Talk:Wine Country

Initial Assessment

Stub by length. Importance is "high" and arguably "top" since it does have international name recognition as a part of california. what do others think? Anlace 23:45, 22 October 2006 (UTC)

Link to sonomapicnic.com

I am a timid editor, usually just adding relevant links, which I've found in the case of stubs seems to help stimulate further development by other editors.

However, for this one I must declare a conflict for my edit, as these pages are on a site I helped build to promote a related author. But I felt the photo gallery was illustrative and relevant, and might "help the stub."

So in respect of the guidelines, I am making this note. Jeffreykopp 19:45, 4 December 2006 (UTC)

Deletion of this page

I believe this page should be deleted and the idea of Wine Country should just be added to California wine. I will present this to the WikiWine project and if in 30 days if no one gives a good reason, I will go forward with doing this.Christopher Tanner, CCC 05:04, 30 March 2007 (UTC)tanner-christopher

Well you can just merge the contents and leave Wine Country as a redirect to California. No need to go through a full WP:AfD. I would probably give the merge tag a week or so time to see if anyone else comments. If nothing comes up, feel free to be Bold and do the merge. Agne^Cheese/^Wine 06:13, 30 March 2007 (UTC)

Strongly oppose merger. This is the worst idea for a merger proposal i have ever seen on wikipedia. The Wine Country is a well defined region of the North Bay that is internationally recognized. In addition:

• the regions of California Wine and Wine Country are not the same.
• the topic Wine Country has elements of culture, ecology, geology that are unique to Sonoma and Napa Counties
• the size and scope of Wine Country as a topic is huge and should not be deemed part of an even larger article.

Anlace 14:37, 30 March 2007 (UTC)

Why would you even consider subsuming something so specific as Wine Country into a bigger topic? Could you please put forth your reasons for this rather than just proposing it, as you have given no reasons. If you don't have reasons, then please don't propose it. KP Botany 15:39, 30 March 2007 (UTC)

Reason Because Everyone has a Wine Country. Every country, every state, and every wine region has a section or area that they refer to as "wine country". If this article has any hope of growing beyond a stub state, then at the very least it should be renamed California wine country with wine country becoming a redirect to List of wine growing regions. The information in this article is specific to California wine and California wine only, hence the reason to merge. The article fails dreadfully in presenting a worldwide perspective and is very POV oriented. Agne^Cheese/^Wine 18:37, 30 March 2007 (UTC)

Ah, so you're not suggesting it be deleted, but rather that Washington Wine Country, New York Wine Country all be ADDED? Then, say so. I could whip up a couple of stubs for some of those. KP Botany 19:54, 30 March 2007 (UTC)

WP:Merge instructions

"After proposing the merger, place your reasons on the talk page and check back in a couple of weeks for a response. You may be able to invoke a response by contacting some of the major or most-recent contributors via their respective talk-pages. If there is clear agreement after two weeks that the articles should be merged (or no response after four weeks), proceed with the merger."

As the user has only placed "I believe" as reasons, I propose this tag be removed in 48 hours from both articles if no reasons are forthcoming. A personal belief system is not a reason for merging a major and distinct subject into some over-riding topic. Just like Napa County won't be merged into the California page without good reasons, this merge won't happen without good reason.

This is a surprising merge proposal. KP Botany 15:45, 30 March 2007 (UTC)

Merge proposal alert

Actually, it was good to propose the merger, even if it is completely inappropriate. The article is in sorry shape and needs major work to be even partially worthwhile. KP Botany 16:38, 30 March 2007 (UTC)

