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Wine Museums: A Guide to the Wine Museums of Italy, France, and California for the History-Minded Tourist

As a celebration of California wine and its debt owed to European forebears turned competitors, this ArcGIS StoryMaps Explorer Tour introduces Italian, French, and Californian wine museums for the history-minded tourist. Wine tourism is a fast-growing portion of the international tourist industry. Each museum featured serves as a regional, national, and/or international celebration of winemaking. Taken together, these museums illuminate specific portions of the story of viticulture and winemaking in southwestern Europe and its spread to and expansion in California.