Trailblazers of the Santa Cruz Mountains

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If there's one thing the vintners in the Santa Cruz Mountains like, it's their elbowroom. In the rugged heights southwest of San Francisco Bay, the nearest neighbor may be a mile away as the crow flies, but it takes a tedious drive on twisting roads to get there.

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