Good Luck with this Article

This merge proposal had been on here prior to me mentioning this so I was just bringing up the idea to see if anyone had an opinion. I really don't feel like arguing semantics however so Ill just leave it the way it is and suggest that someone else works on it. I'll end my comments on this article by stating that there is factually way too much cross-over with California Wine and Wine Country. Wine Country is the Napa and Sonoma Valleys which are clearly within California Wine. In repeating Sonoma Valley, Napa Valley, Wine Country and California Wine these articles become very redundant. Wine Country clearly requires a definition and not an encyclopedia entry. The phrase does not have an entry in the Oxford Companion to Wine, The Oxford Companion to the Wines of North America, The New Sothby's Wine Encyclopedia, Exploring Wine textbook from the Culinary Institute of America (which has a campus in Napa Valey). So if someone else wants to remove the tag, please feel free. I've never even added one or removed one so have at it.Christopher Tanner, CCC 17:07, 30 March 2007 (UTC)tanner-christopher

Wine Country is a major California tourist destination composed of both the Sonoma and Napa Valley wine regions. If, as such, you feel it's not within the purview of WikiProject Wine, that's fine--but that doesn't mean the article should be deleted. I suspect that McDonald's doesn't have any entries in CIA cookbooks, but this does not mean it shouldn't have an article in Wikipedia. Wine Country is more than a dictionary definition in spite of its crappy article. If you have no reasons for deletion, then please remove your tag and strike out your suggestion that it should be deleted based upon your belief. A proposal for deletion of this article would not go forward, and would consume time without value. KP Botany 17:33, 30 March 2007 (UTC)

I'm not advocating deletion of this article but after spending a fair time in AfD, I would say the complete dearth of references in the entire article-much less those that singularly define Wine Country as this particular spot in California, would allow an AfD to go pretty far. You shouldn't dismiss Chris' point so lightly. However, I think there is more benefit in merging and saving the redirect then in AfD. Agne^Cheese/^Wine 19:06, 30 March 2007 (UTC)

There are other tags that deal with lack of references. AfD is not for AfD, but for articles that are not encyclopedia-worthy for some reason or another. If you are posting AfD tags on articles for lack of references, would you please check out Wikipedia's policies on both AfD and on references and use the correct tags. Thank you. KP Botany 19:34, 30 March 2007 (UTC)

Yes, but there is no reference to support the "encyclopedia-worthy" nature of a singularly POV focus "Wine country" article about a specific place in California. Especially when the term is not universally (or even primarily) used in a context to describe this area of California. I have a strong feeling the majority of "Keep" votes would actually be "Merge" votes into Californian wine. Though I wouldn't be surprise if there was a fair number of outright delete votes.Agne^Cheese/^Wine 19:43, 30 March 2007 (UTC)

Did you even try the google searches you posted below? I'm sorry, but your personal experience isn't what the article is about. Again, if you want this moved, then suggest a move with reasons. If you want it deleted, post there with reasons. Do whatever it is you want, but you haven't offered anything here that shows you know the policies you are proposing or are clear about what you think should be done and the supporting basis for it, so that's probably enough back and forth here. KP Botany 19:49, 30 March 2007 (UTC)

Other "Wine Countries"

Feel free to add to this list

• Washington Wine Country
• Oregon Wine Country
• Missouri Wine Country
• Illinois Wine Country
• Virginia Wine Country
• North Carolina Wine Country
• New York Wine Country
• Australian Wine Country
• Canada's wine country
• Bordeaux wine country
• Burgundy wine country
• German wine country
• "Finger Lakes wine country"
• "Long Island wine country
• Hunter Valley wine country

Wine country in any wine region is a major tourist region and while California's wine region is certainly notable, so is Bordeaux and Australia, etc. The simple fact remains that for the average Wikipedia reader, "Wine Country" doesn't immediately spring to mind this one particular area for California. It can spring to mind any of a number of regions and places that all call themselves "Wine country". The reason for the merge is simple, this article simply shouldn't exist in its current location and under its current title. The information is better served in the main Californian wine article. I think a merge would also help keep the contents in check from spilling over into advertisements and maintain focus more on the encyclopedic nature of the subject then in trying to lure tourist. Agne^Cheese/^Wine 18:54, 30 March 2007 (UTC)

