Two Angels are storied labels. The label art for Two Angels, from a Flemish print, points out the hilarity of inebriation and the trauma of the morning after. Excessive joy must be countered by equally excessive sorrow – an allegorical warning to drink sparingly or “suffer the consequences.”
Higher elevations and Lake County’s pure air allow for greater levels of UV light, as much as 10% more than neighboring sea-level valleys. Situated above the northeast shores of Clear Lake in Lake County, this distinct growing area is defined by steep mountain ridges rising up to 3000 feet directly from this hanging valley’s floor at 1700 feet.
High Valley AVA is appropriately named; this area’s high-hanging valley ringed with steep volcanic hillsides produces mountain fruit with great color and structure.
