Our neighbors to the east in Napa using Sonoma County grapes is nothing new. The 1973 Chateau Montelena Chardonnay of Judgement of Paris fame was mostly Sonoma fruit.
Over the years since others from Napa have used Sonoma fruit, often because it was less expensive or maybe because it was a grape variety not too plentiful in Napa. Nowadays it's more for the Pinot Noir and Chardonnay.
One of the better known ones is Duckhorn's second label, Decoy, that gets most of its grapes from Sonoma County and is known as a value wine especially when compared to the Duckhorn Napa Valley prices.
Others include Aubert, Chappellet, Palmeyer, Joseph Phelps, and Hall who has two tasting rooms in Sonoma County.
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