I think you've rather lost me a bit, starting by saying the subject is "certainaly notable," then moving on to merging the article because spam might be put into the article. Sorry, but this isn't a reason for merging. See Seaworld, Disneyland, Knott's Berry Farm for other articles that haven't been merged into the State of California or anywhere else for fear they might be trying to lure tourists. If these other wine countries are notable, also, they should have their own articles. WP:Move is what is used to change the title of an article, not AfD or Merge, so please, read up on the assorted policies, figure out what you think should be done, then present arguments, if you still think that is best, for what should be done. But, it's difficult to follow when you're all over the place on policies, you suggest a merge but don't post any reasons to begin with, and you're arguing that tourist attractions, which litter Wikipedia, can't have articles because they might attract spam. I suggest you remove the merge tags for now, regroup, reconsider, and read up, then, if you have a cohesive proposal within the policies of Wikipedia, post the appropriate tags WITH discussions. There might be a better way to do this, but the onus is not on me to provide it. KP Botany 19:44, 30 March 2007 (UTC)

I have to agree with Agne, California has a very important wine region, but as it stands this article doesn't really do much other than give a basic definition of California's wine country. As it stands now, I think merging the information to California Wine makes sense. The information about where a large amount of the state's wine is made is important to that article. If this article can be expanded to the point where is goes beyond just a definition (for example including information about the economic impact that the region has), then it should be renamed to "California Wine Country." What "Wine Country" is very dependent on where you live. When I talk about wine county, I'm referring to Eastern Washington. When I visited friends in Central New York, they were talking about the Finger Lakes. --- The Bethling^(Talk) 21:13, 30 March 2007 (UTC)

I think the naming convention is Wine Country (California). But, I disagree that because the article needs work it should be merged, if the article could sustain its own article. There are plenty of pages on Wikipedia that are just stubs, that need work, but don't necessarily require merging. The article should be expanded beyond its current pathetic point. In addition, while California wine should contain general information about the relationship between the tourist industry in California and wine growing, I don't see that it should specifically cover Napa and Sonoma Wine Country as a distinct point, without discussing each other wine growing region, Foothills, Livermore, etc., as their tourism rates and distinction are different from Wine Country's. I can see it mentioned in the article, but wine in California is HUGE, and well beyond the tourist industry. It would be like including a section on tourism in the Bourdeaux region in the article on French wine. It is dang famous, but is it part of the article on French wine, which encompasses far more than tourism of the region? KP Botany 21:22, 30 March 2007 (UTC)

• Looking at the edits to this article, I can see that there has already been at least one reference added that distinguishes California's Wine Country as being more than just the collection of wine regions. That's information that would not be merge-worthy, so I'd now lean to keeping the article is some form, though, I'd rather see a more specific name than just Wine "Country" —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Bethling (talk • contribs) 05:45, 31 March 2007 (UTC).

The use of the term ‘Wine Country’ to designate the Napa-Sonoma region is a Northern California affectation (“We’re going up to the wine country for the weekend.”) that ignores a lot of other wine-making regions even in Northern California. It seems provincial to claim this designation for just this region. As suggested elsewhere, maybe a better dictionary definition rather than an encyclopedia article. My .02--Fizbin 01:55, 31 March 2007 (UTC)

to user Fisbin: your impression of what is provincial or affected is not relevant here. (I have hundreds of anecnotal tales i could invoke regarding discussions with people living in other continents who clearly use the term "Wine Country" to denote singly and unequivocally the Wine Country of Northern California, but my anecdotes are not relevant here either.) Many documentary sources exist (some i have started to add to the article) which indicate the term "Wine Country" is clearly used to denote the Northern California wine country. The burden of proof is upon you to produce reliable sources indicating "other" wine regions are internationally referred to as "The Wine Country". I look forward to your citations. Anlace 03:05, 31 March 2007 (UTC)

