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Wine.com worker Allen Bohnert stocks shelves with bottles of wine at the wine.com warehouse in Oakland, Califorina.

Raise a glass: September is now officially California Wine Month.

Governor Jerry Brown declared it so yesterday. He issued a lengthy proclamation explaining the rich tradition of viticulture in the state. Here to give us a little history lesson is Axel Borg, the reference librarian at UC Davis.