dry Creek Valley, Bennett Valley, and Russian River Valley in Sonoma County.

Wine grapes are also grown at higher elevations, such as Atlas Peak and Mount Veeder AVAs.

The region is defined not only by its viticulture, but also its ecology, geology, architecture, cuisine, and culture.

The majority of the grape harvest, by both area and value, derives from Sonoma County.

The San Francisco Bay Area (referred to locally as the Bay Area) is a populous region surrounding the San Francisco and San Pablo estuaries in Northern California.

The region encompasses the major cities and metropolitan areas of San Jose, San Francisco, and Oakland, along with smaller urban and rural areas.

The Bay Area's nine counties are Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Napa, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Solano, and Sonoma.

Home to approximately 7.65 million people, the nine-county Bay Area contains many cities, towns, airports, and associated regional, state, and national parks, connected by a network of roads, highways, railroads, bridges, tunnels and commuter rail.

The combined statistical area of the region is the second-largest in California (after the Greater Los Angeles area), the fifth-largest in the United States, and the 43rd-largest urban area in the world.