http://www.winecountry.com clearly denotes multiple regions in the United States being labeled as Wine Country. In addition to do you think that people in Paso Robles consider themselves in Wine Country? I think if you are going to make a California Wine Country article, you need to denote all the regions of wine in the article, but then you just end up repeating California Wine. As for the Bordeaux wine country example KPBotony, If you look in the Bordeaux article there is clearly a section on wine within the article. You would put a section on Wine Tourism in an article on California though. Wine Country clearly is a generic term when it is seen to label other wine tourist regions as well. There is also a reason its called Wine Country, it is because of the wine, not the other tourist attractions. I just don't see the purpose of Wine Country California even, because it will just repeat the same information that should be in California Wine. So instead of joined efforts on one article, we will have people working on two articles that will talk about the same thing, until the inevitable happens and people become bored and the articles are not worked on until someone brings up something controversial like this again.Christopher Tanner, CCC 05:35, 31 March 2007 (UTC)tanner-christopher

Article improvement

This article is certainly in need of upgrading. The article is in the province of Wikipedia:WikiProject San Francisco Bay Area and has been formally nominated as an article to be improved under the Wikipedia:WikiProject San Francisco Bay Area/Jumpaclass category. The project track record has shown such project listings have always resulted in upgrading of one to two grades within five days. I suggest the merge tags be removed and let constructive work occur here. Anlace 00:02, 31 March 2007 (UTC)

Suggested Solution

How about moving this page to Wine Country (California). It is unclear that there needs to be an article called Wine Country or that every instance of something called 'Wine Country' requires a stub. Thus, if this is a notable case of an area being called 'Wine Country', then by all means keep this article (consistent with general article standards). I would suggest that Wine Country in the interim redirects to Wine Country (California), and at such time as any other 'Wine Country (XX)' articles start, it can become a disambiguation page. --Limegreen 03:36, 31 March 2007 (UTC)

Not out of the question as an ultimate solution, but until and unless another "Wine Country" article appears, there is no need for this complexity. It will be interesting to see whether indeed another article is produced that calls for the question. Anlace 04:10, 31 March 2007 (UTC)

Well I'm still slightly skeptical that more could be developed in this article that wouldn't be better served in the Napa Valley (wine), an expanded Sonoma Valley, and a reworked California wine article, I nonetheless respect User:Anlace desire to improve this article. I'll remove the merge notice and give him time to see what he can do. However, there is still the larger issue of the California-centric POV in the title and I think Limegreen solution to put in a move request is probably the best. As the litany of google links above show, the term "Wine Country" is a lot like Downtown. Just as every city has a "Downtown", so does every wine producing region have a "wine country". This article is better served at either Wine Country (California) or California wine country with "Wine Country" serving as a redirect to List of wine producing regions. Agne^Cheese/^Wine 06:01, 31 March 2007 (UTC)

Anlace, I think that Limegreen has a good working solution, renaming this Wine Country (California), redirecting Wine Country to Wine Country (California) for now, then making Wine Country a disamibuation page should the need arise. Please reconsider Limegreen's solution, whether or not another article is ever produced about any other "wine country," it's still a better name for the article.

By the way, Agnes, Wine Country is not the same thing as Napa Valley (wine) nor is it the same thing as Sonoma Valley (wine), as Sonoma and Napa Valleys are both American Viticultural Areas, while Wine Country is a tourist destination. Wine Country as a redirect to List of wine producting regions is like redirecting Seaworld to Marine Mammals, they're not the same thing, no matter that Wine Country has wineries and Seaworld has Marine Mammals. There is a Wikipedia section on naming conventions so you can offer up the correct title, also. KP Botany 07:48, 31 March 2007 (UTC)

BTW, the name is not Agnes. Your metaphor is off the mark. A more apt "aquatic" metaphor would be comparing redirecting Wine Country to Wine Country (California) to redirecting Beach to Malibu since Malibu's beaches are obviously a big tourist draw. Your logic completely ignores the fact that every major wine region has a "wine country" (just like every city has a downtown) and the California region has no claim to primary topic here. To have the redirect point to California's wine country is wholly POV and is in complete disregard to the the many wine countries listed above and the many more that could be listed that coincide with List of wine producing regions. Agne^Cheese/^Wine 08:08, 31 March 2007 (UTC)

