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I was there for the wine but it was the locale and the handsome riding horses at Cooper-Garrod that gave me a high that day. This ranch near Saratoga owned by the Coopers and Garrods seemed to have as many horses as a place would need to take visitors...
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If there’s no wine at home, it only means one thing — its time to head to a winery! And a little wine tasting would do no harm. Why go far away when the Santa Cruz Mountains are just a stone’s throw from where we live. This time we...
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Train journeys from one town to another or one city to another; we’ve all done that. How about boarding a train to nowhere but the middle of a forest and back, that too, on an olden-day steam locomotive? Better still — an open train that chugs through hundreds of...
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American Independence day, they say is best celebrated with hot dogs and ice cream or barbecued food. I beg to differ, given that I chose to celebrate the 4 of July that just went by, with Pinot Noir, Zinfandel and Merlot among other exotic tastes, at an idyllic location...
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Picchetti Ranch lies up in the Santa Cruz Mountains in California. It is also the home of Picchetti Winery which is one of the oldest wineries in California. You can read more about the winery, our visit and wine-tasting at Picchetti Winery on the previous post –> Swirl, Smell,...
I was there for the wine but it was the locale and the handsome riding horses at Cooper-Garrod that gave me a high that day. This ranch near Saratoga owned by the Coopers and Garrods seemed to have as many horses as a place would need to take visitors...
If there’s no wine at home, it only means one thing — its time to head to a winery! And a little wine tasting would do no harm. Why go far away when the Santa Cruz Mountains are just a stone’s throw from where we live. This time we...
Train journeys from one town to another or one city to another; we’ve all done that. How about boarding a train to nowhere but the middle of a forest and back, that too, on an olden-day steam locomotive? Better still — an open train that chugs through hundreds of...
American Independence day, they say is best celebrated with hot dogs and ice cream or barbecued food. I beg to differ, given that I chose to celebrate the 4 of July that just went by, with Pinot Noir, Zinfandel and Merlot among other exotic tastes, at an idyllic location...
Picchetti Ranch lies up in the Santa Cruz Mountains in California. It is also the home of Picchetti Winery which is one of the oldest wineries in California. You can read more about the winery, our visit and wine-tasting at Picchetti Winery on the previous post –> Swirl, Smell,...