Santa Rita Hills AVA
A pictorial
essay
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Fiddlestix Vineyard (foreground), stretches toward the
Santa Ynez River. (Background) Grapevines form a quilt-like
pattern
at
Sea Smoke Vineyards
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Above:
Spanish Moss hangs from a tree at Sanford & Benedict
Vineyard.
Right: double rainbow over the Santa Rita Hills
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Above:
old growth timber recovered from a logging mill was used
in the construction of Sanford's La Rinconada winery |
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Above:
an early morning fog moves down the Santa Ynez River
bed, between Fiddlestix and Sea Smoke Vineyards.
Right:
Sea Smoke Vineyards
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Sanford's La Rinconada Vineyard, viewed looking northeast.
The winery (center) was built using 100,000 adobe bricks
that were hand-made on site. |
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Top:
fog billowing into the valley
Middle: Rick Longoria
Bottom: the benchlands - Sea Smoke Vineyards |
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Above:
Black loam soil at Fiddlestix Vineyard. Below:
Fiddlestix Vineyard drops downhill onto the benchlands
of Santa Ynez River. |
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