Agne, you suggested ""Wine Country" serving as a redirect to List of wine producing regions," which is what I responded to with "Wine Country as a redirect to List of wine producing regions is like redirecting Seaworld to Marine Mammals." Notice that I label the redirect you mention correctly, and from your post. Are you now withdrawing that suggestion, or are you mixing up what was said, or you meant something different from what you said? Please clarify your original statement if necessary. I often state things incorrectly, or edit and leave other than what I meant, so clarifying can be useful. Are you suggesting "Wine Country as a redirect to List of wine producing regions" or did you mean to say something else?

Limegreen is the one who suggested that Wine Country be a redirect to Wine Country (California) until other wine country articles are added. I agreed with him/her on this point, "for now." KP Botany 18:07, 31 March 2007 (UTC)

But again, your metaphor is off the mark and rather absurdly so. For one, Seaworld is not a generic regional destination like Downtown and Wine country and leaving the article titled at Seaworld is not unduly POV. You seem to enjoy talking in circle and throwing out, rather poor, wiki-lawyering, but your not getting any where. You have not even come close to explaining WHY "Wine Country" should stay as a redirect in violation of WP:NPOV and the evidence of the litany of google hits (and of course, common sense) that every wine region has "Wine country" just like every city has a downtown. So take some time, evolve a rebuttal beyond poorly constructed metaphor and try to answer these fundamental issues. Agne^Cheese/^Wine 18:29, 31 March 2007 (UTC)

Amusement park.

(Repeating myself, yet again.) I didn't propose Wine country staying as a redirect, and it isn't one now, so there is no sense in proposing something stay as it isn't. User:Limegreen very carefully proposed making Wine Country a redirect for now, I repeat. You need to take up the arguments and and make demands of him/her. KP Botany 18:43, 31 March 2007 (UTC)

You seem to enjoy talking in circles and throwing out, rather poor, wiki-lawyering, but you're not getting any where. You have not even come close to explaining WHY "Wine Country should be a redirect to List of wine producting regions," in violation of common sense. And you failed to clarify, do you intend to make "Wine Country as a redirect to List of wine producting regions." If this is your proposal, that "wine country" is something as specific as a list of wine producing regions, rather than something so generic as a "downtown," please "take some time, evolve a rebuttal beyond poorly constructed responses to metaphors and try to answer these fundamental issues."

Or, better yet, let's just both cut the nonsense and stay on topic, as your attack posts keep missing the mark and glossing over your support or withdrawal of your own proposals and the fact of who proposed what it is you disagree with and why you disagree with it. KP Botany 18:51, 31 March 2007 (UTC)

I apologize that you seem to have missed large chunks of this discussion but a convenient summary of the many reasons why wine country is inappropriate as a redirect to Wine country (California) and the many reasons why it is better served as a redirect to List of wine producing regions is down below . Agne^Cheese/^Wine 18:57, 31 March 2007 (UTC)

(Unindent.) Oh, my apologies--although it was thoughtful of you to apologize speak for me, it was not necessary, and please don't. So you support your proposal down below? It would have been simpler to just direct me there the first time I asked. I will review it. KP Botany 19:03, 31 March 2007 (UTC)

The nominating statement says a bit. Agne^Cheese/^Wine 19:08, 31 March 2007 (UTC)

A redirect to List of wine producing regions is absurd. Firstly, have you studied the list contents of the List of wine producing regions? most of the entries say nothing about wine. Secondly, whoever endorses the conversion of "Wine Country" to simply a discussion of grapes and wine production is missing the whole point. the point of an article on "Wine Country" is to acknowledge the rich cultural connections that go well beyond wine: food, entertainment, recreation, scenery, nature, history and architecture. That's the reason people think of the North Bay rather than Ceres or Hecker Pass as the "Wine Country". Anlace 04:52, 1 April 2007 (UTC)

I'd like to modify my original proposal slightly. If Wine Country redirects to Wine Country (California), for now, I think it would emminently appropriate to have a

Wine Country redirects here. For other grape-growing regions that may be referred to as Wine Country, see List of wine producing regions.

