Best Hidden Wine Regions: Santa Cruz Wineries

By Philip Vonwrede


Santa Cruz is known for the film The Lost Boys, the Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk and the redwoods. 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.

Built and ran by Lois and Michael Sones, Sones Cellars is a remarkable wine brewer. There are actually numerous wine blends there, for example, their best-selling Petite Syrah, Shiraz/Syrah, Pinot Noir, Zifandel and White Blend. They are often visited by a lot of people all throughout the year and they can enjoy the facilities all they want. Examples of these are the barrel room, private events, live musical shows, private tastings, picturesque panorama, retail sales, wine and food pairing and most notably, their wine tasting. Sones Cellars are open from Friday to Sunday between 12 noon to 5 o'clock in the evening. If you would wish to check their wine varietals, you may set and 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.

Introduced by Lance Campbell, a winner of more than 300 state and international awards in wine making, Copious Winery is definitely a favorite by wine enthusiasts. Aside from traditional blend styles developed by modern techniques of wine production, they have furthermore added other more special, refined and deliciously concocted vino. Their superb collection of wine is arguable some of the best in Santa Cruz wineries and includes bubbly cranberry and raspberry flavors to pinot noir, Cardonnay carneros and Sauvignon Blanc and a lot more.




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