Best Places to Kiss: Santa Cruz Wineries

By Philip Vonwrede


Santa Cruz is known for the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk, the redwoods and the movie the Lost Boys. What you didnt' know is that Santa Cruz has incredible wine and wineries.

The Santa Cruz appellation is considered to be one of the pioneer wine producing regions in America. One can find a staggering 70 tasting rooms and wineries in the area, along with other sights and special events for entertainment. They are widely held for their top notch pinot noir, which is not surprising to have won awards among the others. The sights are amazing, too. The province of Santa Cruz provides everyone spectacular sights to take in as well as the apparent presence of their culture. While you are obviously enjoying the assortment of wines available. One can easily fuse in some type of recreation such as attending the wine and art festivals in Capitola, Boulder Creek and Scotts Valley. You will surely meet a lot of wine lovers there.

Situated in the Santa Cruz county is the remarkable Sones Cellars. They offer various wine drinks such as Petite Syrah, Shiraz/ Syrah, Pinot Noir, Zifandel and White Blend. Successfully managed by Lois and Michael Sones, they made sure to provide their guests more reasons to go there. You can tour the barrel rooms, soak in the natural landscapes around, have private events and private tastings, buy stuff at their store, go on a wine and food pairing, enjoy a musical performance and of course, taste their wine. They are available from Friday through Sunday from 12 noon to 5:00 pm. To have an easier time, you might as well contact them and book an appointment with them.

Bonny Doon Vineyard has been around for as long as the Santa Cruz wineries started. Built and first operated in 1983, Californians, as well as wine aficionados, were treated with the first wineries to embrace the Rhone varietals, which in effect, Randall Grahm was dubbed as "The Rhone Ranger". With its unconventional label, Boon Doon Vineyard has gained popularity with its unique artworks by Bascove, Ralph Steadman, Gary Taxali and Grady McFerin. Over the years, this incredible winery has dug its hands on other wine varietals from Italy, including biodynamic and screwscaps production. In 1994, Boon Doon Vineyard took a giant blow when their vineyards were contaminated by Pierce's disease. Fortunately, they pursued giving the best quality wines by acquiring their grapes from other vineyards in California, Europ and Oregon. In effect, they have slowly stood back up and is now standing at the top of all Santa Cruz Wineries. With a little over a century, they have precisely developed loads of yummy, hand crafted vino.

Copious Winery specially highlights the award-winning skills and talents of Lance Campbell, who is critically acclaimed both nationally and worldwide. Wine lovers as well as wine newbies are treated with their time0honored wine varieties that are actually created with cutting-edge modes of concocting wines which in turn, they are able to produce some of the best, distinct and complex wine blends in the wine region. Copious winery generate one of the finest wines varying between buoyant raspberry and cranberry flavors to pinot noir, Chardonnay carneros and Sauvignon Blanc as only some of the many they have.




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