Similarly, if Wine Country were to redirect to the list (which I think is not such a good option). there should be a similar notice there.

Inadvertantly, Anlace provides a compelling argument for the move thus, the point of an article on "Wine Country" is to acknowledge the rich cultural connections that go well beyond wine: food, entertainment, recreation, scenery, nature, history and architecture. That's the reason people think of the North Bay rather than Ceres or Hecker Pass as the "Wine Country".. I've never heard of any of those places, and they're certainly not what springs to mind with the mention wine country (frankly, I'd probably pick Australian and Hunter). --Limegreen 05:33, 1 April 2007 (UTC)

My Point Illustrated on This Article

The work that has been done today on the article someone illustrates my point of having two article written that cross over on California Wine and Wine Country California. This article now states that Agoston Haraszthy was the first planter of grapes west of the Mississippi, this is entirely inaccurate and Charles Sullivan states this in his book Zinfandel: A Story of a Grape and it's wine where he shows that zinfandel grapes had been introduced originally on the east coast first by George Gibbs from importation from Vienna. By way of William Robert Prince the vine traveled west whom planted the zinfandel noting, "Zinfindel fine for raisins in Cal. Drying perfectly to raisin." A gentleman by the name of Frederick W Maconday, also imported nursery stock from Boston in 1852 to California, amongst his vines was the zinfandel grape. I took this from the Agoston Harzaszthy article that I have been working on from a section that explains one of the main reasons for his book was to dispel the myth stated on this article (which the date is inaccurate even for the myth)that Harzaszthy started the wine industry in Sonoma. I'm not sure how the book is cited and the information is inaccurate. Sullivan is speaking on this topic at UCDavis on May 31st http://ucce.ucdavis.edu/sitebuilder/filegroups/calendar28-Feb-07-5569/1551.pdf. The grapes btw, were not first planted in Sonoma, they were planted much further south. Christopher Tanner, CCC 05:52, 31 March 2007 (UTC)tanner-christopher

You don't anywhere quote the book saying that grapes were first brought to California by Prince. There is a problem with this, also, a major one, namely that Vinca californica is native to the state, so I suspect someone brought grapes to California long before Prince. I don't know if they're in any of the Axelrod floras, but I'd be glad to find out. Nonetheless, none of the quotes you provided say anything about who first brought wine grapes to California, and as this is a primary thesis of Sullivan's Zinfandel book, it should be in there. Please quote and add page numbers. There are thousands and thousands of articles on Wikipedia that talk about the same thing, biographies on artists, separate articles on their major and most famous works, articles on cities and famous buildings in them. I repeat and repeat, you don't delete an article because part of it is mentioned elsewhere. I don't believe that Sullivan mixes up the history of Napa nad Sonoma with the entire history of wine in California. KP Botany 06:46, 31 March 2007 (UTC)

Do you ever READ what anyone types. It seems that you pick certain things out of peoples posts without paying attention to all of the post or analyzing it before you respond. From your profile you are obviously an educated person, which shocks me from the way you respond to people. The quote I gave to you was for ZINFANDEL, this page noted Harzaszthy for contributed grapes in 1957. I changed it to him being one of the forefathers, which he is considered because he was just placed in the Vintners Hall of Fame at the Napa Valley CIA campus earlier this month. I had typed, but probably edited it when I went to post this that Catholic missionaries were making wine from the Mission grape decades before the Vitis Vinifera grapes were brought west. The information that was on the article stated inaccurate information and then cited the book which does not even state the information that was put on the cite, so it was obviously taken from another article. Researchers read the primary source or secondary source themselves. Wikipedia should always be considered neither and should be verified. My point was to address the information of the entry of Harzasthy. I also did not put up the original information for this, the person who is arguing your side with you did, I just edited out the improper information so they placed to inaccurate citation. If you look at my work on pages, I give proper citation in Chicago format. I'm done with this, I do not wish to talk about it anymore. The tag has been removed by the member who posted it, good luck with your articles. I will not be contributing to this one, I don't need the added stress.Christopher Tanner, CCC 16:13, 31 March 2007 (UTC)tanner-christopher

