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The Ramona Valley
is known as "The Valley of the Sun" and is called the
Rhone Valley of California and has the same soil type as Sonoma.
Ramona was called Nuevo back in the 1850's and was home to the native
american indians. The settlers were lured here by the abundance
of water and great weather in the 1950's. Ramona was the turkey
capitol of the world, producing more turkeys a year than anywhere
and celebrated every year with an annual turkey parade. Every year
women would make beautiful dresses out of turkey feathers to wear
in the parade. Since then the turkey industry has been replaced
by egg ranchers and horse farmers along with various other types
of farming. However, I'm sure that if you look around the town long
enough you will certainly be able to spot a few big turkeys.
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and visit Schwaesdall Winery and see our very own "Winery Dog",
Zinny, a beautiful bronze turkey,who loves to visit with the winery
customers. However, he wants to stress the fact that red wine does
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| John Schwaesdall, A San Diego native,
started making wine from some of the old vineyards in Ramona that
were planted in 1950's. He since has planted 4 1/2 acres of various
red and white wine grapes. The vineyard lies among gigantic granite
boulders that are found predominately in the Ramona/Mt. Woodson area
of San Diego. These boulders are true natural wonders. One great granite
boulder on the property weighs 80 tons and looks just like a cat.
Another looks like Moby Dick. John won't hesitate to show visitors
the fantastic natural sculptures on his 6 acres of property. |
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