MOUNT EDEN VINEYARDS & RHYS VINEYARDS; An update from the Heights of Santa Cruz Mountains’ Winecraft

Joel Butler MW 4.21 6.11.2026

When I first moved to California and the Bay Area for college in 1968 I lived for over a decade in the mid-Peninsula around Palo Alto, Menlo Park, Stanford and the Santa Cruz Mountains close by. We used to ride our bikes from campus up the grueling La Honda Road, to Skyline Drive, the intersection with Skylonda Corner with its tacky (but rustic) biker …