WP:CIVIL Yes, I read what you posted. You should read it also, as this is your opening statement about what is wrong with the article, your second sentence starts, "This article now states that Agoston Haraszthy was the first planter of grapes west of the Mississippi, this is entirely inaccurate ...." Notice that you say "first planter of grapes west of the Mississippi." Zinfandel is not the only grape Sullivan has written about, he's an expert in the entire history of growing wine in California, not just the history of one grape. To assume that I would think such an author was discussing Zinfandel, when you mention just grapes is not reasonable, particularly as one can assume from your profile that you are a graduate student and know how to say precisely what you mean, in addition to knowing how important it is to say precisely what you mean.

This is an article about a tourist destination. My interest is the tourist destination, which is why I watch this article. KP Botany 17:55, 31 March 2007 (UTC)

Requested move

Wine Country → Wine country (California) — The current article title is very POV driven in that it makes the assumption that the only "wine country" in the world is this one particular area in California. There is also no reliable sources in existence to show universal (much less primarily) usage for this specific region to cover a worldwide perspective. In truth, the phrase is used in the wine world in much the same way that Downtown is used in references to cities. Every wine region has "wine country" and after the move, it is requested that Wine Country serve as a redirect to List of wine producing regions Agne^Cheese/^Wine 18:41, 31 March 2007 (UTC) Agne^Cheese/^Wine 18:41, 31 March 2007 (UTC)

Comment Disagree completely with the unpleasant and unnecessary accusation included in this survey--please AGF. The article is called Wine country because it was written about California's wine country. If other articles about other wine countries were on Wikipedia, this would have come up and the article could have been a disambiguation page. There is simply no need to take a biased survey that starts with throwing down the gauntlet of accusations. KP Botany 19:11, 31 March 2007 (UTC)

K Botany, please confine your edits to more constructive items. Your fact tags are unduly antagonistic. Agne^Cheese/^Wine 19:15, 31 March 2007 (UTC)

Though I agree with him that this article is indeed written about California wine country which is why the page move title is appropriate. However, the article is not about the wine country in the way that the term is even primarily used. (And before you want to slap another fact tag on, look at the info in the discussion section. The onus is on you to prove that it is primarily usage.) Agne^Cheese/^Wine 19:18, 31 March 2007 (UTC)

Survey

Add  # '''Support'''  or  # '''Oppose'''  on a new line in the appropriate section followed by a brief explanation, then sign your opinion using ~~~~. Please remember that this survey is not a vote, and please provide an explanation for your recommendation.

Survey - in support of the move

1. Support as per nomination. The mere fact that the first line is Wine Country is a region of Northern California in the United States should show that this needs to be renamed to the proposed name. A disambiguation page should be created to list the various "wine countries" around the world. --Kimon^talk 21:06, 31 March 2007 (UTC)
2. Support per nom What someone means by "wine country" is very much dependent the context of where they're from and whom they're talking to. It's a concept that's not limited to one area in California, and the title of the article should reflect that. --- The Bethling^(Talk) 05:28, 1 April 2007 (UTC)
3. Support, but I think a disambiguation page or redirect (per my comments above) would be better for Wine Country following the move. --Limegreen 05:36, 1 April 2007 (UTC)
4. Support; as per nom, a generic term should not be reserved for one particular area. ◄scharks► 11:57, 1 April 2007 (UTC)
5. Support per nom, with a disambiguation page. It is provincial and unsupported to think that the Napa/Sonoma area is the only Wine Country in the world. The lack of other Wikipedia Wine Country pages is a weak supporting argument. --Fizbin 18:32, 1 April 2007 (UTC)

Discussion

Add any additional comments:

• In addition to the litany of google hits noted in the section Other wine countries, there is also curious information on the very first page of Google when you type in Wine Country.
  

