June 10, 2010
Vine of the Times (clockwise from top left): San Bernabe Vice President Bill Petrovic (left) and Winery Manager Ignacio Cruz-Osorio discuss sustainability; Petrovic checks in on flowering grape buds; two of the company’s grapes comprise a Fog Head Chardonnay and a Loredona Riesling; San Bernabe’s land includes 4,500 acres of vineyards; barrels impart one element of a wine’s final flavor.
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Amazing Grapes
San Bernabe Vineyard, the third largest in the world, combines mass with class.
Winemaking in Monterey County isn’t pretentious. We don’t put on airs like counties to our north, and our grape growers are farmers, not Silicon Valley execs-turned-vintners. Here, it’s more toe-in-the-dirt. Winemaking is humble; it’s about ...
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