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Milpitas’ Big Dog Vineyards
By Cynthia Bournellis
Mark Capalongan, Big Dog Vineyards winemaker, discusses viticulture with Seth Baron (left) of Larkin Valley, while Shelli Gordon (right) of Boulder Creek enjoys a taste of Big Dog Cabernet. Seth’s canine companion Maddie, a Chihuaha mix, takes refuge under the tasting bar from the winery’s resident St. Bernard, “Cab” (not shown), who frequents the tasting room. (Cynthia Bournellis)If you are old enough to remember the San Francisco Bay Area’s longest-running advertising slogan, “Farms in Berkeley?”—accompanied by a cow’s assenting “mooo!”—then you’ll appreciate my surprise when a colleague mentioned that there was a winery in Milpitas. “Wineries in Milpitas?” I asked, curbing my wicked desire to “mooo,” “oink” or “whinny.”
A short drive up Calaveras Road in Milpitas takes you to Big Dog Vineyards, a boutique winery that sits 1,200 feet above Santa Clara Valley. And yes, a large St. Bernard, named none other than Cab, lives there with his human companions and winery proprietors Mark and Sandy Capalongan.
Vino in Vallecito
By Linda J. Bottjer
Irish Vineyards in Vallecito (Irish Vineyards)The search for golden riches brought miners to Calaveras County back in the mid nineteenth century. Some meander around still hoping to strike it big by finding the malleable mineral. Oenophiles know the on-going wealth is now discovered at area wineries.
The town of Vallecito is our focus where the Irish family, and their same named vineyard, believe wine, family and a renegade spirit are the essential ingredients to the good life.
As the award winning vintner Russell Irish started making wine before he was actually old enough to drink it. Years later both estate grown grapes and those grown to Irish’s specifications create mouth welcoming joys.
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