1. In addition to adding disambiguation (Napa Valley/California/Sonoma County) when they talk about California wine country there is also first page prominence to Hunter Valley, Australia and Oregon wine country. Also, as Chris pointed, the very first link which so happens to be called winecountry.com features prominently Virginia wine country on the front page as well as several other non-Napa/Sonoma and even non-California wine countries. It is quite clear that the WP:COMMONNAME usage of "Wine country" is a generic designation of any wine producing regions and is better served as a redirect to List of wine producing regions. The average wikipedia reader in Australia, England, India, Chile, etc will most likely be looking for something other then this particular spot in California.Agne^Cheese/^Wine 18:50, 31 March 2007 (UTC)

Wine country is a tourist region

... and the proper name for the wine growing areas in California are their American Viticultural Areas, not the tourist destination. KP Botany 19:13, 31 March 2007 (UTC)

• And the common name is wine country. I tell people I'm going to wine country for the weekend, not the Russian River Viticultural Area which would only confuse them. Vegaswikian 17:58, 1 April 2007 (UTC)

Page moved

Page moved per talk above. Anlace 18:59, 1 April 2007 (UTC)

GA on hold

At first look, this is a great article, which provides interesting information, fee-use images, and is neutral in point of view. But I must place the article on hold for GA, for the following reasons:

1. There are a good number of references, but the use of {{cite book}} and {{cite web}} templates, to cite the sources would be much better..
2. I would also like to see more inline citations, particularly in the (California)#History|History]] and Ecology section, where the article describes the endangered animals and species found in the region.

Hope this is helpful... Otherwise, this is a great article! —dima/talk/ 18:55, 15 April 2007 (UTC)

Well in regards to number 1, according to WP:CITE (and WP:V and WP:WIAGA for that matter) the use of that particular citation format is not a requirement. It is more of an editorial preference. In regards to #2, it looks like all the information in the history section is properly attributed to the existing cites. There really is no need for more cites in that particular section because everything is already sourced. As for the ecology section, I'll see what I can do. Agne^Cheese/^Wine 08:15, 19 April 2007 (UTC)

Update I've added references to the ecology section. Agne^Cheese/^Wine 08:35, 19 April 2007 (UTC)

Question What does the ecology section in this article have to do with Wine Country (California)? Simply stating, without reference, that Wine Country is defined in terms of its ecology, then leading into such a specific ecology section as the native fish is way off. No where in the article are "anadromous fish movements in Sonoma Creek" related directly to wine growing, the tourism in the wine growing area, or anything. Everything in a Wikipedia article should be tied directly to the topic of the article. Is this article about Wine Country or the ecology and endangered species of Sonoma/Napa Counties? Comment This also needs a grammar check for lots of little problems, "prevalent on the Wine Country valley floors. [13] where today there are well over 400 wineries in the Wine Country." What is being said here, is this one run on sentence or two incompletely chopped? KP Botany 22:36, 19 April 2007 (UTC)

Reply Well I was deferring to Anlace and the work he did in originally creating the article with the ecology section. I have to admit, I did think it was a little odd but assumed that it was part of the contention that "wine country" is about more then just wine. If consensus would favor the removal of that section, I have no personal objections against that. Agne^Cheese/^Wine 07:12, 20 April 2007 (UTC)

Reply Either that or add something to the introduction, then conform the ecology section to it, with references of course. Obviously the ecology of the area is important to all wine growing regions, but this information should be about how the region is like other mediterranean wine-growing regions, or why the climate and soils are suitable in spite of differing greatly from the primary wine growing regions of the mediterranean climate areas of the world. KP Botany 13:30, 20 April 2007 (UTC)

GA Failed

Although the original reviewer's comments do not appear to be valid reasons for failing an article, KPBotany has since raised valid content issues, which have not been addressed since this article was put on hold 10 days ago, three days over the limit for hold. 4u1e 15:28, 25 April 2007 (UTC)

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