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Sunset overlooking Ano Nuevo and Ben Lomond north of Santa Cruz | Credit: Matt Kettmann

As I usually do around the time of the golf tournament that we put on in Santa Cruz every summer in memory of my father, I spent some time checking in with winemakers around the Santa Cruz Mountains a couple weeks back. Over two days, I met with winemakers, and one cider maker, from Aromas up to Ben Lomond, learning about the latest in this historic and huge, yet very much energized and focused, wine country.

Highlights included:

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