ANGELICA
Historically sold as a sacramental wine for the Christian rite of communion this sweet wine is typically amber in color and lacking in distinctive flavor.
Angelica: A sweet dessert wine, usually amber in color and lacking in distinctive flavor. It is produced from "any variety or every variety" in California because it often is the final repository for odds and ends of leftover lots of wine.
Angelica - Fortified wine of 18-24% alcohol, named after Los Angeles, California.
Champagne - Sparkling wine, named after France's Champagne.
Marsala - Wine of 14-24% alcohol, named after Italy's Marsala.
Several producers also continue to produce Mission-based **Angelica or dessert wine, including Bonny Doon in Santa Cruz, Cribari in Fresno, Gypsy Canyon in Sanata Barbara, Joseph Filippi in Temecula, Pichetti in Santa Clara County, ...
MISSION: Earliest grape planted in 17th century in what is now the state of California, where it is currently (1997) used to make several styles of wine - "Criolla" a tablewine, "Angelica", ...
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