 Experience the diversity of California Cuisine.  Home to some of the state's best eating.  Wine, sun and California - all you need.  Great eats are hard to miss.
Want a taste of California? Visit a farmers’ market where celebrity chefs and foodie insiders pick out the finest organic produce. Step into sleek restaurants serving innovative, ultra-fresh California cuisine. Taste a gelato made with local chocolate and toasted hazelnuts, or handmade cheeses from local farms. Drive down a tree-lined lane to wineries in grand chateaus, or relaxed, family-run vineyards where the guy pouring and chatting in the tasting room is a world-class winemaker. Everywhere you turn in California, there are endless ways to taste, sip, savor, and enjoy.
Make the most of your visit by taking advantage of special events and exceptional deals offered throughout the state. Wine events, activities and tastings also are coordinated year-round by the Wine Institute  and its more than 1,000 California wineries and affiliated businesses.
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Visitors often associate Californian food with fine dining. But we are just as proud of our role in developing classic finger food and roadside cuisine, from fish tacos to the granddaddy of them all—McDonalds. California here we come! - Check out one of the In-N-Out Burger franchises sprinkled throughout the state. Founded in 1948 in Baldwin Park, the chain was California’s first drive-thru hamburger joint.
- What does your future hold? Visit the Golden Gate Fortune Cookie Factory in San Francisco and find out.
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Californians speak more than 200 languages and dialects—and
seemingly eat just as many national cuisines. California’s
innovative chefs have taken this diverse mix of cultures,
sensibilities and food influences, combined them with our fresh and
local produce, to create a whole new food movement—California
Fusion.
- Korean-born Jason Ha describes his Zip Fusion’s seafood-laden
menu as “Asian-California fusion.” Translation: The
restaurant’s three hip Los Angeles and Corona locations serve
wildly creative sushi accompanied by extensive soju and sake
choices.
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In 1976 the wine world popped its cork in surprise when several
little-known Napa Valley wines took top honors over a crowd of French
competitors in a blind tasting in Paris. In the years since, California
has become the fourth leading wine producer in the world with more than
2000 wineries spread across the state, from Napa and Sonoma to the
Gold Country and the Inland Empire.
World-class yes, but California wine is also fun and
approachable—a day spent winery hopping and picnicking with a
group of friends is a California tradition.
- In 1966 the brand-new mission-style Robert Mondavi Winery was
one of just 25 wineries in the Napa Valley. Today, there are some 225
wineries in the valley, but Mondavi is still among the most
influential—and popular.
- Frey Vineyards is leading a
trend to go beyond organic by becoming certified biodynamic, making the
family-owned Redwood Valley winery a self-sustaining agricultural entity
in harmony with the local ecosystem.
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At the core of the California lifestyle is our love for great food. Over the years, two restaurants have come to exemplify that focus, receiving lavish praise worldwide for their sophisticated and innovative fare. - Come to the epicentre of contemporary California cuisine. At the French Laundry’s century-old stone building, Thomas Keller serves French-influenced cuisine of extraordinary quality.
- Alice Waters’s warm and welcoming craftsman-style Chez Panisse , widely regarded as the birthplace of California cuisine, serves sublime dishes created from the freshest local ingredients.
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