Big and bold stone fruit flavors and incredible structure for an old white.

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That is where the newest varieties of apples, pears, stone fruit and table grapes grow in months that are winter in the northern hemisphere.

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Nosh on pork tenderloin with a dried cherry stone fruit chutney at Zest American Bistro, and chocolate truffles with a cherry reduction at Cava Mezze, and then wash it all down with a cherry-infused margarita at Las Placitas.

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The local cottage industries and their smells waft up from woks, fruit and meat markets, carpenters working in pine and stone masons.

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