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Santa Cruz Mountains

Santa Cruz Mountains is a wine region in the United States. A mountain range south of San Francisco, with vineyards scattered above the fog line on both the ocean and bay sides.

Where it is

Map data: Natural Earth; UC Davis Library

Producers in Santa Cruz Mountains

  • Cooper-Garrod Estate Vineyards

    A family winery in the Saratoga foothills above Silicon Valley, on farmland the Garrod family has worked since 1893.

  • Ridge Vineyards

    Ridge makes the age-worthy Monte Bello Cabernet blend in the Santa Cruz Mountains and Zinfandel-led wines, including Lytton Springs, from old Sonoma vines.

  • Testarossa Winery

    A Los Gatos winery making its wine in the stone cellars Jesuits built in 1888 for the old Novitiate winery.

  • Vidovich Vineyards

    A small family winery on Monte Bello Road in California's Santa Cruz Mountains, making estate Cabernet Sauvignon.

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