This year is the seventh consecutive year that California Wine Month will be celebrated in September. September marks the beginning of harvest in California and California Wine Month celebrates the state’s ideal climate for wine, beautiful wine country landscape, our talented and ingenious wine-making families, our celebrated lifestyle and cuisine, as well as our commitment to sustainability and the environment.

California wine is essential to the state’s economy, as the state is the fourth largest wine producer in the world, contributing 90-percent of American wine and responsible for $18.5 billion in the country’s retail wine sales.

California Wine Month is a campaign coordinated by the Wine Institute and its more than 1,000 California wineries and affiliated businesses.

To find out more about special activities during California Wine Month, visit http://www.discovercaliforniawine.com/ to learn about winery events, tastings, poster offers, and more.