Editing Lake County, California (section)

===Wine Country===
[[Image:SPRING IN THE VINEYARDS.JPG|thumb|Lake County vineyards]]
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The first vineyards in Lake County were planted in the late 19th century, but [[Prohibition in the United States|Prohibition]] and the county's remoteness dealt a blow to the area's [[viticulture]]. A reemergence of the wine industry began in the 1970s, although most of the region's grapes are still trucked to neighboring [[Napa Valley|Napa]], [[Sonoma County wine|Sonoma]] and [[Mendocino County wine|Mendocino]] counties for [[vinification]]. The county saw its vineyard acreage increase from fewer than {{convert|100|acre|ha}} in 1965 to more than {{convert|11000|acre|ha}} in 2023<ref name="2023 Grape Acreage Report">{{citation|url=https://www.nass.usda.gov/Statistics_by_State/California/Publications/Specialty_and_Other_Releases/Grapes/Acreage/2024/grpacDETAILED2023Crop.pdf|author=California Department of Food and Agriculture and USDA|title=California Grape Acreage Report: 2023 Crop}}</ref>

The region is host to nine [[American Viticultural Area]]s, notably [[Guenoc Valley]], [[High Valley AVA|High Valley]] and the [[Red Hills Lake County AVA|Red Hills]], and about 20 winery operations.