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Vol. 11 No.5.1 - November '03


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

Above: Spanish Moss hangs from a tree at Sanford & Benedict Vineyard.
Right: double rainbow over the Santa Rita Hills
Above: old growth timber recovered from a logging mill was used in the construction of Sanford's La Rinconada winery

Above: an early morning fog moves down the Santa Ynez River bed, between Fiddlestix and Sea Smoke Vineyards.
Right: Sea Smoke Vineyards

 

Sanford's La Rinconada Vineyard, viewed looking northeast. The winery (center) was built using 100,000 adobe bricks that were hand-made on site.
Top: fog billowing into the valley
Middle: Rick Longoria
Bottom: the benchlands - Sea Smoke Vineyards
Above: Black loam soil at Fiddlestix Vineyard. Below: Fiddlestix Vineyard drops downhill onto the benchlands of Santa Ynez River.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   
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