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California Bordeaux Part 1: the Santa Cruz Mountains and the Santa Clara Valley
The vintners of California have embraced the grape varieties of Bordeaux planting acres and acres of vineyards. Given their popularity amongst the wine drinking...
Up in the Mountains but Under the Radar
The Santa Cruz Mountains, running along California’s central coast, have a long history with wine. Back in the 1870’s a man named John Jarvis came to...
Preserving a Sense of Place with Pinot Noir
Place and wine are quite intimately connected. The plot of land where the grapes are grown has a great part to play in the ultimate expression of the resulting...
The Call of Summit Sirens
Since my very first visit, I’ve felt like there was something magical about the Santa Cruz Mountains. The magic’s not literal, of course; there’s...
Santa Cruz Mountain Wineries: A World Apart
It is not hard to get lost in the mystic of the Santa Cruz Mountains. Giant redwood trees from a different age tower over the road, which is often two and sometimes...
The Santa Cruz Mountains: A Paradise of Pinot
“This grape of all grapes wants to become wine.“ That is how Jeffrey Patterson, the winemaker at Mount Eden Vineyards, opened up his talk at the Santa...
