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Trailblazers of the Santa Cruz Mountains

Vintners just over the hill from Silicon Valley go their own way, but strive for recognition

By Tim Fish

If there's one thing the vintners in the Santa Cruz Mountains like, it's their elbowroom. In the rugged heights southwest of San Francisco Bay, the nearest neighbor may be a mile away as the crow flies.....

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