Our close friends from New York City had rented a house for the week near Monterey, and this past Friday we met them at a winery of our choosing — Hallcrest Vineyards.   Hallcrest, a small, family-owned winery located in Felton, California, opened in 1941 with, as its website describes, “the intent to prove that the Santa Cruz Mountains […]

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Last Monday, we described our visit to the Santa Cruz Mountains for a taste (or rather, for many tastes) of Pinot at the Pathway to Pinot Paradise.   Our self-guided itinerary for the day led us to four different wineries, but we’ve chosen to discuss only two: Alfaro Family Vineyards, the feature of last week’s posting, and Windy […]

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This past Saturday, we followed our own advice in Wednesday’s “Don’t Miss” posting and decided not to miss the Pathway to Pinot Paradise in the Santa Cruz Mountains.  Our first stop, of a total of four wineries visited, was Alfaro Family Vineyards.  This past summer, we had stumbled across a bottle of the 2005 “A” Estate […]

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