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Gloria Ferrer Caves & Vineyards is a winery in Sonoma County, California that produces sparkling wines, Pinot Noir and Chardonnay and is located 40 miles northwest of San Francisco, California.

History
Gloria and José Ferrer came from Barcelona, Spain in 1982, and founded Gloria Ferrer Caves & Vineyards in the Los Carneros region of Sonoma County, California in 1986. The Ferrer winery uses clonal research  to match grape varietals to diverse soil conditions. Bob Iantosca is the Director of Winemaking and Mike Crumly is the Vineyard Manager.

The winery hosted the International Climate Change Seminar in July 2008 and was moderated by Pancho Campo, founder of the Wine Academy of Spain.

The wines are cultivated on two Sonoma Carneros properties, both planted with Pinot Noir and Chardonnay. The 207-acre Home Ranch, with four different soil types, has elevations ranging from 50 to 325 feet, the 128-acre Circle Bar Ranch ranges from 50 to 280 feet and consists of 13 different blocks.

Links
1 Graduate research assistant, 2 Extension viticulturist, Department of Viticulture and Enology, University of California, Davis, CA 95616; 3 Farm advisor, University of California Cooperative Extension,Copyright © 2006 by the American Society for Enology and Viticulture,"Viticultural Evaluation of Eleven Clones and Two Field Selections of Pinot noir Grown for Production of Sparkling Wine in Los Carneros, California", American Journal of Enology and Viticulture 57:3:371-376 (2006)]
 * Michael M. Anderson1, Rhonda J. Smith2, Molly A. Williams3 and James A. Wolpert4,*1 Staff research associate, 3 Postgraduate researcher, 4 Extension viticulturist, Department of Viticulture and Enology, University of California, Davis, CA 95616; 2 Viticulture farm advisor, University of California Cooperative Extension, Copyright © 2008 by the American Society for Enology and Viticulture, "Viticultural Evaluation of French and California Chardonnay Clones Grown for Production of Sparkling Wine", American Journal of Enology and Viticulture 59:1:73-77 (2008)
 * [http://www.ajevonline.org/cgi/content/abstract/57/3/371 Gloria I. Mercado-Martín1,4, James A. Wolpert2,* and Rhonda J. Smith3
 * Sweet, Nancy L., "Chardonnay History and Selections", Foundation Plant Services, UC Davis November 2007 pg.30
 * Nelson-Kluk, Susan "History of Pinot noir at FPS", Foundation Plant Services, UC Davis October 2003 pg.12
 * Walker, Larry. "Send in the clones." Wines and Vines, December 1, 1994
 * Walker, Larry. "Carneros The new wave of Pinot noir" Wines & Vines, February 2001
 * Elkjer, Thom. Wine Country Magazine, August 2005
 * Jordan, Michele Anna. Sonoma Wine Country, Los Carneros
 * KRON4 San Francisco Bay Area News station http://localshows.kron4.com/LocalShows/HearditthroughtheGrapevine/GloriaFerrerCavesVineyards/tabid/114/Default.aspx
 * Morgan Shott, Heather. Wine Spectator, August 2, 2007 http://www.winespectator.com/webfeature/show/id/Winemaker-Talk-Eileen-Crane_3680
 * Sonoma County Vintners http://www.sonomawine.com/component/comprofiler/userprofile/GLORIA
 * Euro Business, June 16, 2008 http://www.euroinvestor.fr/news/story.aspx?id=9872723
 * NYTimes, January 16, 2011 http://travel.nytimes.com/travel/guides/north-america/united-states/california/sonoma-valley/19308/gloria-ferrer-champagne-caves/attraction-detail.html